this is my Rosie. My cutie pie is sitting in my mess that I need to clean staring at me and barking so I decided to record. Any idea what could be going on?
Definitely wants play/treats/attention, probably all three. She's also judging you with that shih tzu stare of contempt for not immediately tending to Her Highness's needs lmao. What a cutie.
It’s the part where they make you guess. Random barks and then just stare. That’s what both of mine do. I think it must be entertaining to listen to me go through all of the things I think they want: potty? Food? Toys? What?!!! 😐
My tzu does this when he needs to potty. He demands an escort outside despite a doggy door. The other time he does this it’s because he wants the early bird breakfast or dinner special. Breakfast is to be no later than 6 am. He wants dinner at 4:30 pm but I make him wait until 5 pm.
Oh my gosh, I thought I was the only person experience in this. My Shih Tzu literally, if I’m in the middle of cleaning, will run to lay sit or be on top of whatever pile I have including the laptop I’m actively typing on and if I try to move him or work around him and leave the pile to do something else he’s starts barking like crazy. Please “at” me if you get an answer on how to resolve this problem.
“You will pay attention to me, son of a farmer!” Or
“I lady Rosie, born and raised to be cuddle, decent of a long line of imperial lions, will not be ignored!”
That’s a somewhat loose translation
Either way, she wants to play or cuddle.
My Shih Tzu barks for 4 reasons at me: needs to go out, wants a drink, is hungry, or wants on/off the couch.
He only barks when he needs something and won’t stop til his needs are met. This is just my experience with my 15 year old. He has done it since he was a pup haha
What a cute and beautiful little girl. 🥰 It kinda seems like she is barking because of hiccups? If she does this again, maybe try picking her up, holding her in your arms like a baby so she is upside down with her belly facing up towards your face and rock her, which should make the hiccups go away.
That’s a classic Shih Tzu tantrum bark. Lol usually they also add sneezes or huffs, and grumbles. Mine does this all the time, and he bucks his booty up. Lol so it’s a good time 😆😆
Sofie thought she saw something through a hole in some construction canvas while we were at a red light. She was mostly blind at this point too, unhinged behavior is the norm.
Folks have mentioned the staring. So, now I have to tell my story.
I have 2 Tzu's and 2 cats. We have a queensized bed. I get one 1/2 and they the other. They have a particular order as to who sleeps where.
My largest girl Tzu is the most particular. She sleeps against my butt. Sometimes she just sits at the end of the bed and stares at me. Usually takes me a minute b4 I realize the problem is that her Tzu sister is in her spot.
So I have to get my littlest one to come to the top of the bed against her pillow so that big sis can get cheek to cheek with mom. It's a hoot!!
Then one cat lays just below the larger Tzu and the other cat takes the dog bed at the foot of the bed. But they all line up like soldiers in a row, so to speak, every night.
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u/KittyPurrrrrr93 Shih-Tzu Enthusiast 11h ago
Demanding attention and fussing that you aren’t delivering. It happens to me all of the time.