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10-07-2006, 05:45 PM | #1 |
Addicted to Tetley Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Why are Yorkies not supposed to be good with children? I ask this because every breeder I've spoken to seems really concerned over whether I have - or am planning to have - any children. I know you guys will give me the straight answer on this I mean, I AM planning on starting a family sometime in the next few years but I also really want a yorkie...can't I have both? Why are all these breeders making it sound like I have to choose? |
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10-07-2006, 05:54 PM | #2 | |
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10-07-2006, 05:56 PM | #3 |
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| romeo luvs babies. i agree that they just can't be handled roughly. i think it's all because of the risk of injury. |
10-07-2006, 06:01 PM | #4 |
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| I don't know if its always the little kids that aggriavate the dog. My Gucci gets very jealous when my cousin brings her little girl over. If I pick up the child who is 2 she goes crazy barking. I don't think Gucci would snap at her but I don't trust her around my little cousin. She only behaves this way with little kids.. Im baffled. as to why, my little cousin does not pull her tail or anything.. |
10-07-2006, 06:20 PM | #5 |
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| They say this because Yorkies are small and when some thing happens Like a kid picking it up and dopping it or holding to tight They remeber this forever. And they may have less tolerance for kids after that happens. Not just with kids though. My female is scared to death of the doggy gate. Once one almost hit her when I droped accadently. she wont go near it. and that was two years ago. You can Have children and Yorkies you just have to be careful. Never leave them them alone. Make sure the child knows (if old enough) Not to pick them up. And I always let new kids that come around to let them come to you and not to hold them at all. They can bite if a child wont let them go and is (hugging) them to long. It is the only way they can tell them no more., after they wiggle and growl. I think if you are careful and watch you can have both. I do |
10-07-2006, 06:24 PM | #6 |
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| my Yorkies are great with kids. But this is an example of what can happen. My friend had a Yorkie and a kid was going to pick it up and tripped and it broke the Yorkies leg if this would have been a bigger dog it probably wouldn't have happened.
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10-07-2006, 06:31 PM | #7 |
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| My older yorkie was never around young children before. When my neice brought her twins over....my dog chased them and was nipping at the diapers. I don't have children, so of couse, my dog had never been around children. Now if anyone comes over with kids, I put Adonis up. I've also seen very young children pick a dog up by the neck |
10-07-2006, 06:32 PM | #8 |
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| my 2 are fine with my little girl she even carries the male around a little bit but not unsuporvised they can hurt the dogs because they are small children need to be taught to be careful with dogs and dogs need to be taught to be careful/respectful of kids also! never leave a baby or child alone with any dogs no matter what! http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5863/img2216zj4.jpg
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10-07-2006, 06:35 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I had a Yorkie when my dtr was born 21 years ago and she was supervised and taught how to handle small dogs. I got Gracie when she was 6 and took her with to the Breeder who saw how gentle and calm my dtr was and had no problem selling her to me. All of my Yorkies have tolerated small children but never really liked them. Cali who has been around the neighbor kids since I got her is scared of them and really doesn't want anything to do with them. It really depends on your children if a Yorkie is suitable. There is always a risk with small dogs even with adults accidents are so much more damaging to these small babies.
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10-07-2006, 06:58 PM | #10 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
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| Both of my girls were raised with Yorkies with no accidents; however, although my Yorkies loved my children, they didn't feel that way about other children. I think it really depends on the kids. My girls weren't hyper and had a quiet gentle nature. While it's true that accidents do happen, I think they happen just as much with adults. I can't count how many times I've almost stepped on a Yorkie since they are always under your feet or had one almost jump out of my arms. I think you probably would have a jealousy issue if the children came into the household after the dog though. |
10-07-2006, 07:04 PM | #11 |
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| It's not that yorkies aren't good with children, children aren't good with yorkies. They are small and fragile. That being said, children can be taught how to handle them properly. I have 5 children and 2 (soon to be 3!) yorkies... and 6 babies.
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10-07-2006, 07:23 PM | #12 | |
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10-07-2006, 07:29 PM | #13 | |
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Many people with small children that approach me about a puppy don't understand the responsibility of being sure that Yorkie pup isn't going to get hurt. Also many times, young people or couples will buy a Yorkie pup then when the first child comes along, they find they just cannot cope with a Yorkie and a new baby. Before anyone gets upset, yes there are exceptions but as a breeder how am I to know who can and who won't be able to handle a new baby, new role of motherhood and a Yorkie that was the baby of the family and now no one has time for the dog? Last summer I helped a couple place a 6 year old sweet yorkie boy because the wife could not cope with the dog and a new baby. I am now in the process of trying to find homes for two much older dogs because the family is all too busy now that the kids are into school and sports and dogs are home most of the time alone. None of these YOrkies were bought from me, they found me somehow to see if I could help which i am doing. I have sold twice to people whose youngest child was about 8 years old, younger than I usually will sell to. But the homes were great, children well behaved and minded the parents, not whinny brats. One gal I sold to, married a few years after buying a couple of my dogs, now have two kids under 5 years old but very dog savvy and the kids are taught to mind and mind the dogs. These are not tiny Yorkies either which helps. As a breeder, when I have a pet puppy for sale, I really prefer people over 40 kids are teenagers on their way out the door and the owner either works from home or their spouse has different work shifts so the Yorkie isn't alone that much. I will say yes there are exceptions that work out, but darn it is hard to figure out which ones. | |
10-07-2006, 07:33 PM | #14 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| When my son was small my parents had an old english sheepdog..Dylan would climb him, sleep on him etc..Brit (the dog) had the patience of a saint and pretended not to notice lol...I cant imagine having a toddler with one of my yorkies..even at the petstore I hold my dogs so the little ones can pet them because instantly they want to pick them up and squeeze them..must be instinctive lol...its alot of work but it can be done (having both i mean) but there are risks to both child and dog and both must be watched very closely at all times and never be left alone together.. Dawn |
10-07-2006, 08:25 PM | #15 |
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| Pepper loves kids of all ages, but he didn't really have much interaction with very young kids, kids I'm familiar with are above 8 and I know they are very gentle with him. But I agree, small kids might think Yorkie is a cuddly stuffed animal and squeeze it, small hands are not that coordinated and can hurt the little bones of Yorkies or any small breed. When I was small, 2-3 years or so (my family's story... ) they took me to the farm and let me hold one of the newly hatched chickens... LOL. I really liked it though and thank God they took it from me on time. The kids need to be taught to be gentle from very beginning and supervised.
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