So we have had all kinds of excitement around our house (well apartment) lately.
This past Saturday Joli and I headed to Baton Rouge from Houston to meet with a possible new family for Joli. It ended up not working out because the lady decided she did not think she could handle Joli's aggressive episodes after attacking her yorkie mix. We met at the lady who has been talking to me from YHR's house with her other 7 dogs as well. Joli wasn't completely bad with them, but did have 3 "spats" (one being with the possible new family's dog). But I think the main problem was that I was there. She is super protective of me. Which I have realized after reading stuff here and other places is probably because I got her SOOO young.
I wasn't that comfortable getting her as young as I did, but I was young too and just wanted my puppy "now" and the guy said it would be okay so we (my bf and I) got her. I know realize there were lots of warning signs I probably should have seen about the breeder. First and probably worst he let us take her at 5 weeks which I knew was too young, but like I said was ignoring for some dumb reason. And we met him somewhere "half way" where he was meeting some other people so (a) didn't see her parents and their living situation (b) he was selling multiple dogs at once. Plus her mom disappeared off their site after I got her which I thought was weird.
So since I got her so young she never learned to socialize with other dogs even though I tried to get her out, but since I didn't really have other friends with dogs this was limited to the pet's store and when I visited my mom (which was only a few times a year). So all she ever learned to play with was people.
I should have known better....
BUUT that being said since there isn't much I can do about it now, the family in Louisiana didn't work out. But ladyjane who has also been helping us, but lives in Houston had the idea of seeing how she behaves with other dogs without me or a person she knows around. So we met today away from her house or my house so she wouldn't feel territorial at all and she took Joli to her house with her 8 other yorkies. And the update I got from her an hour or so later was that Joli was doing really well. She had a small spat with one of the dogs, but then everyone was fine and she was even laying next to him later on. So this sounded very promising that she might be able to go to someone with other animals. I think as long as she gets attached to the other animals too and not just the person she would be okay. ladyjane can only keep her for a little while since she has 8 other yorkies, but she is taking her now because Somi is having LP surgery tomorrow and to make things a little easier on us.
I am very grateful for all the help everyone at YHR has given us and I hope we can find Joli a new home that loves her as much as I do, but lets everyone have much less stress (Joli, Somi, me, and the new family).