I'm very sorry for your little yorkie. This is exactly the reason why I won't sell puppies to families with young children. Is this fun for your son? No. He can't be enjoying the yorkie. And while he certainly should learn how to treat dogs properly, and not make them growl, the bigger dogs won't suffer at his hand. Your yorkie is being mistreated and is suffering. To compound your problems the Jack Russell isn't a breed I'd want with a yorkie puppy. Until your son is older why have a toy breed that he can torment and harm? I hope that you'll consider placing the puppy before something terrible happens to it.
Also consider this. A long time breeder, Jay Ammon, used to tell about a slide presentation she once saw. It pictured young children whose faces had all been badly disfigured and scarred by dog bites. At the conclusion of the presentation the speaker informed those watching that all the horrible bites had been inflicted by toy breeds. So you might suggest to your husband that letting the dogs bite your son probably isn't the best way to teach him. Before your son matures to the point that he'll treat the yorkie properly it sounds like your going to have one angry, nasty little dog on your hands. How sad for the puppy. |