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Originally Posted by riley89  I have just acquired a 7mo old full blooded(?) yorkie that is 10lbs. She was with a person who neglected her. I got her from a lady who said she had the Mother ad the father. They were both under 7lbs.
Can that happen? She is very sweet and has adapted fairly well. We will have had her for a week tomorrow. She doesn't eat alot. She is thin for her body size. I have a 10yr old Westie that I consider to have rescued also 10 yrs. ago, but she was a puppie. The yorkie seems to be more attached to other to the other animals at our place( cats, dogs). Will she become more attached to us in the future, or will she always be more interest in other animal
New Yorkie owner |
I will tell you Smokey's story. He was born in a puppy mill and sold to a lady who had MS. Actually, her kids bought Smokey for her as a gift and his name was originally Coby. I think during that time frame, he was mostly kept in a crate 24/7. After a couple months, she realized she couldn't take care of him properly and gave him up. The lady she gave him to kept him for two months because Smokey had no potty training experience. She worked on him, but nothing seemed to work. Eventually a lady came and "rescued" him, but kept him for only four days because he was such a mess to handle. Two days later I find out that this lady has a yorkie for adoption and I call her up. The next day I'm at her house to pick up my new bundle of joy and that's precisely what he was. Super friendly, very kissy, and just a joy of a personality, but I think because he was shifted around so much, it just didn't click that he was finally home. He didn't trust us. He refused to jump in and out of cars and when we would carry him outside, he would shake like a leaf. Also, his potty training problem... anxiety. I think because of being in a puppy mill, and that lady probably keeping him in a crate, that every time we would put him in his crate he would have diarrhea and pace in circles until someone would let him out. Because I figured out he had anxiety, I stopped making him go in a crate and suddenly the diarrhea stopped. He was 7.6 lbs when we brought him home from severe weight loss from being sick so often and now he is 14-15 lbs. Today he is a very happy, healthy, loving baby and so very attached to me after all the things I have done for him. He loves his daddy too, but he loves his mommy! Now we can actually crate him with our other little munchkin, but he still gets anxious if he's alone. We can't leave him alone, or he does get sick. He's such a joy to have! We've had him a full year on October 30. Anyways, the point of the story, give it some time. You new baby will come around in time, he just needs to adjust. He's been through a lot. Just learn to read his signs and try to adapt to his needs and you will have a truly wonderful, appreciative, loving dog on your hands. Just don't give up on him.
