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09-14-2015, 11:43 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Prattville, AL, USA
Posts: 2
| Help!! New Yorki Hi everyone. I was blessed with a beautiful female YT yesterday. My friend who gave her to me wasn't certain her age (4-5), as she got her from someone else. Ibwas told her previous owners kept her in a kennel almost all the time. Here are my problems: I can only get her to eat a lil from my hand. She won't go to her bowls. She won't drink water. I did manage to get her to lick some from a straw and a lil from my hand. I have been leaving her kennel door open and that's where she always goes to :-( . please help me get her better. I don't know what to do. She's my 1st YT and I already love her. |
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09-14-2015, 12:02 PM | #2 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 9,462
| Patience!!! She is scared and lost and feels like she has been abandoned by the people she has been with for 4-5 years! Start her out in a kennel, because she is used to that and will be more secure there....leave the door open so she can come and go as she pleases. Feed her what she is used to eating....you can worry about changing her diet after she is settled in and is comfortable with you in 4-5 months. Give her distilled water so the change in water from what she is used to getting, to the water in your part of town will not cause her to have diarrhea....you start out with distilled and over 2-3 weeks, slowly start switching/adding water she will be drinking into the bottled distilled water, until she is completely on the water she will be drinking living with you. Take it easy, move slowly, let her adjust to you and get used to you....move at HER speed.....she will come around! Congratulations on your new little lady....allow her to hide out in a cave type crate which is what she is used to, and she will be fine....just takes time! |
09-14-2015, 12:11 PM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Prattville, AL, USA
Posts: 2
| Thank you so much for helping me feel better. I thought it was me. She finally, since my post, came out and drank some water. I feel a sense of relieve. |
09-14-2015, 04:21 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | New Yorkie All the Yorkies I have, have been around 2-4 when I got them, it really does take some time for them to get used to a new home and you, but they will, when I first got Chloe, she would not eat, even though I got her the same food and she hardly drank any water, I also was so worried, especially because my Didi had just passed, and I was so worried that something would go wrong if Chloe wouldn't eat. I just took little bits of her food in my hand, and she did eat and then some on he floor and then put it in a dish beside me, and she ate, she likes me to sit with her while she eats. I talked to Chloe alot in a cute little voice, picking her up and cuddling her. I slept with her right beside me in bed with a blanket that came with her. She soon settled in and now, she is a very happy little girl, and my home and myself belong to her. |
09-14-2015, 04:47 PM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member | Time and Patience. Switching homes is hard on a dog. They get used to their people, their rules, the way they live. I took in a 9 year old Yorkie in January. He was not too afraid. It helps that I am a huge dog person. All my friend's dogs love me. He did not know how I talked or how my house was run. Every thing I said to him earned a tilted head look from him until he finally learned my way of saying things. It took him weeks to play with me. He ate like a bird when I got him but now he loves to eat. He came with some bad habits. I have tried to work with them. Some I don't think I will ever break him of. He will steal food when your back is turned. He will knock over the trash can if you put something tasty in it. He will chew up the bathroom trash and any underwear he can get a hold of. I love him for the spunky and fun and loving little old man that he is though and I do my best to remember not to leave anything out for him to get into. When he does get into stuff I know that I failed by not putting up the food, or forgetting to take out the trash when I dumped food in it. A younger dog you can work with more about breaking bad habits. I happen to have a dog that gives me a run for my money on who is more stubborn. I adore him though even with his bad habits. His love he gives me. His pawing at the air when I come in the room (even all I did was go start a load of laundry and was downstairs 2 mins), his playing with me and his snuggling with me is more than worth it! Love the dog. Be patient and let them learn how your house is run and it will be worth it!
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09-14-2015, 04:55 PM | #6 | |
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09-15-2015, 03:59 AM | #7 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Awww, bless your heart for taking her - she sounds like she SO badly needs a good, loving, forever home - finally! Poor little thing. If she's been kept in a kennel, then she has been severely neglected and is just feeling broken / shut down right now - this can happen to dogs. Hang in there, give it lots of time, sit back, and just watch her blossom over time....you will witness her little spirit coming to light again, and it will be beautiful - I promise ! Do keep us posted on how she is doing, she sounds just precious.
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
09-15-2015, 11:43 AM | #8 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| I got Piper when she was about 3 and is now 4. She is a sensitive, sweet little girl and for the longest time couldn't look me in the eye. I pretty much just followed her lead, didn't force anything, and whenever possible took her everywhere. Piper is becoming much less shy, more confident, and pretty much runs the show. I know you're very much in love with your little beauty already, because within 15 minutes of making Piper mine, I was totally smitten, momma-bear protective and felt a love unlike anything else. With your love, understanding, patience, and encouragement, you two will become a super-team! Enjoy every minute; you'll be amazed at how quickly she'll become your shadow! |
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