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You'll want to socialize your yorkie from the time you bring it home. Socialization should be done before they are 16 weeks old. Some say it is too late after that. That includes car rides, allowing them to go and see many places and into different types of buildings (where you can take little dogs), allowing them to meet other dogs that belong to friends and you know have been vaccinated. I suggest a complete horizon of experiences (including your boat (and don't forget the life jacket) before they are sixteen weeks of age and you should have a well-rounded, sociable yorkie that doesn't yap.
This should help you with the food. I feed Natural Balance Ultra-Premium, but there are lots of great foods and you can decide for yourself:
whole dog journal's top food list 2007
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Whole Dog Journal's Top Foods List for 2007:
Addiction Foods -
www.addictionfoods.com
Artemis -
www.artemiscompany.com
Azmira -
www.azmira.com
Back to Basics -
www.beowulfs.com
Bench & Field Holistic Natural Canine -
www.benchandfield.com
Blue Buffalo -
www.bluebuff.com
Burns -
www.bpn4u.com
by Nature BrightLife -
www.bynaturepetfoods.com
by Nature Organics -
www.bynaturepetfoods.com
California Natural -
www.naturapet.com
Canidae -
www.canidae.com
Canine Caviar -
www.caninecaviar.com
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul -
www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com
Cloud Star Kibble -
www.cloudstar.com
Drs. Foster & Smith -
www.drsfostersmith.com
Eagle Pack Holistic Select -
www.eaglepack.com
Evanger's Super Premium -
www.evangersdogfood.com
Evolve -
www.evolvepet.com
Firstmate Dog Food -
www.firstmate.com
Foundations -
www.petcurean.com
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals -
www.frommfamily.com
Go! Natural -
www.petcurean.com
Hund-N-Flocken -
www.solidgoldhealth.com
Innova -
www.naturapet.com
Innova Evo -
www.naturapet.com
Karma Organic -
www.karmaorganic.com
Lick Your Chops -
www.healthypetfoodsinc.com
Life4K9 -
www.life4k9.com
Lifespan -
www.petguard.com
Merrick Pet Care -
www.merrickpetcare.com
Mmillennia -
www.solidgoldhealth.com
Natural Balance Organic -
www.naturalbalanceinc.com
Natural Balance Ultra Premium -
www.naturalbalanceinc.com
Newman's Own Organic -
www.newmansownorganics.com
NutriSource -
www.nutrisourcedogfood.com
Organix -
www.castorpolluxpet.com
Petguard Organic -
www.petguard.com
Performatrin Ultra -
www.performatrinultra.com
PHD Viand -
www.phdproducts.com
Pinnacle -
www.breeders-choice.com
Prairie -
www.naturesvariety.com
Premium Edge -
www.premiumedgepetfood.com
Prime Life Plus -
www.ompetproducts.com
Raw Instinct -
www.naturesvariety.com
Royal Canin Natural Blend -
www.royalcanin.us
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet -
www.royalcanin.us
Showbound Naturals -
www.healthypetfoodsinc.com
Timberwolf Organics -
www.timberwolforganics.com
Ultra Holistic Nutrition -
www.ultraholistic.com
VeRUS -
www.veruspetfoods.com
Wellness -
www.oldmotherhubbard.com
Wellness Simple Food Solutions -
www.oldmotherhubbard.com
Wenaewe -
www.wenaewe.com.uy
Wysong -
www.wysong.net
Zinpro -
www.lincolnbiotech.com
I trained my yorkie to go outside using doorbells and on pads in the attached garage on piddle pads in bad weather or at night. I could have just trained her to use pads in the house, but this is the way I trained my other one and it worked great then, so I continued with Kacee. They can sometimes be very difficult to housetrain if you work. So, if you do work, be prepared for a longer process and more mistakes.
Good luck!
