[yorkietalkjilly]

Yorkies were initially bred as ratters but have been bred in the last 60 years or more to simply be great companion animals and are essentially genetically programmed to want to be with and around their human person(s) at all times. They do not have protective undercoats to help them regulate their body heat and are not hardy outside dogs. Also they are easy prey for hawks, owls, eagles, coyote and people interested in a free dog, etc.

Your dog could have a history of having lived with a doting owner that never left the dog's side and he is missing that companionship terribly or was treated abominably and frightened or mistreated by humans and terribly confused and scared, plus he's just been subjected to a drastic change in his lifestyle and probably wonders what is going to happen to him next; but whatever his history, your dog needs to be in the house with you enjoying his new life and home and being loved and cared for except for potty, play and exercise breaks. Some dogs don't even know how to play if they have spent their lives in kennels as breeding "stock", never socialized and are completely lost when left to their own devices. Some Yorkies are scared of other dogs and quite uncomfortable around them. But probably he's just shocked by the recent changes to his life and is trying to adjust and needs some gentle help in how to do that.

My and other suggestions on this and your other thread will give you some insight and ideas about how to help him get through this time of rehabbing this little rescue and settling gently into his new life with you. But whatever you do, only allow him outside for brief periods of time in warm or cold weather and only when you are out there with him as when I first got my Tibbe, some adults tried to steal him out of my own back yard! They drove their car slowly down the alley, returned in a few minutes and the two adults in the backseat got out and were heading for my boat gate when I stepped out onto the porch and yelled, they took off and ran to the car and the driver spend off. I was standing just inside the open back door as Tibbe was let out to potty rather than right out there with him and learned that day not to ever leave a cute, small dog outside alone! Yorkies are easily resold for a quick profit and they can often quickly escape from almost any yard if there is even the tiniest space between the fence and the gate or a bit of space between the bottom of the fence and the ground.