Any Yorkie Foster or Rescue Adoptive Parents out there?
 

Hello, I am new to the community.

I have 2 wonderful little girls, Gracie (18 months) and Annie (6 months)

I am also a volunteer for an animal rescue. I got a call yesterday on a possible yorkie. We have named her Dolly. She, like the hurricane, made an impact on our lives yesterday.

Dolly isn't in very good shape and may need some special care. We are going to try to handle it on our own, although I don't have any experience in this type of situation.

She is staying at the vet's for a couple of days. She unfortunately lost an eye. Has several missing teeth, she has been shaved and has a serious skin condition. And appears to be agressive. We are hoping it is due to the pain that she has been experiencing, and that she will come around when she is feeling better. We expect to get her back either tomorrow or Saturday.

Has anyone had any experience with agressive behavior in Yorkies? Can you give me some advice?

I am sorry I cannot really help you, but I do appreciate what you are doing for this special baby, and wish you luck!
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There is one not that far from you in OK - a member here. I'm trying to find the name.

Found the member. Contact Rusty's Momma...She has a rescue so I'm sure she can help you in some way. Bless you!

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/mem...s%2Bmomma.html

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welcome to YT!! What a wonderful thing you are doing for Dolly.

I adopted, but they came from a personal home.

A lot of people on YT have rescues

Welcome to YT and God bless you for what you are doing for Dolly! We do have a rescue, Maggie, and she was very handshy and timid at first but now she is just a happy sweet little girl.

My advice would be to be very patient with her but also firm b/c agression is often a sign of fear. I could imagine that Dolly was terribly neglected and needs someone who takes over the leadership and frees her of the responsibility to fend for herself. As for the skin condition that might be allergies to cheap food, flees and/or matts. Keeping her clean and feeding her a single protein food without corn or wheat contents might do the trick.

Good luck with the little furbutt!

Yes I have a rescue, a 5 year old from a puppy mill, I have had her for about 3 weeks now. She is still afraid of people. Do you have other dogs? I see that my other dog is helping her. She now will walk on a leash and is starting to get housebroken:D But you need to give her time and a lot of love they all had a rotten life and it will take time to undo all that. Just ask for help this site is full of good ides. Good luck

Ivy and Cheryl

I'm not sure about aggressive behavior although I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the condition she is in and probably what she went through where she lived prior to coming into rescue. Did she come from a Puppy Mill? What is her background? The condition she is in makes me think she was a mill dog?

Elaine

Welcome to YT. I am also involved in rescue and have fostered. Charlie, whom I adopted in 2007 was a rescue pup who went through several homes and his health issues were neglected also. He is still timid but given time, they make the most wonderful companion.

She sounds like she has been very sick, and usually most rescues have health issues that owners didn't want to address. As for the agression, think the advice of other fosters would be helpful. Usually, it is due to fear or pain as suggested.

Good luck and look forward to your future posts. Warmly, Deborah

Our rescue currently has a breeder surrendered silky yorkie that has aggression issues. Kelly (Kelz-yt name) is fostering Tucker and has been making some progress with him. I will get in contact with her and see if she has some suggestions for you.

It could be your little Dolly's problems do stem from her physical conditions and her temperament will improve as her health improves.

God bless you for what your are doing!

That's so much for the overwhelming outpouring of support. Being so new to this forum, I never expected such!

I hope I don't miss any questions. I typed this out earlier and somehow didn't get it posted....So let's try it again. I hope this isn't too long, but I thought I would give you some more information on her and on us.

One of you asked if I have other dogs. We have 5 of our own dogs. Jake, (Alaskan Mal/German Shephard mix, our 1st foster, for about a day, husband fell in love immediately, he was 2 weeks when we got him, 10 1/2 months later we got to experience hip surgery, he was born with out a hip joint, he is now almost 2)Jenny (a undefined mix breed, almost 2, rescued and adopted on the spot), Gracie and Annie (my beloved Yorkies-Birthday presents for the past 2 years, and Lily (orphaned with 6 siblings on day 6, I took them on, and adopted them all out but her. She is completely blind. Was born with no eye tissue at all. She's a blessing!!!)

Although I have done several (11 successful adoptions in 6 months) foster dogs,This one has me very nervous. I don't want to fail her! I love all dogs, but Yorkies have my heart. So my answer would have to be yes....and I guess that would be an understatement....LOL

As far as Dolly's History....Well, we only know as far back as a week and a half. She appeared out of no where at a lady's house. She started comin up everyday when she fed her dogs. They tried for a week to make friends, but it just didn't happen. So I got the call. We worked with her for 4 and a half hours and finally at dark we had to resort to more aggressive measures. Not at all what I wanted to do.

Is she a puppy mill puppy....I have never had one, have only read about them. But here is what I have observed.

1. She is apparently 4 or 5 years old. But she has doesn't have bottom teeth on one side. (probably due to poor diet?)

2. She has been completely shaved, but she is scared to death of people.... (I can't imagine shaving my beautiful babies)

3. She has very bad skin (again probably due to poor diet)

4. Her nipples are enlarged, yet they show no signs of milk. (could that be a sign of overbreeding?)

5. And lastly...The big one....I think. She walks in circles. That's the one thing I saw most in descriptions of puppy mill breeder dogs on Petfinder. At first I though it was because of her eye. Our blind Lily does that. She marks her path and then runs it over and over to insure she doesn't run in to anything. But I am now sure its not the same.

Now for an UPDATE:

Got her yesterday morning. We have made her a temporary home in a 10X10 pen in the back yard. We don't know for sure how long she has been livin outside, but I am fairly sure she hasn't lived in a home enviornment, so we decided it would be best to slowly introduce her to everything, rather that give her overload by going at her with too many changes at once.

I'm not happy that we have to do this right now... With the weather like it is here. But we don't really have any other option. And we are trying to make it as easy on her as possible. The pen is on a concrete slab under a crape mertle tree. We have her a dog house (she has no idea what it is). We have her a bed (again she is clueless), water dispenser, and a rug for her to lay on. Then in the heat of the day, I string a extension cord and put a fan out by where she lays.

She has met all the other dogs through the fence and she seems to be very comfortable with them. Her health, beyond the removed eye, is still questionable. We will take her back to have her stitches removed in about 10days, at that time they will deal with more issues.

I went in and sat for about 20 minutes with her. I didn't approach her at all. I just sat with her. She actually relaxed enough to lay down!!! Tomorrow before we feed her, I am going to try to the treats

Thanks for your words of encouragement and advice!

wow you have been thru a lot already with Dolly = it sounds like you are doing the very best for her

Again: God bless you!!! I think you are doing a really great job and don't have to be nervous at all!!!

Mikki and Maggie are sending Yorkie kisses... and Mitzi is watching over you from the rainbow bridge! You are an angel!!!