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lulugirl · 02-02-2011, 11:29 AM

Hello all I'm pretty new here and as a yorkie owner. I got my first baby about 8 months ago a sweet little girl named LuLU and she has become the world to me I just love this breed so much now. After I got her a neighbor came to me and told me his sister breeds yorkies. A few months later he told me his sister just had a few litters at once, she also has foster kids and needed to clear out some of her dogs because of them. He let me know that she would give me one of her males as long as I would allow her to use him to breed whenever she needed to.

One night about two weeks ago he woke me up with a little one year old boy, Sparky, in his arms. I brought him in my room with me as I was sleeping, and he was very scared. The poor little guy stayed curled up in a ball on my bed all night long while my LuLu and my Harley(corgie/sheltie mix) checked him out. For the first few days I couldn't even get Sparky to stand on his own two feet. After a few days he began to finally stand up and look around.

After two weeks he is finally walking around the house to at least eat and sitting up to look around but if you approach him he curls up into a ball and then rolls on his back. When he decideds he wants to be pet he curls up into a ball and scoots close with his head down looking terrified. When Harley gets excited and wants to play with me or Sparky Sparky will attack and bite him. At first Harley ignored it but now they are starting to get into full fleged fights and I'm afraid that Sparky will get hurt. He is definitly attacking out of fear though not aggression. He walks great on a leash but soemtimes gets around my legs when I go to lift my foot to step over the leash he will instantly cower down.

I am not sure if he was just introduced into the home wrong and will get pasat this fear, if he just has a skiddish personality or if maybe he was not treated so nice before i got him. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on things I can do to help him become more secure and feel safe. I can't imagine how hard it is for this little guy to feel this anxiety all the time. I don't know if this is just his personality or what. I guess I'm just looking for some suggestions on how to help him be the happiest safest little boy he can be if theres anaythign I can do to help him.

Thanks in advance!!

02-02-2011, 11:29 AM	#1
lulugirl YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2010 Location: new port richey, FL Posts: 8	My Skiddish new guy Hello all I'm pretty new here and as a yorkie owner. I got my first baby about 8 months ago a sweet little girl named LuLU and she has become the world to me I just love this breed so much now. After I got her a neighbor came to me and told me his sister breeds yorkies. A few months later he told me his sister just had a few litters at once, she also has foster kids and needed to clear out some of her dogs because of them. He let me know that she would give me one of her males as long as I would allow her to use him to breed whenever she needed to. One night about two weeks ago he woke me up with a little one year old boy, Sparky, in his arms. I brought him in my room with me as I was sleeping, and he was very scared. The poor little guy stayed curled up in a ball on my bed all night long while my LuLu and my Harley(corgie/sheltie mix) checked him out. For the first few days I couldn't even get Sparky to stand on his own two feet. After a few days he began to finally stand up and look around. After two weeks he is finally walking around the house to at least eat and sitting up to look around but if you approach him he curls up into a ball and then rolls on his back. When he decideds he wants to be pet he curls up into a ball and scoots close with his head down looking terrified. When Harley gets excited and wants to play with me or Sparky Sparky will attack and bite him. At first Harley ignored it but now they are starting to get into full fleged fights and I'm afraid that Sparky will get hurt. He is definitly attacking out of fear though not aggression. He walks great on a leash but soemtimes gets around my legs when I go to lift my foot to step over the leash he will instantly cower down. I am not sure if he was just introduced into the home wrong and will get pasat this fear, if he just has a skiddish personality or if maybe he was not treated so nice before i got him. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on things I can do to help him become more secure and feel safe. I can't imagine how hard it is for this little guy to feel this anxiety all the time. I don't know if this is just his personality or what. I guess I'm just looking for some suggestions on how to help him be the happiest safest little boy he can be if theres anaythign I can do to help him. Thanks in advance!!