Newbie to the forum - need advice please Hi! I’m a newbie to this forum, but not a newbie to owning a Yorkie. Pebbles just turned 2 years old on March 18, 2005 & I just brought my newest baby Skittles home. Skittles will be 8 weeks this Friday (April 22). She’s been home for almost a week now is doing pretty well. The 1st two nights she slept very well in a big crate w/Pebbles. The 3rd night however, she cried & cried. I finally remembered how I dealt w/Pebbles (though she was 10 wks when I brought her home). I took my shirt off & put it in the crate w/them - worked like a charm. Also, getting both of them out & taking them outside to wee helped too. Right now, Skittles is getting up every 2-3 hours & whining - my husband & I take turns getting up to let them out to do business. Things are going great again (keep your fingers crossed!).
Anyway, I want to be sure that Pebbles doesn’t get too jealous of the baby, so we’re trying to give them equal amounts of attention - hard to do. I gave Pebbles soooo much attention when she was a baby & I’m afraid that if I don’t do the same w/Skittles, she will have a stand-offish disposition. But whenever any us (I have a 15 yr. old son too) reach down to give Skittles attention, Pebbles comes running over & tries to butt in. I end up using both hands - one to pet Pebbles & one to pet Skittles. My problem is that I don’t know if I’ve giving Skittles (and Pebbles for that matter) enough attention. Any help from you pro’s would be great! I’ll try to post pics of my babies this weekend.
Thanks,
Kim |