| help with inlaws
I recently got Chloe in Oct. and everyone in my family has fell in love with her. My inlaws make sure to stop by every few days to visit with their grandpuppy. Well they have recently decided that they want to get a little yorkie too. The problem is that they have 2 big labs that are inside dogs and they work nights so they are not home very much they get home at 2 am and they go to bed around 3 30 or 4 and then they dont wake up till about noon and they leave at 2 in the afternoon. So my concern is that this puppy will be left alone with these big dogs all the time or it will be confined in a small area for 12 hours everyday. I want to tell them that these yorkies have to have alot of attention and care and they have to be watched very carefully but I dont want them to think that I dont want them to have one, and I dont want to sound rude.
For example last sunday me and my husband went to their house to watch a football game and I left Chloe at home bc of the big dogs. Well we were there for 3 hours and they wanted to know if we wanted to stay for dinner, my husband said no because we have to get home to check on Chloe, and they said man you guys act like she is a little baby that you are leaving home by its self or something it is a dog!! I was just floored thinking to myself this is not a DOG this is my BABY! So does everyone understand what I am getting at its not that I dont think that they should get a yorkie bc believe me another one in the family would be great. But they just dont have time for a small dog like a yorkie when they aren't home very much at all.
Any suggestions would be appreciated I just need to know how to convince them that maybe a yorkie is not a good choice for the lifestyle that they live. |