new yorkie owner... have questions and need some advice... PLEASE ^.^

[s13silviagirl]

I know when I brought my Callie girl home, she shook all the time, not hypoglycemic but, just nervous. She shook and shook until she got used to her surroundings.


Best of luck with her.

[JosieBishop]

I too am a newbie - never had a pet. Cindykwon, may I suggest a book that's been VERY helpful in my research and preparation for our new baby who will join us at the end of the month: Yorkshire Terriers for Dummies. The book is addicting, just like this forum!

[crystalsmom]

You've received some excellent advise so I will just welcome you and Josie Bishop to YT.

[FL Tink]

You have gotten some great advice already!! so, I will just say welcome to YT. Hope you have a great life with your furbaby and we hope you stay around as your baby grows up!

[hha]

Cindy, they are required (in the last year) to have 4 sets of booster shots now. After that, the puppy shots are done.
a lot of people crate train, I prefer an xpen, that way I can control what size to make it..when they're real young, you can make it big enough to put their bed, water, food and pee pad in, I would use this until they're 100% housebroken and through their chewing stage. If they get house broken early, they still need to stay in the xpen to keep from chewing wires, etc. If you want to know how to crate train, there are websites that will tell you exactly how to do it..I just never could bring myself to putting them in a little tiny crate, but a lot of people do...good luck with your baby

[littlewhip]

Hi and Welcome to yt So much info and great advise here sounds like you are doing things right post pics, we would love to see your baby

[pepe mint]

you have received a lot of great advice. the only thing I want to add is that if you are taking her outside to potty, DO NOT let her come in until she has gone potty. and AS SOON as she goes potty, bring her in and praise her. This may be hard if it is cold where you are because you will be cold, she will be cold, and you will both want to go inside I got maggie in December and she hated being outside (so did I) but this turned out to be a really good thing. She realized that if she potty's outside, she can go back in. So after a few days, once she realized that, she would immediately potty when i took her out.

if you are crate training, you need to be sure that you do let her out immediately when you wake up or if you have been going. first thing you do when you get home or wake up. and no play time between the crate and the door. she goes out immediately. this will teach her sooooo many things. i believe crate training is the best way to go if you are not using the potty pads (which i have never used).

good luck!! puppies are a lot of work but it is really worth it in the end. you will have a wonderful companion for many many years to come!!!!

[betsi]

Hi and welcome! I don't post much but I certainly do find myself on this site ALOT! You need to soften his food with warm water instead of milk. Milk is hard for dogs to digest. I've had my puppy for just 2 weeks but have had dogs all my life. Just snuggle him, be consistent, and keep asking questions..you've come to the right place!

[KathyinCali]

Welcome! You have already got the best advice A couple of things I would add...

I didn't read if she is on Puppy food. If not, I would put her on a puppy food.

Toys - Lucy wouldn't play with her toys when I brought her home. I figured out they were too big and bought some toys for tiny dogs and a ball small enough for her and away she went! I also spent A LOT of time on the floor eye level with her so she wouldn't feel overwhelmed with me standing over or even stooping down to her.

I have always crate trained my dogs in the past but with Lucy I decided to try confining her to the kitchen (we have a very large kitchen). I put down pee pads for her (the smelly kind) and rather than a typical bed I bought a soft sided travel crate/pup tent for her bed. I knew I was going to be traveling a lot with her and wanted her to be used to a crate-I just left it open. When we travel, it folds flat and she has her bed with her and is used to being confined for flights.

One more thing I did that some agree and some don't. I kept her at my side every single moment possible. I carried her to the bathroom, anywhere in the house I was and she slept with me from day one. We only had one accident in five months. So, she got to see everything for the first time from my arms. Some dogs are prone to separation anxiety-she was not. Now that she is older she is independent but she checks in with me all the time. I'm of the mind that you can't love them too much

Biting? From the day she came home the first word she learned was "no bite" and if I had a dime for every time I have said those words in the past five months I could buy a Latte for every YT member

Have fun with your new puppy! Love, patience and love - and then more patience was and is the key for me...

Warm wishes,