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Originally Posted by Balthazshar  Hi gang. So glad to be here on YorkieTalk.com - its so filled with great information, and everyone is so helpful. I have a few questions about my new little puppy; she is a 9 week old purebred Yorkie I got a week ago and just adorable (in my opinion of course). Here are two pics: Pic 1 Pic 2
Question: is she too young for me to leave on Sundays to go to church for about 2.5 hours? will she hurt herself in the cage? I work from home so other days during the week I am always around but Sundays I want to go to church and am concerned about leaving her; I missed last week because of it. She has a 36" Midwest single-door iCrate with plenty of toys and what not.
Should I leave music on? Should I cover the crate with a sheet and dim the lights to simulate night time? She has a small bowl of water and a bowl of food?
What do you think? Thanks in advance! |
There is a lot of different opinions on what you should do. You are with her everyday, so you know how she eats and if she ever shows signs of low blood sugar such as shaking. I got my liitle guy at 6 weeks old. I now know that was too young to get him, but I had no idea at the time. I had a specialist appointment I had to go to when he was about 9 weeks old and had to leave him for a couple of hours at least. The vet told me to give him about a fingerful of karo syrup when I had to leave him and also to make sure he ate before I left, they said that should sustain him until I got back, so that is what I did. I would always keep food and water down for him so if he got hungry he could eat and he would always have water to drink. He always did fine. I also never had a crate for him. From day one I put him in my bathroom with a gate up and he has always done fine he has his bed some toys and food and water in there. I never let him sleep with me because he was so tiny I was afraid if he fell or jumped off my bed he would get hurt, so he has always slept in the bathroom. He is now 25 weeks old and 3 lbs 6oz and still doing wonderful. By the way he was 1 lb 1 oz when I first brought him home and at 9 weeks he was 1lb 8 oz, If you are worried still though, you can always start leaving her in little intervals and seeing how she does. Start out at a half and hour and go up from there depending on how she does. By the way how much does she weigh. Good luck with whatever you decide.