ok,these may be concedered fighting words,but are only my opinion,I have raised maletse and bassetts in the past and I always let them go to there new homes at 8 weeks,but after joining yorkietalk, I have a whole new attitude..we have an 8 week old pup now,a yorkie male,what he is learning from both parents is a great thing,such as when he started biting as a puppy does,his mom made a growling sound and got him a toy,dropped it at him and showed him how to play and chew it,also,they scold him when he potties and its not on the potty pad,when he makes pee on the pad they give him kisses and you can tell they are praising him,they taught him in the last week that when he is put in his bed,he is to stay there..when he fusses as if he needs to potty,one of them takes him to the pottypad..now if my parents were left with there parents untill 12 weeks,they would have been potty broke,would have chewed on toys rather than anything else,and this morning I watched them try to show him how to go out the doggydoor to the back yard,but it was a failure,it was snowing outside so pup said no way,that stuff is scarry,but watching them they are sure going to make his future home alot better..sorry..but none of my babies will ever leave before 12 weeks..let the parents train them to be great dogs |