As I said in my profile, I was never a "dog person" until I was exposed to Yorkies. And now I'm just mad about them. I begged my mom to get one and exposed our cats to Yorkies (with the help with a yorkie owning friend
) and finally after a year, I got my very own baby.
She is the sweetest little thing and she loves to be held. The thing is that she is not a puppy anymore. She is already 3 years old. She has been with us for 24 hours but is too scared to leave her basket. She just sits in her basket and shakes excessively. I think that her previous home was not very happy because she is so afraid of people and looked very scruffy.
She is eating and drinking well but I'm concerned about her shyness. Can I socialise her so that she is not so distrusting, even though she is not a puppy anymore? Also, she is impossible on a leash...Can she learn to walk on a leash? And if so, do you have tips on training her to walk on a leash?
I love her very much already with her gentle disposition and loving nature but she is missing that characteristic "yorkie" curiousity and "look at me" attitude which I so love. Can she regain her Yorkieness? I don't want her to change though because she is not a threat to the cats but I want her to come out of her shell. All I know to do is to love her, which she seems to be responding to.
Any tips will be appreciated. Thank you
