yorkshire and behaviour?????

[jewels8888]

hello..
i am hoping someone can give me some advice on this.
i have a 8 month old male yorkshire (its been 2 weeks since we have him)
and he is SOOOOOO glued to me its crazy. i do admit the first few days i thought it was cute but now its WOW just follows me ALL THE TIME and when i leave the house he cries.(even when other family members are home with him) what can i do to get his to
not be so needy with me? besides all that he is really sweet..
i just feel sad whae he cries and i dont want to baby him to much but its hard when you look at his little face..

[patty-ocean]

he is just showing you how much he loves you and he is afraid when you go through that door our leaving him and not coming home. I have a yorkie named inu and he does the same thing, and when i'm sick he is right there! almost 2 years ago my husband died from cancer,Inu was with him contantly. yorkies are very sensitive little dogs and very loving ones. he looks at you as his mommy.

[road2recovery]

i also have a male 2 yr old yorkie and it was like you were just talking about my dog..LOL he follows me all day long and i don't know why..He is also glued to me and i have to be aware to not step on him..He doesn't cry though, thank god because i would cry too..They are wonderfull pets ..

[Enoch Choi]

Our yorkie was the love of our lives before kids, but it just was too much work when kids came along.

Yorkies are notorious for being needy and yippy, but ours was neither.  There's a wide variation in dog behavior and ours was quiet, but still quite hyperactive.

Good luck!  It'll get better with time

Enoch Choi, MD

[jewels8888]

no i have no other pets in the house..
its been 1 month today that we adopted our little yorkie and i see a lot of improvement in him.. he is a lot more social but still barks at strangers.
i notice that he does not seem to like men to much..(growls and barks at most of them)
although he is better he is still very glued to me.. and my husband and kids tell me he barks and cries for a good 15 minutes when i leave the house.
i guess i cant complain to much because he does not chew or break or stuff and believe it or not i got him to be clean outside in only 2 days. he seems like he just wants to please..

[md1johnson]

I have a 6 year old yorkie and they get very attached to people mainly people that take care of them. Mine follows me or my husband everywhere. and when I'm sick she knows it and really is attached and is like a little nurse. I'm taking Chemo and she knows when I come home after a treatment and is really loving. Do you have any other pets? Sugar love cats buts wants to be the only dog. I've always heard that is part of there personalitly.

[jewels8888]

well... about his past... i've seen the people he was with before we adopted him
and nope i can't see him thinking that i am someone else..
i can tell you that from what i saw he was not treated really good before..
when i asked the people who had him before were did he sleep or eat they told us he sleeps in the washroom with the door closed and he eats what the cats eat... and thay looked rough with him  WOW we changes that ASAP he now has his own little bed and he gets
good food... i guess he's like our little kid also...
my husband thinks that he looks like he thinks i left behind when i leave the house but we see improvement....

[SarahWilson]

life jacket.

I'd just assume he's clinging because he is unnerved and anxious. The best thing you can do to settle him and give him confidence is to work with him, teach him things, have fun together. When he understands what you want and how to please you, he should settle down.

It's great that you are sensitive to him and connected, now you need to help him learn what his new life is like - and that is confident, happy, and stress-free!

Good luck!

[Myown]

Awh, thats so cute tho. He loves you! You say he's 8 months and you only have him 2 weeks. I'm just going to take a guess at this....but it may be possible that you remind him of someone who was his former caretaker, whether it was the former owner or if he was at a shelter, maybe one of the workers who spent time with him.

The reason I say this is because I recently went into a pet supply place and a rescue team was there with a hugh pit bull. The dog was sitting there quietly but when he spotted my mother (whom he never met before) the dog went nuts wagging his tail and wanting to get to her. The rescue people were even shocked. My mother definitely reminded him of someone that was once in his life.

You didn't mention the backround of your dog in where he came from, but maybe your situation can apply.

Also if your family members try to spend extra time with your dog, he won't miss you as much when you leave the house cuz he'll be attached to them too. Good luck!