Im not saying you should or shouldnt get a Yorkie, Because I dont know you. I had a tiny Yorkie with lots of health problems when I took this Yorkie in I also had three small children, But they was taught at an early age how to care for an animal, they was never allowed to carry them around, or even hold them while sitting on the couch, If they held them they had to sit on the floor and I sit right there with them. We have raised a lot of different animals so my kids learned to care for them. Now take my brothers kids, his being older they was never taught how to care for an animal and the animals they did own always got hurt. accidents can happen but they happen more when the kids are not told or showed how they should hold a animal.
Now I have two Grandbabys the oldest being one. I will not let her play with my Yorkies unless Im right there, and thats only rolling a small ball across the room to them. Shes not allowed to hold them, every sense she was a few months old, I would hold her hand in mine , Thats how she got to pet my babies, Now she pets them with out me holding her hand. But they sit on my lap and now when she pets them she does it so softly and says awww baby as she does it. so she knows to be gentle, But yet I still would not trust her leaving her in a room with them. like I said accidents happen and shes just a baby herself. So I have to say if you are a mom that wants to bring a pup into your childs life then you have to know that you have to be there to protect this puppy at all times. |