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Originally Posted by mcvoigts  We love our little Gracie. She's about 5 months old. Although we've had other dog breeds before, we've never had a Yorkie. All I can say is wow.
She's great, loving, independent, fun, but oh so wild! Is this a puppy issue or a Yorkie issue? Maybe it's a Yorkie puppy issue.
She has a 4x4 foot pen where we keep her while we're gone during the day. I work about 5 minutes away and come home a couple of times during the day to play with her. At night, she just goes wild.
Any counsel for me? Thanks so much. I'm happy to have found this forum. |
That's such a sweet name Gracie!
Welcome to world of Yorkie ownership. I'm 40 and have had one since age 8, so I really don't remember much of life without one of these little nuts running my life and I wouldn't have it any other way.
You have her in a pretty nice size pen and I commend you for popping in to spend time with her during the day! You're going to be great at this!
Terriers are high energy, but I found with all of mine, that puppy lunacy slows down a bit as they grow. She's just so overjoyed to have her family home she can't handle the joy.
I don't know if she has any toys in the pen to keep her busy. Yorkie puppies like to be busy ~ just make sure it's nothing that she can actually tear up and swallow. That might help her release some energy throughout the day.
When mine where pups I bought them these toys that where little tree trunks and you put stuffed squirrels in them, I believe I purchased them from Dr Fosters Smith. They have to dig out the little squirrels. I find mine like brain games like that.
Also if there is a blanket, bed or pillow in her pen that she rests on, a few drops of lavender essential oil (not the perfume one, the essential oil only) helps to keep them calm. It's a soothing oil. I had one that hated it tho, so check with Gracie first lol.
Lastly there will come a day when she's snoozing away next to you and you'll wonder how she grew up so fast, so enjoy her little heart running wild now.