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Originally Posted by kevin17 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? |
Hi, I commend you for thinking about all this and yes, I think you are being considerate in the well being of your yorkie by going ahead and selling him to someone that will give him the loving care that you so want to be able to do. Maybe later on when time permits you will be able to get another. I have not read the other comments of others but I definately am not in favor of crating a dog for all those hours, it just isn't fair to your yorkie. The early years are very important in their learning process of potty training,bonding,etc. They need someone to give them time and much attention. I know you love it and want to do what is best, on the other hand if you chose to keep him, do you have a relative or someone that would be willing to let him stay with and potty train and work with it while you are going through this time of being real busy, then maybe later things will settle down so you would still be able to have him. I know how attatched we have gotten to ours and it sure don't take long to do that. I wish the best for you both and your baby yorkie.
Kind Regards, Patti, Jack and Baby Blessing