Dogs on Laps, Sofa, beds?

Paradigm

gettingready wrote: »

Hope it is a small dog.. just trying to imagine Zara wanting to climb up on my laps

You think that's a problem

peachyprice

lostinrates wrote: »

I won't pick him up for the sake of it, but I think it might be tempting when he is small to hold him up away fom the big dogs' feet (especially the blunderbuss giant). I will resist when safe.

What I think might be harder is that he might feel more entitled to hop up to be higher with them for communication. It might be tough being littlest of three. Hopefully he will get on with the cats. But the cats are allowed up at will and he might think if they can and the dogs are already 'up' being several times his size, then he should get up too.

We will see how it goes. His breeder's dogs jump up. We'll see. I will certainly have to be open minded about how to handle a very different type of dog in many ways, but also to remember ultimately they are all 'dogs'.

Thanks for the vote of confidence though.

I don't think it will be an issue unless you let it. It's not small dogs who have a problem, it's their owners.

We have my parents chihuahua here at the moment, he's the most spoilt dog ever at home, but completely different when he's here.

My parents are always picking him up and carrying him, the first time we looked after him he kept asking to be picked up, but we don't pick our own largish Yorkie up, so we weren't going to start picking him up. It took a few days, but he soon stopped expecting it, now he doesn't even try and is perfectly happy using his legs here, same as he's perfectly happy sleeping in the kitchen with our dog and the occasional cat visitor, he would cry all night if my mum didn't take him up to bed at home. He even can't get up on my mum's bed at home, she has furniture arranged in steps for him, well he manages to here just fine:rotfl:

He gets quite podgy over the course of a year but his 3 week annual visit to us gets him nice and trim!

jen007

Totally going to de rail the thread, but people with cats and children, do your cats insist on being in child's bedroom at bedtime?


My cat sort of knows when it's DS bedtime (I guess he's learned that 'bedtime' or 'pyjama time' means this) and he goes under DS's bed to the furthest corner. I end up having to fish him out and quite often he'll bite me whilst doing so. (I don't like him being in DS's room at night, it's been like that since day 1).

I used to shake his treats for him to get him out and he goes MAD for treats (still does if not at bedtime) but if he's under that bed and it's bedtime treats in his mind can G.T.F. lol

lostinrates

peachyprice wrote: »

I don't think it will be an issue unless you let it. It's not small dogs who have a problem, it's their owners.

We have my parents chihuahua here at the moment, he's the most spoilt dog ever at home, but completely different when he's here.

My parents are always picking him up and carrying him, the first time we looked after him he kept asking to be picked up, but we don't pick our own largish Yorkie up, so we weren't going to start picking him up. It took a few days, but he soon stopped expecting it, now he doesn't even try and is perfectly happy using his legs here, same as he's perfectly happy sleeping in the kitchen with our dog and the occasional cat visitor, he would cry all night if my mum didn't take him up to bed at home. He even can't get up on my mum's bed at home, she has furniture arranged in steps for him, weYll he manages to here just fine:rotfl:

He gets quite podgy over the course of a year but his 3 week annual visit to us gets him nice and trim!

I don't think a small dog by itself or with other similar sized, or even medium dogs would pose the same concerns for me. It's the issue of a small one with a giant and a large breed as tall as the giant really, that makes me wonder.

However, if I really didn't think it would be tolerable we would not be getting him. .

Person_one

lostinrates wrote: »

I don't think a small dog by itself or with other similar sized, or even medium dogs would pose the same concerns for me. It's the issue of a small one with a giant and a large breed as tall as the giant really, that makes me wonder.

However, if I really didn't think it would be tolerable we would not be getting him. .

Usually, nobody's told the small dog that they're small. I have a lovely photo of my toy poodle with his greyhound friend but I haven't put it on the computer yet so I've found this brilliant one instead!

aeb_2

My English setters think they are lap dogs

My cats and dogs do not know that upstairs exists, they just don't go there. Once the big ginger tom was spooked and dashed through the door to the bottom of the stairs. He was exploring in such a tentative way it was amusing to watch but as soon as the kitchen dooo was reopened he dashed back to 'safety' and never ventured back.
I want the dogs down stairs at night in case I'm burgled.

lostinrates

Person_one wrote: »

Usually, nobody's told the small dog that they're small. I have a lovely photo of my toy poodle with his greyhound friend but I haven't put it on the computer yet so I've found this brilliant one instead!

Well, that's sort of the same problem I am 'concerned' to avoid depicted, no?

As I say, if I were 'worried' rather than 'seeking to avoid' we would not be getting this dog, but how well I manage what can of course be a success remains to be seen. It'll be my fault if it goes worng :eek::o

Person_one

lostinrates wrote: »

Well, that's sort of the same problem I am 'concerned' to avoid depicted, no?

As I say, if I were 'worried' rather than 'seeking to avoid' we would not be getting this dog, but how well I manage what can of course be a success remains to be seen. It'll be my fault if it goes worng :eek::o

Aw, I just thought it was funny!

There are lots more depicting the situation you're aiming for:

lostinrates

Thanks person one, that's more the aim exactly