When I first got my boys at 9weeks old I knew pratically nothing about yorkies and the ailments they could be born with or develop. I had no idea how fragile they are either.
I have never even heard of
luxating patella
hypoglycemia
liver shunt
AAL
Parvo
Giardia
and much more Im sure...
My 2 boys are my life and I do everything I can to protect them. However things happen beyond our control. I am grateful everyday they are here, healthy and happy.
My fletcher jumps off the back of the couch onto the tile floor multiple times a day. I have tried steps, pillows, blankets, training him to jump from the front of the couch at the very least. NOTHING has worked. He jumps from there and that is what he does. He has never hurt himself ... at least not yet. Both boys jump onto and off the bed and I can't stop them from that either. There is a bench that makes stairs but they won't even look at it no matter how many times I lead them to it and help them up, they ignore it.
The other night my Dex rolled over and fell off the bed. I heard the thump and jumped out of the bed. He ran around the bed looking a little shaken like 'what the heck just happened???" I picked him up and cuddled and checked him out. He was FINE! (that was not the first time) This same pup swallows things whole and only choked once or twice and got it down. He has also chewed through a laptop cord when it was plugged in and was fine.
I feel like I am an awful mommy sometimes because they seem to do so many 'unsafe' things. I try to catch them and stop them and retrain them, but I feel like them or me has an angel or something. They are indestructable.
I hope I did not jinx myself or them in saying that. I just feel so lucky that my rough and tumble boys have never been hurt.
Anyone else have any stories of amazement that their pup was not hurt from something? Or that their pup does something dangerous and they just won't stop doing it?