I'm not an expert by far, but if he was tied up, the only way he could go is circles. Same in a crate all their life, nowhere to go but circles.
Bless your heart for taking this furbaby in! Sounds to me like he's already had a very rough life. He needs a lot of tlc!
There are good foods for yorkies and foods not so good for thier coats. My guess is if he's been tied up all his life, he's been on a very poor diet, which could be why his coat is so thin. Someone who would tie up a yorkie, certainly didn't take the care of the dog, it so dearly needed! ANd ouch on the teeth! I know I started my oldest on Petzlife, and its done miracle in cleaning his this past month. Might use that after you have all the extra teeth removed.
And when your dog saw the crate and ran right in it, wow. He's probably been crated all his life when he wasn't chained down outside. Really sad. Give him a LOT of time, and tlc.
One of mine does have twitches in his sleep. But I've had him all his life, and I wake him, and it stops. I do believe dogs can have nightmares.
May God bless you generously for taking this boy in! No dog should be chained or crated their whole life! Hope someone went to jail for that!
May take quite some time for your boy to adjust too. But believe me, it will be well worth it in the long run. Yorkies have SO much love to give us. |