We’ve had our Yorkie Eddie for about 2 years now, after the passing of our Maltese of 11 years. He’s about 6 years old and we adopted him from a local shelter. The shelter said he was a fine dog and had no issues out of the ordinary so we quickly took him in to cope with the loss of our beloved Maltese. But for the last two years, this dog has been INSANE.
He will:
Grab things. At any given time. Anything he can. Our phones, our glasses, our pencils, our trash (including used tampons), and especially socks, paper or paper-like stuff. He loves to grab them, sometimes hide away from us, and then just sit there with it. Most of the time he doesn’t chew on stuff, but if its paper he loves to rip it to shreds. He won’t let go of whatever he grabs unless you distract him (which is hard as he’s 100% focused on the item) or give him a treat. And if he can’t fit whatever he wants in his mouth, he’ll just sit by it and bite anyone who walks near it. He bites if you try and just take it. And it’s not just a nibble, he bites to the point of bleeding and sometimes tries to bite off our fingers, only letting go if we kick him hard enough. (Edit: no, we do NOT abuse him. I know reddit is sensitive as hell to that stuff (almost to the point of circlejerk) but 1. It’s only my dad that does that and 2. It’s only in these circumstances that he is so much as mildly harmed, and immediately afterwards once he calms down we make sure he’s ok. This has occurred maybe 5 times.)
His eating habits are weird. He’s very protective of his food, but also sometimes he won’t eat unless I’m there watching him. Just like the stuff he likes to grab, hes very protective of his food and will bite hard to protect it. Thats kind of normal, our Maltese was like that, but its still strange.
He doesn’t like being disturbed when he’s sleeping or lying down. Now I can understand not moving and maybe even growling. But if he lies down on a blanket on top of my bed and I want to get in bed, he won’t budge and eventually he’ll come running at me, barking and trying to bite me. If he sleeps in bed with me and I so much as touch him (accidentally in my sleep, usually) he’ll snap and bite me, waking me up in pain.
He gets very anxious at random times. If he sees someone walk around the street, he’ll bark nonstop for a minute. That would be fine but his bark is deafening, even compared to our Maltese. And he barks for five minutes or so if someone gets up from their chair, talks too loud, talks on the other side of a shut door, or even so much as walks by when he can’t see you. He barks at EVERYONE we see outside, and actively tries to pursue them and bite them. Babies, kids, teens, adults, elderly, man, woman, child - he doesn’t discriminate. We tried to get a bark collar to treat this, but it hurts him far more than it stops him from barking. Sometimes it even makes him bark more which only makes the shock collar shock even harder.
He also loves to climb and jump; he’s a very agile dog for his size. Unfortunately, this works to our disadvantage as he’ll use his agility to get to hard-to-reach surfaces and grab things.
And finally, his bathroom habits are weird. He knows to do his business outside, but sometimes when we take him out to poop, he’ll just pee, walk back into the house, and shit on his favorite shitting spot of carpet in the entire house. He also used to urinate in that spot but thankfully he’s stopped that.
Anyway, if he only had one or two of these issues he’d be a perfectly fine dog. In fact, when he’s not in any of those situations (which is about only 20% of the time unfortunately) he’s a very loving dog. Almost too loving. He loves to lick my family’s faces (especially mine) for 5-20 minutes non-stop, and he’ll also lick my pillow for about 10 minutes every morning (I have a lot of slobber) and growl/bite if you try to stop him. He demands attention and will bark constantly if two people hug in front of him. So all of these issues together make him a dog from hell really.
Any ideas on what to do? I’ve offered to personally pay to get him trained / taken to obedience school, but my dad refuses to let me do so. My dad seems pretty adamant about getting him euthanized, as he sees this as a problem he’ll face for the rest of Eddie’s life. (My dad doesn’t like dogs very much in the first place, but he hates Eddie the most out of all the dogs that have ever been in his entire life). The talks of euthanization have only gotten more frequent over time, and honestly it’s a cause of great stress and conflict in our household. My dad wants him euthanized, me and my mom want to get him help, and my siblings are neutral on the issue. Also, we know that if we surrender him we’ll have to say why we’re surrendering him and if we tell the truth, he’ll likely be euthanized almost immediately.
TL;DR, haiku style:
Evil dog straight from hell, Family now divided, His fate, help or death.
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