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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  When my mom was searching for Oliver, the rescue she ended up with had two pups that had been turned over due to injuries. One yorkie who's back leg had been broken so badly that the orthopedic specialist was considering amputation. The other was a morkie with a head injury and seizures. Both of the injuries were caused by young children. I can bet you anything that those families would have said their kids were good, respectful children who would never hurt an animal. But accidents happen because kids get careless or over excited around small dogs. No matter what we say, they just DON'T have the cognitive ability to really "get" the fragility of these type of dogs. Puppies wiggle out of grasp and they get grabbed or they fall. And everyone says that they will supervise the kids and the dogs together- but life intervenes. The door gets knocked on, the telephone rings and dinner needs to get made.
Too me, it's just not a chance worth taking. Not when there are other options out there. |
I'm not disagreeing with you in that if you already have kids, you should specifically look for a bit bigger of a Yorkie if you want one. They are not as fragile and much sturdier for sure. And also do your research and pick the "RIGHT" puppy.
However,
anything can happen at any moment to any person or any dog by accident, that's why they are called accidents. I would bet that 99% of people here on YT have at ONE point accidentally stepped on their little ones paw, or tripped over them, or accidentally hurt them in some way. It just happens! We can be as cautious as we want, but things still happen unfortunately. I always remember the story of a poor little Yorkie on here who was tiny and ran into a wall and ended up passing away because of it. She was simply running around the house having fun... we can't
not let our dogs outdoors, or to play with other dogs, or to run around the house, or play fetch, or go for walks, or car rides, or do
anything... all of those things have the
potential to hurt them but we still do them. Dogs need to live out their lives!
I'm w/ you that there ARE other options. Like I said, look specifically for a larger yorkie, or one that you KNOW already likes children, etc. Those are very smart things to research before adding a dog to your family. But it just seems like to me, sheltering our dogs from children (or the world) is not going to help them. I think so many little dogs are mean towards children simply because we don't give them the chance to socialize with them and are too frightened by what could or couldn't happen. I'm all for being over protective of our dogs (I am overprotective of Jackson) and being sure they are safe as possible at all times but I really don't think keeping them away from well mannered children is the answer.
What happens if a couple has small yorkies first, and THEN have kids? And these small yorkies LIKE the children...? Would you say that's not a good idea, rehome them?? I dunno, just playing a little devils advocate here. Because I do see both sides. I understand what kids can do to a small dog and I think supervision is a must with ANY size dog. But there's potential for danger all around us.