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Originally Posted by 2newpups  Thanx, Maximo (Kristin?), I didn't think about a baby gate - sounds a whole lot better than a box haha! Kat549, you're the first person I've "met" on YT whose pup was only 8 weeks old when you brought him home. I've been really stressing over that, since several here (who obviously know A LOT about Yorkies and dogs in general) have pointed out that pups should really be with their moms for at least 10 weeks. Ours too will be 8 weeks this weekend, and the breeder insists they will be fine but I already trust y'all so much more! |
Reputable breeders keep the pups until 12 weeks but sometimes finding and buying from reputable breeders just doesn't happen. Thank goodness for pet insurance though. I rescued my boy at 9 weeks. He had already been to two different houses and two different families and they just didn't want him so I got him and figured I knew enough to help him get over some of the issues he might have due to leaving is mom to young and stuff. He did pretty good but I have another yorkie to kinda help him out. The biggest issue we had was separation anxiety because I guess he was so young when we got him and passed from two different houses that he was scared of being left alone. Biting was a bit of an issue but who knows if it was worse with him then with a pup that didn't go home until 12 weeks. I think its a bigger issue when you have a pup that will be in a house by himself with no other dogs and you take them before 12 weeks because they have no one else to learn from. Since they have each other they should be able to learn socialization and stuff pretty well but you might want to look for a local puppy class to start socializing them with other dogs. The biggest thing you need to look out for is hypoglycemia the smaller and the younger they are the higher at risk they are for that.