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Originally Posted by jovo442  To the OP: Your dog does know it's limits. Relax and enjoy. Would you jump off a cliff? Neither would your dog. I'm sorry that you were sold an undersized dog. I understand why you feel worried. But yorkies rank in intelligence among the top 15 breeds in the world. Dogs have excellent depth perception. And you can't confine your dog everyday, just as you wouldn't confine a child, for fear of something happening. They, like a child, need to run, play, grow. You are correct to provide a watchful eye, but the issue should not be consuming you to the point that you are too scared to let your dog live life in their own home. My yorkies are bigger than yours. Could they still make stupid decisions? Absolutely. Do they? No. They are just as capable of getting hurt as yours. But they don't. |
I did not interpret the original post as applying only to Yorkies on the smaller end of the scale. My boys are 9+ pounds, 11+ inches from the floor to topline. Although larger, they still require more care and supervision than any other dog we've had.
Max is a very smart boy, but jumped off a high surface once -- a table. Very lucky he didn't break a leg. I let them jump from the couch, but not anywhere else. I lift them out of the car. I keep them off of our long stairway because they would probably knock each other down running to the door.
Our neighbor's Yorkie is the same size and was attacked by a hawk in his front yard. Our yard is not Yorkie friendly for a variety of reasons.