Hi all
What a great job you've done with the FAQ!
I have a few additions and ? to it - here they come:
Getting 2 yorkies - it's a really good idea NOT to get them at the same time if they are pups - they will forget all about the humans and just play with each other. Getting no. 2 when the first is around 1 year and fully trained is perfect because it
will help train the new pup
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When your Yorkie does something bad, do scold him. You do not need to hit your Yorkie, but a stern tap of your hand, or something such as the cardboard part of a paper towel roll will be sufficient. You can also "quarantine" your Yorkie and put him in a crate, leave him alone in the bathroom, or put him in a high area (make sure he won't jump). Don't quarantine him for too long, perhaps 10 or 15 minutes.
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I got so sad when I red this - it is in no way neccesary to scold a yorkie or hit it at any time. You can train your yorkie with praise and motivation alone! Hitting it even with cardboard will only make it handshy. Please take that out of the FAQ and don't teach people to punish their dogs!
Confining a yorkie has no effect since they forget what they did in 3 seconds and therefor at the time you have put it in confinement, it will have forgotten what it did and will only think you don't love it anymore
So that's a bad idea too.
Addition: Don't ever yell at your yorkie - it has much better hearing than you and it will hurt it's ears to be yelled at. Furthermore it will stop responding to your normal "no" tone of voice and only listen to you when you yell - bad, bad, bad....
Great medical info - I have faith that all yorkie owners will be well prepared for anything with your list of emergency items
Keep up the good work!