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04-01-2016, 08:38 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: nj
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| Advice Needed: We may adopt from a shelter :) Hi! I am new to the boards. I grew up with a pure bred yorkie. I honeslty can't remember much. No that I am older, we are considering adopting a yorkie mix ( Looks like a yorkie poodle) from an animal shelter. We have already visited him, and he is adorable. He is 1 - to 1 1/2 yrs old, and they just neutered him. He was a stray. Just looking for some advice? If we adopt we will crate train. Will it be much harder cause of the age? Any tips? Not sure if marking territory may be an issue since he was neutered over the 6 months mark? Anything you want to say I will take your advice. I am all new to this. I am a stay at home mom so that should help me as far as training. We also want to train him to stay off furniture, but I know yorkies are hard to train. We would crate train, and then start off with a gated family room as only access until we know he is fully trained. Not sure how long the process will take with a rescue? Thanks in advance!!!! |
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04-01-2016, 07:35 PM | #2 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 9,462
| Welcome!! Congratulations on your new baby boy!! I always recommend a fabulous book to all my buyers...."Yorkies For Dummies"...it is a great book, available on Amazon.com, not very expensive, and chock a block full of valuable information you will need the entire life of your baby! I just bought me a new copy as my other one was falling apart from so much use.... |
04-01-2016, 10:57 PM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Texas
Posts: 534
| Mario is a yorkie mix from the pound. He has been really fun to train and too difficult. He has been great for our family. Congrats on your new family member.
__________________ Mario was adopted May 2015. Now he is a service dog and brother to Bailey the Airdale mix |
04-02-2016, 07:37 AM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Texas
Posts: 534
| Oh, and Mario was about a year old when we got him. He is food motivated, and learned around 15 commands in the first few months, and now knows around 26-30 commands as well as he trained enough to pass a public access test and has passed his good citizen test. From what I see around here, yorkie a can be trained fairly easily to do almost anything. House training is where the challenge lies, but some even take to that very easily. And, Older dogs can be a pleasure to train too!!
__________________ Mario was adopted May 2015. Now he is a service dog and brother to Bailey the Airdale mix |
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