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kevin17 · 07-25-2006, 04:02 AM

My wife and I need some help and opinions on this. We recently bought a little male yorkie (when he was 12 weeks old), he is now 14 weeks. We spent a lot of time researching and found a great puppy. We also have been spending a lot of time with him. The reality of our busy lives has sunk in a little though. Our problem is that we live in an apartment, and each work from about 7:30am - 5:00pm. Neither of us can get home during lunch either as it is too far, therefore we end up having to leave our yorkie in his crate for 10 hours in the middle of the day. On top of this, if we have something we have to do after work we basically have to leave him in his crate all day and all night with the exception of a few hours. We are not sure that this is a good thing and are keeping what is good for him in mind. Raising a puppy on the 2nd floor of an apartment is also much more work than raising one in house and it takes even more of his and our usefull time away. This is very a very difficult decision for us. Being that he is still a puppy and 14 weeks old, do you think that we should look into selling him to someone who can spend more time with him before he gets older?

07-25-2006, 04:02 AM	#1
kevin17 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 9	Should we sell him? Please help us! My wife and I need some help and opinions on this. We recently bought a little male yorkie (when he was 12 weeks old), he is now 14 weeks. We spent a lot of time researching and found a great puppy. We also have been spending a lot of time with him. The reality of our busy lives has sunk in a little though. Our problem is that we live in an apartment, and each work from about 7:30am - 5:00pm. Neither of us can get home during lunch either as it is too far, therefore we end up having to leave our yorkie in his crate for 10 hours in the middle of the day. On top of this, if we have something we have to do after work we basically have to leave him in his crate all day and all night with the exception of a few hours. We are not sure that this is a good thing and are keeping what is good for him in mind. Raising a puppy on the 2nd floor of an apartment is also much more work than raising one in house and it takes even more of his and our usefull time away. This is very a very difficult decision for us. Being that he is still a puppy and 14 weeks old, do you think that we should look into selling him to someone who can spend more time with him before he gets older?