 Up Date
I didn't take the time to thank-you for your wisdom. This is the update on Mickey, if you have any thoughts I would love to hear them:
He will be a year old, after a while when we first got him I sent this letter to the breeder and also to the breeder that recommended her:
linda jewel 1( That's her )
Hi,
This is Lynn Zachman and Jeff and I bought one of your puppies.
I have some grave concerns that I thought you might be able to help me with.
Mickey is very animal friendly, he is not people friendly he won't come to Jeff or I without us chasing him down. He is not interested in anything we do and he is very, very hand shy.
Before this gets out of hand I need you to tell me what you think. He hides under our bed if we let him. These are the things we have done to make him feel at home and I have done to make him like us.
1. He has his own "space" but on the flip side we have to close the door during the day or he would never come out.
2. I play with him lay down on the floor with him, I've tried treats, praise and to touch him as often as possible. After we've picked him up after kind-of having a rodeo its like he is just resigned to the fact that we are bigger than him and he has no choice but to let us pet him. I am not going to push him but just ignoring him doesn't work because he could care less.
3. In essence we are not doing very well and feel really bad. We don't want him miserable. And we really want to love him.
No help, no response,
Then I sent this one:
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Hello,
We bought a Yorkie puppy not from you, but a breeder that you recommended to my husband. I thought at his 7 month mark you might like an update seeing that you know the people well enough to feel comfortable recommending them.
It was night time and the puppy was asleep when we met them. We took him home and he immediately ran under the bed, Typical right? This little puppy was TERRIFIED of us. For the first 4 months we had to love him from a distance. He would hide, run, and a million other things. It broke my heart but after 2 weeks I got ahold of the breeder who said that , " Oh that’s what they do" Sure they do, she wouldn't take him back
. ( Now you couldn't pry him away from me!)
So, fast forward to today. We love Mickey very much but no one but my husband, myself, and Max our other Yorkie can get near him. We absolutely can not pick him up. He can't go anywhere with us ,as the car scares him so much it just isn't worth it.
(Update) at almost 11 months he still hates to be picked up,but hates it way less.
Our vet said that under socialized is a understatement. He was either abused or totally ignored at the critical time he was with the breeder. He actually said she should be ashamed of herself. This was SO bad that the vet said we should do all we could to insure that she never, ever bred another dog.
That's all,
Regards, Lynn And Jeff Zachman.
I'm clueless about how to tell if he is happy or not, do you know how? What should I be doing?
Any more help would be so much appreciated@
Very Sincerely,
Lynn
Plus he itches |