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A thread to remind new owners of some dangers. I wanted to start a thread where experienced owners could give new owners some advice on things to watch out for with their new dogs. My first advice is this: I live in the country and my dogs go out to use the bathroom. I NEVER let them out of my sight and I always LOOK outside for potential problems before I let them out of my arms. That includes, looking up. Hawks and other birds of prey WILL catch small dogs and kill them. It happens way more often than people think. Also, yorkies are, by nature, hunters and will not run away from snakes. One bite from some of the snakes down here in South MS and your yorkie would be dead before you could get to the vet. |
If you have a pond in your yard even if it is just a tiny garden pond watch your furbabies around it and dont let them outside by themselves around it. The same if you have a pool. |
hey! thanks I live in the country to and was wonding about things like that. THANKS AGAIN good topic |
Wash Up!!!! wash all blankets, clothes, toys, and bedding before you let your yorkie touch it....never know what chemicals it has been treated with or how they will react. |
no greenies or rawhides or anything non digestable |
Good thread. As a new owner I will be watching this one closely. Last week I was peeling some onions and a couple of peels fell on the floor. Sasha was hovering around but I picked them up and discarded them before she got to them. Imagine my horror when I read the next day here on YT that onions were dangerous to yorkies! I had no idea at the time. I just didn't want her eating it. |
do not use collars on yorkies, use a harness instead |
Kalina almost choked to death on a round piece of rawhide the size of a quarter, so don't give them stuff like that. Peeka got his head stuck in a circle of rawhide. Let's try to post links to the posts that warn, if we can find them. Great thread - should be a sticky!! |
yes this should definitely be a sticky for sure.. for one thing it would save an animals life. |
Don't let your dog drink from puddles. Mine caught giardia last summer from a puddle. Also, watch that what you use on your grass and gardens is pet-safe. |
THANK YOU so much for this thread!!! I agree, make this one a sticky! I have had Suzi for 12 days.. I need as much helpful information as possible! I have a field behind where I live, and when it gets hot, all sorts of creatures come out of there. :eek: There are also these large owls that come out right before dark in the summer, I need to be very, very very careful. MY puppy stays inside, however, she will want to go out when older for walks and such. She will wear a harness too, and she has one already. She wil not be going out when it is hot , and I was not thinking about those owls either... I knew about the snakes, and trantulas though. :eek: |
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thanks for the onion bit had no clue.What about that spinkle stuff you put on carpet? that couldn't be good huh (justwondering)I also heard the irs plants are also poisious?I do believe a bleading heart plant is to.maybe someone with a lot of plant info could help on this.Even things people put in their gardens to grow.I do believe tomato stems aren't good neither. |
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i still wouldnt trust a collar |
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