Has experience made you a more protective Yorkie owner or a less protective one?
YES . . a recent close call make me more protective.
Do you find yourself learning new risks and taking precautions to prevent them?
YES, very much so. My babies mean the world to me, they may think that they are fearless but when a big dog chases one of them home snapping at their behind. I think that was a huge wake up call for both Ruby and Me.
I have found out recently that I need to be more aware of other dogs in our neighborhood. We had four new dogs added to our neighborhood and all are unchained and unsupervised... (found that out the hard way). So now I keep an eye on my pups at all times. They don't get to spend as much time running free in our large yard as they use to simply because I can not trust what the other dogs will do. Once came two doors down unsupervised and chase my Ruby who wondered off when my DH was watching her or should I say suppose to be watching her. So yea . . the unpredictability of my dogs and especially others peoples dogs have become a real eye opener for me.