[MI Yorkielover]

I'm sorry to say that our adoption of a second yorkie has not worked out well. We had Sophie since she was 8 weeks old. She is a loving, little doll. She' smart, was pretty easy to train and we had no serious issues. When Sophie was 8 months old, six weeks ago, we adopted 7 month old Hazel from the same breeder. We thought it would be wonderful to give a good loving home to a second yorkie and fun for Sophie, too. Unfortunately we have had nothing but issues ranging from constant barking, inability negotiating stairs, big potty training problems and now aggression toward Sophie. We have been working very hard on Hazel's issues but when it comes down to her aggression toward Sophie the situation leaves us no alternative but to return her to the breeder who, thankfully, said she would take her back. Hazel is larger and outweighs Sophie. She won't let Sophie play with their toys or even sit up on the couch without snapping, biting and growling at her and Sophie starts to cry. It breaks my heart and something needed to be done now. We can't risk anything serious happening to Sophie who just wants to play and who was a little angel about sharing her toys and home. Hazel is a cutie and by herself is a loving little dog but not with another dog. She is too competitive and being treated equally isn't enough for her. I believe she will do better as an "only child" in a good home. We love Hazel, became very attached and feel just terrible about it and have thought long and hard to come to this difficult decision. I know there are many on this forum who have had different experiences and think "the more the merrier" but for us this particular combination hasn't worked out. It's also been very expensive. I don't know if this has happened to anyone else here on YT but my advice is to arrange a trial period for everyones sake before finalizing an adoption of a second yorkie and avoid the guilt and frustration I'm feeling now. Thanks for listening!