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Originally Posted by vegasrush  Her name is Georgie and she is 16 months old. I found her on craigslist. They advertised her as 1yr old Yorkie, 7-8lbs, housebroken and had allergies. We went and picked her up tonight and she is a sweetheart. (Only she is 11-13lbs)  Taz already is in love with her and she def. needs training. Unfortunately she is from a puppymill!! She disclosed tonight that she had pnuemonia when she got her. They were rehoming her because of allergies. She scratches one ear and loose's the hair on one of her back feet. They told me at first they thought it was their birds dander. I think it might be food related, although she told me tonight she has had a problem with her ear from the begining. (How can it be the birds then).
She has been running Taz around like crazy, she is soooo HYPER. Taz is trying to mount her but he doesn't have any idea what he is doing!!! And Georgie is having none of that. lol. I still think she is a sweetie and is overly friendly. I can tell they didn't take time to train her and I am already getting her to sit. This should be quite the handful for me, good thing I don't work! |
Awwww....she's CUTE
. She'll calm down after a little bit at your home. Madison was super hyper at first too....always trying to hump Max, but after several days when he felt more comfortable that all stopped. And the mounting thing is just a dominance issue anyway; that will calm down with a little time too.
I think that puppymill puppies are overly friendly b/c they are so starved for affection and attention. Madison is the same way. It's endearing and a little sad when you think about it, but I also have found (I believe that Madison was from a puppymill also..he was found wandering out in the desert, and I got him from a girl who had found him a few days before) that they can be sort of aggressive that way...sort of "in your face" and try to take the attention from the other dog, so just be aware of that possibility.
Of couse, they don't do it on purpose, I think they just see you giving attention to your first dog and they want the same thing and they don't know how to respect boundaries b/c they've never had that issue before, so you need to teach them that the behavior is not acceptable. We're working on that now
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And I'm starting to think Madison has allergies too....not sure how I'm going to address that....maybe switch his food ....am just thinking about it now.
Congratulations on your new baby, and I hope you all have a long happy life together. I can't even tell you how good I feel every time I look at Madison and know that I rescued him ~ he's a totally different dog than our Max, but he's such a love
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