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yogisdad · 11-28-2007, 09:36 PM

Welcome to the club, the greatest dogs ever club.

Ill tell ya im a guy and i love yorkies more than any breed our there because

1. they are awesome looking, my wife uses words like cute, and precious. but im a guy so i of course have to use words like awesome and studly.

2. they are extremely playful without the whole accidentally biting your arm off thing that bigger dogs have. my brothers boxer loves to...box.

3. they have great personalities all around. when they are sad they show it, happy they show it, and trust me if you get tied up in the football game like me and dont take their chew toy out of the box they will remind you.

some things ive learned that work and dont work or work but arent right.

1. a good food is a must, avoid main ingredients that have corn or other grains. try to get chicken or any meat really. although some yorkies will have food allergies and im sure someone else can help you with that, im not too educated in that area.

2. a playpen can help you out a lot. we were gonna do crate training with a little crate but we used a play pen with a pee pad instead and it worked for us, although all yorkies wired a little differently.

3. dont hit or even slightly thump your yorkie for punishment. i admit to doing this growing up with larger more aggressive dogs it became a habit to give ol ace a swat on the nose when he was bad but ive learned from that and my pup no longer tremors in my presence. if you listen to one thing in this, then this one is it.

4. lots of love and attention...his hair needs brushed alot, bath once a week with a good shampoo,vellus.com is awesome. feed him hard kibbles exclusively after he is done losing all his baby teeth, its good for yur pup i hear..but soft treats are always nice. i used teething keys from petco for him. we bought him numerous beds that are placed throughout the house, thank my wife for that one...spoil him basicly but still when you are training your yorkie you still need to be the "alpha male" in the relationship.

5. my yorkie never cried at 12-16 weeks once we started playing the spanish radio station when he slept...i dunno its nuts but the radio may help with the seperation crying fits.

well this post is way to long for someone like me who only has owned a yorkie for 10 months, but i tell ya what. i learned alot in that time span thanks to this forum. hopefully you will too. and i hope i answered a least one question you had or offered a view that might help you out.

11-28-2007, 09:36 PM	#6
yogisdad Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: california Posts: 136	yayy Welcome to the club, the greatest dogs ever club. Ill tell ya im a guy and i love yorkies more than any breed our there because 1. they are awesome looking, my wife uses words like cute, and precious. but im a guy so i of course have to use words like awesome and studly. 2. they are extremely playful without the whole accidentally biting your arm off thing that bigger dogs have. my brothers boxer loves to...box. 3. they have great personalities all around. when they are sad they show it, happy they show it, and trust me if you get tied up in the football game like me and dont take their chew toy out of the box they will remind you. some things ive learned that work and dont work or work but arent right. 1. a good food is a must, avoid main ingredients that have corn or other grains. try to get chicken or any meat really. although some yorkies will have food allergies and im sure someone else can help you with that, im not too educated in that area. 2. a playpen can help you out a lot. we were gonna do crate training with a little crate but we used a play pen with a pee pad instead and it worked for us, although all yorkies wired a little differently. 3. dont hit or even slightly thump your yorkie for punishment. i admit to doing this growing up with larger more aggressive dogs it became a habit to give ol ace a swat on the nose when he was bad but ive learned from that and my pup no longer tremors in my presence. if you listen to one thing in this, then this one is it. 4. lots of love and attention...his hair needs brushed alot, bath once a week with a good shampoo,vellus.com is awesome. feed him hard kibbles exclusively after he is done losing all his baby teeth, its good for yur pup i hear..but soft treats are always nice. i used teething keys from petco for him. we bought him numerous beds that are placed throughout the house, thank my wife for that one...spoil him basicly but still when you are training your yorkie you still need to be the "alpha male" in the relationship. 5. my yorkie never cried at 12-16 weeks once we started playing the spanish radio station when he slept...i dunno its nuts but the radio may help with the seperation crying fits. well this post is way to long for someone like me who only has owned a yorkie for 10 months, but i tell ya what. i learned alot in that time span thanks to this forum. hopefully you will too. and i hope i answered a least one question you had or offered a view that might help you out.