I really enjoyed the website reference, thank you! I didn't know about the ED, I was familiar with the eye and hip tendencies. I thought the COI information was fascinating but I find genetics super interesting too. There were less testable genetic illnesses listed for yorkies than I thought were available? Neat website!
Sam is doing pretty good at simple lay sit, lay down, shake, roll over stuff and love love loves his retreive. He will be able to receive his second vaccine next weekend when he hits nine weeks and I will feel more comfortable with him going on outings thereafter but he has been on a camping trip where he couldn't touch the ground and got to meet a lot of church folks, lol, that was great- and of course our six kids and my sister and her kids and her dog (all vaccines up to date, so gentle and friendly and paws are disinfected upon entry, we are still bleaching shoes too). He goes outside on our closed property and is doing awesome at all that potty business (though we did an initial disinfect of his outdoor grass/pen area too). Puppy class starts in four weeks, and the kids go back to school about the same time- a little nervous about that.
Lilah is not spayed actually, though she is definitely grown now at three and a half so she could be. I suppose I still fancy like she and I have learned so many other things together as I have stumbled through the first part of my yorkie learning curve that maybe one day she we would practice showing together too but I don't imagine that is a practical thought, just a little thing I guess j have held on to. Do you think it would be better for him to halt formal training for six months to a year over neutering at six months?
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