Hello everyone. I have been reading the posts long before ever owning a Yorkie. A lot of great information.
I am the proud new mom of by baby girl Sophie.
I have previously owned Old English Sheepdogs for the past thirty years so you can only imagine the change for us. Going from 100 lbs to 4.5 lbs
We have been so blessed to have gotten the most precious, sweetest, dog anyone could ever ask for! Sometimes I just look at her and cry (happy tears) to have been soooooo lucky! So now I must ask a couple of questions and would appreciate any feedback.
My husband and I are retired. Lucky Sophie eh!! Problem is we still want to travel while we have our health.
We did our bucket list trip before we got Sophie so any trips will be 1-2 weeks max.
Sophie was born March 1, 2013. We want to plan a trip in late November for a week. I do not want to make the same mistake with previous dogs whereas we would not even travel because we could not leave them behind.
Sophie will be about 8 months then. The only place I feel comfortable kennelling is with my vet. Ok I must ask is that too young to leave her for a week. We also want to go away in Jan or March for 10 days (gets to -40C where we live). Being that we are with Sophie 24/7 we do not want to create separation issues. I just find it so hard to leave her. At 5 1/2 months now she is potty trained outside. Never used pee pads just ALOT of hard work getting her to this stage. Will I screw up all I have done by training to go outside by kennelling her at 8 months.
If taking her with us was an option we would however we can not.
Second question is how much does your Yorkie eat. I do not want Sophie overweight but my little girl sure loves her food.
Thanks for any comments.
Again enjoy reading posts.
Cheers to all.