[Pam 19]

Hey candigirl: Sorry I'm just now getting back to you. My daughter Jessica (age 19) & I are apartment hunting so I've been pretty busy the past few days. How's your baby? I hope she's doing fine. Teppi is her usual spitfire self, finding new & better things to get into. lol As far as socializing Teppi. When I brought her home (for right now anyway) there's my Mom, Daughter & my Mom's poodle who is always up to date on everything he needs. Very spoiled. But my theory is, if you love them they're suppose to be spoiled. But that's just me. She never socialized her poodle with other dogs so it causes a little bit of a problem here. He & Teppi can't be out running around together because of that. But he's allowed to sniff her & she him as long as we're holding them. I can't wait to get my own home again. I got Teppi when she was 8wks old & weighed 2lbs. Her breeder had been giving her shots himself so he had it marked down on her vet record what he gave her & he actually had her down to get more shots @ 3 other times after the ones she just got @ her vet. That goes back to different breeders & mayby even vets give what they think they need. Teppi's vet looked over what he had given her & said she didn't need anymore shots after what he gave a couple of weeks ago & the rabies the other day for a year (rabies). I asked him a couple of weeks ago if I could start taking her out around other people, places. He said there shouldn't be a problem with that. He also laughed & said that Yorkies are alot tougher little dogs than most people give them credit for. Is your baby not finished with her shots? If not, what else does she have to get? I would have thought when she got her rabies she'd be through. I trust Teppi's vet & if you trust yours like you said & he said it'd be fine to start socializing Lexie I'd do it. If he said she needs more shots I'd call & find out what they are. I'm just a little curious myself. One thing I don't & will never do is let Teppi walk around on the floor anywhere in the vet's office. I always hold her & always will. Animals come there for different reasons. Some because they're really sick & it may be something our babies aren't vac. against. You really need to start socializing her with people, animals, different noises, everything you can think of because right now & before she's learning. The more she learns & gets use to the more well adjusted baby she'll be. Just make sure your vet says all this is OK for you to start doing. I take Teppi everywhere I go that I possibly can. The only places so far she hasn't been is food places, Wal-Mart & my Dr.'s office & she wants me to figure out a way to sneak her in there. lol & I would if I could. I'm just afraid the nurse that knows me will get too nosey. lol Let me know how things go. I'm interested to hear about the shots. Since our babies are the same age, weight & going through all this same stuff keep in touch. I'd send you a friendship request but for some reason alot of my stuff on YT has been messed up the past few days. I can't send out a request, but I can receive one. I know that because another lady & I went through all that. Admin. keeps saying that they might be having trouble with their mail server. Since I started taking Teppi with me everywhere she's been fine & she loves it. She's gotten use to going to the bank for 1 place & she knows where we are when we pull up in the parking lot. I always take her in & everybody loves her & has to come pet her or hold her. She gets so excited! You'll see when you start taking Lexie places. EVERYBODY loves little Yorkies. Why wouldn't they? They are wonderfull companions. Hope to hear from you soon. Pam & Teppi