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Originally Posted by Tabithaa711  Hi, I'm Tabitha. I'm a new yorkie mom. My yorkie Louie is 7 months old now and I adopted him a month ago. Sunday we had our first scare with our yorkie. Louie is skittish around strangers to say the least. We had a visitor in our house. Louie wouldn't let him within a foot of him. He wouldn't let him pet him. He smelled his hands and when the visitor reached out to grab him, Louie ran away. Every dog is different and you should definitely never make a dog uncomfortable because you want to pet them in my opinion. So my husband and I are in the kitchen and Louie is in the living room. The visitor entered the living room and decided he was going to hold Louie. I watch Louie jump 5 feet out of this strangers hands, hit the floor rolling, and run over to me limping on three legs. I check him for any obvious breaks- there were none. So I look up online sprains and strains and it says to keep the dog from using the leg. So I keep him in my lap for the next couple of hours until our company leaves. I limited their interactions with him- at one point they said 'Louie wants to sit on my lap now!' And I sternly and politely said no. After our guests are gone, I let Louie down and he was still not using the leg completely. For the rest of the evening we are limiting his activity and hoping the sprain will heal itself. I feel terrible for not setting clear boundaries. I blame myself for putting my dog in danger. Today, Louie is running and playing and eating like his normal self. I am so glad he doesn't have any injury. I can't believe anyone would try to hold a skiddish dog without the owners consent. I guess because yorkies are small. I love my yorkie. I knew I had to watch my yorkie around children, but not adults that should know better. Learn from my mistake! What are your close calls? I want to learn from your mistakes!, |
I have never had any with any of my babies. When I had my (now passed) pack of 3 girls I watched them like a hawk around ppl. I made it very clear to children and adults to not pick up my girls. I never left my girls alone with ppl who were not familiar with them and visa versa. My girls were not tiny, they weighed in smallest was 9 pounds biggest was 13 pounds, but broken legs could still be gotten if dropped.
Even with my 12 pound rescue boy, no one is allowed to pick him up, if you're sitting and he wants to cuddle he will jump on sofa then their laps, but no picking him up.