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Originally Posted by penny28  Hi,
This is the first time I have posted; until recently I had 2 Yorkies Girls Penny aged 10 and Tara aged 8, tragically we lost Tara 2 Months ago with Kidney Disease (God Bless Her) We bought her to give penny some doggy company it took months for penny to accept Tara, The 2 Dogs had been best friends for 7 years Penny misses Tara terribly and still looks for her every day, My dilemma is would it be advisable to home another Yorkie at this stage, bearing in mind how old penny is, would she accept another Yorkie  looking for some advice.
Kind Regards
Keith(UK) http://frasers.yorkie2.hop.clickbank.net/ |
First of all, my condolences for your loss of Tara. It is hard on everyone to lose a beloved friend of 8 years.
As far as getting another...being right for Penny? The age factor isn't a problem I wouldn't think and given time and patience I would suppose she would be accepting of a new friend. I presently have 3 yorkies. Before I got my first one, we had a older cocker spaniel mix breed (probably 10-11 when I brought the first yorkie home). Alphie (the older dog) sniffed a little at the new guy, grumbled at him some, and maybe shunned the little guy for awhile but before long they were good friends and played together alot. I believe having the youngster around helped Alphie to act/feel younger again and helped keep him around for the next 4 years. We lost Alphie this last November at 14 years of age. He was here and accepting of my first yorkie and my second...I believe having them here for companionship was truely good for him. Good luck in your decision.
BTW....Welcome to Yorkie Talk - hope you stick around. This website is a great place to learn, meet friends from all over, and hey, maybe you can even teach us a thing or two!