Hi Everyone! I am new to this board and to Yorkies in general. We have just recently decided to add a yorkie puppy to our family. I am nervous so I am doing as much research as I can beforehand. I am lucky that my cousin raises and breeds yorkies and is a reputable breeder so I have that hard part done with. I have a soon to be 7 year old daughter that loves ALL animals and is gentle with them , a persian cat who is 13 yrs old who I know will not have anything to do with the puppy as he lays in my bed most of the time and a 3 year old Himalayan who I am not sure how she will do. My cats are declawed however so I dont have to worry about scratches to the puppies face. We are getting a male puppy and he should be around 6 pounds when he is full grown. I am just hoping that all goes well with adding a puppy to a cat household. I am planning on training the puppy to use peepads, I read recently that I should place it inside a small litterbox and use that to teach him. I do have a pet door that goes inside my garage because thats where my cats litter boxes are . I am thinking about using baby gates to make him a small area when he goes through the door for him to have his peepads in . I dont want him to have access all over the garage and I will make a way for cats to get over the gate to get to their boxes still . I have read how hard yorkies are to housetrain and that is making me worry. I know its going to take hard work and patience to get him housetrained. I have read that they are barkers as well, Is there any tips on things to do as a puppy that may prevent them for barking alot when they grow up? Thanks in advance for any suggestions and insights on adding a Yorkkie to my family and any training tips and ideas. I want to know as much as I can before I bring him home in Feb.
We just saw him for the first time on Thanksgiving and he was 2 weeks old then. We get to bring him home after he is 12 weeks old in Feb.My cousin has a dog trainer that comes in twice a week so by the time he comes home he will have had a few sessions already. Not sure if he will have learned anything , but its a start
I plan on having a trainer with him as well since I dont really have to much knowledge on training dogs.
Heres a few pictures I took at my cousins of her dogs and puppies
My daughter holding one of my cousins yorkies
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Kaylee holding one of my cousins yorkies. My daughter fell in love with this one and held her almost all of Thanksgiving.
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This is the puppy room, the puppies are in a playpen. This room is cool because it has a tunnel built into the floor the doggies can walk in to get outside into a nice enclosed area. As you can see they all got alot of love on Thanksgiving and another one of my cousins also picked out a puppy. This is her second one she has gotten from my cousin. I should have taken a closer picture because you cant hardly see the puppies, but trust me they were cute
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