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Originally Posted by Ladymom  Lori, I am so confused now about your reasons for giving Savannah up after reading your post from July:
Ok well, for all of you that are shaming the woman that started this post with the 'have patience' comments. I have 2 yorkies. My oldest is 14, going on 15 and the youngest is 12. It took me every bit of 2 yrs to house break both of them!!! Even tho they are house-broken, they will still pee and poop in the house if they need to. BOTH have regressed to being unbroken..as tho they aren't trained at all. This is mainly due to the youngest potty habits. I don't want ANYONE to bash me and tell me that it's something that I'M doing wrong because they WERE broken!!! This breed is by far the most stubborn when it comes to housebreaking of any breed I have ever owned. The youngest of the 2 is a complete and utter tyrant that has destroyed every place I have ever lived with her nastiness. I am getting ready to have to move yet again only this time it will be without her. I have come to the conclusion that I will never have anything or be able to live a 'normal' life as long as she is sharing my dwelling. I have had all the patience anyone could possibly have while going thru this. I have trained, re-trained, and re-trained in every method ever written and some I concocted on my own. She WILLLLL lay in it, sleep in it, heck, she even eats her own poop as well as the other dogs poop! It's absolutely the grossest dog I have ever owned. I have put up with this for, as I've said, 12 years for the sake of her. She's at an age where no one will or would take her now. The no kill shelter here wont take her. So I have 1 alternative and that is to have her put to sleep. I am beyond disgusted with being forced to do such a thing when I have fought long and hard to keep her. 12 years!!!!???????? It comes a time when a person has to look at how they have to live for the sake of an animal. One such as what I have. Believe me, I love her as much as I hate her sometimes and I am not the kind of person to do what I have to do. I've cried my eyes out at the thought of this but I really have no choice left. I cannot live this way anymore. My home reeks of urine and it's just not fair! So, to the woman that is having the difficult time.....you have a long road ahead of you and chances are pretty great that potty training will never completely be done! Everyone I know with yorkies complain that they are the HARDEST to break and are rarely fully broken. They're just sneaky enough to hide the evidence well. They are beautiful, sweet companions but the down-sides to them out-weigh the good! |
UPDATE!!!!!
Lori63;2924519]This is an update on my 12 yo. I kept her afterall but ended up finding her a good home just 3 days ago. We did move and I brought her along. She surprised me and did well here, at least as best as she could. As it turns out and after many trips to the vet, I found out that she was having an issue that was causing her to pee the way she was peeing. She had a UTI twice! Her health began to deteriorate and after having tried to give the vets in my area chance after chance to fix her so that I could keep her and we could all be happy again, they failed us both. Miserably!! I spent all that I had to get her help. I've been unemployed for almost 5 months now and there's no one hiring anywhere near me. Living on a measly unemployment check to pay it all. Savannah needed health care. She was going out and doing her business and I would praise her and give her treats and it became a game to her. She knew if she went out and even dribbled she'd go in and get a treat. But I'd find dribbles in the floor and the towel in her box soaked. Her urine reeked of cat urine. The vet told me she had a high ph in her urine and that was it!!!! She had also developed a cough that the vet told me not to worry about! Yes! they were horrible people!!!!!! You go looking for answers and these are the answers you get!!!! Right now she is with an older lady that has nothing but time, money and patience. I am immensely heartbroken, having cried for the last 3 days virtually non-stop. I miss her more than I ever imagined I would. I've said this before but I've never had an animal test me to the limits she tested me. In the end tho, I did all that I could to help her and keep her with me. She was a very loving part of our family and was worth all that I endured. I will always, always miss her!!!