My husband and I adopted/bought 2 Yorkie litter mates, a boy (Toby) and his sister (Sophie) our first dogs. We didn't know anything about raising puppies or about Yorkshires. However, as soon as we got them, I started reading about the breed to be a good mom to them, after reading about how to raise two puppies, I realized that raising litter mates would be a lot of work.
Well...it all started when I saw a lady walking her Yorkie puppy and I started asking questions about her lovely puppy, then she told me that the person she got her puppy from had another litter and she could get us a puppy.
Well, we end up with two because the lady's sister didn't want the girl she ordered, she changed her mind and wanted a boy instead. So the lady brought the girl with her when she came to bring us our puppy, and asked if we wanted the girl too. We thought it would be good to get both to keep each other company. Yes...we were not thinking and acted on impulse.
We knew nothing about the breeder, never met them since they live in Bakersfield, but the lady we met offered to pick up our puppy at the same time she picked her sister's puppy, we just told her we wanted a boy. So to make a long story short, she went and got us the puppy we wanted, and since we were not involved getting the puppy we end up with the runt (Toby)
After a week of having them, we realized that it was going to be lots of work, not only were they young (6 1/2) week old, but we never had puppies before. However, all I can say is.....yes we did everything wrong, but since we got them (9/1/13) we have done a lot of reading because we decided that we were going to learn as much about how to best raise our puppies. It is a lot of work but so far they are doing good, our girl is very smart, which teaches the boy. We love them so much and we are doing our best to be good parents and responsible dog owners. We continue learning as much as we can, and they are a joy to us. So any advise you can share and give us, will be appreciated.
