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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I am sorry, but I am going to simply say that my pup would not be alone with the children again. You cannot assume it was the 10 year old while walking....there are two even younger children. Children run and play and a 5 lb yorkie is at a huge disadvantage and can easily be injured.
I don't see any way a little tugging would do that.
I know many will disagree with me, but yorkies are not for children as a rule. Does it sometimes work? Yes, but I have seen far too many accidents involving children and yorkies. This was a warning sign. I am not saying it was intentional.......doesn't matter if it was or not. It happened and IMHO you are lucky it is not worse. |
(He's 9lbs 4oz just to clarify so he's a bit bigger than a 5lb dog, but he's still a little guy!!)
But yes, I have gone back and forth over whether or not I think this is what happened or not. It just seems to be in the exact shape of the chest plate on that particular harness...
except the bruising is on on one side and not centered does make me wonder.
Because he wasn't bothered by it or in any pain or averse to it being touched/pressed on and has no other type of injury I don't like to think he was kicked or hit or anything, but I really can't say for certain -- which is the worst part of this whole thing.
I agree I don't really want him alone with the kids and that until I can establish the 10 year old knowing how to walk him I think only the adults should walk him. I dont have any travel plans that he won't be coming with me for the foreseeable future so I'm not too worried about that at the moment. The next few trips I have planned Princeton is tagging along.
I'll update again after I get a chance to sit down with the kiddos and have a chat!
Also - his chest looks even better now than it did before we went to bed last night (this morning) it looks like there are like two major bruise areas and the rest of the coloring is fading and its darkening more bruise-like in two spots - kind of hard to explain. I'll take new pics. It's still the same shape and still very noticeable but it doesn't look nearly as angry as when I first found it. I wanted to have him groomed this week but I'm putting that off too although i do want his chest hair cut low so I can see the healing process better.