Mute Yorkie?
 

I just got my new puppy. He is full of energy, perky and plays quite normally but he is mute or nearly. I can hear him bark but it is very very very faint.

The breeder told me his condition before I bought him and she said she's had some like him before and they were ok and lived long healthy life.

She gives one month guarantee and I have him scheduled for a vet check in july. I was just curious if other people have had mute yorkie too.

Johanne :animal37 Daddy :animal36 and Chewie :aimeeyork

Hi Chewie, Congrats on your new puppy! How old is he? We got Gizmo at 12 weeks and he also had a very week bark I thought something was wrong with him....... you should hear him now at 6 months, let's just say I miss the 12 week barking lol.

By the way I see you're from Rosemere is that Qc if so we are practically neighbors. Oh yes and welcome to yt you'll see there are great people here who are very friendly and helpfull here, I'm sure you'll love it here.

Hmmm..since you sound like you're near each other and the OP mentioned her breeder said she had other dogs with this soft bark before....IDK..just gotta wonder. Let me know..
Welcome to YT!
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Ive never heard of a yorkie with a condition that made them mute. Is he deaf also or can he hear just not make sounds?

I have a friend with a yorkie puppy who had the weakest bark I had ever heard. At 12 weeks it was little more than a very faint squeak and you had to be right next to her to hear it. She is now 23 weeks and she has the cutest "little dog" bark, perfect for someone living in an apartment ;)

i have heard and about it and i actually met a mute yorkie years ago... she is healthy otherwise. I would think that the biggest challenge is how would they call for help if they ever need to do so....
Other than that all else should be fine...
I would never breed, for clear reasons, to produce mute or near mute dogs... well... it may be just as bad as a "yapper"...

Congrats on your new baby though...
I hope you enjoy her and you never know... she may be hiding a "lion" roar ...

When I first got Gizmo at 12 weeks, he couldn't bark. I believed that he was mute. When he was about six or seven months old one night for no reason at all he jumped off the couch and started barking. It got louder and louder, I think it just took him a little longer to figure out how to bark loud.

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Chewie is 9 weeks old and he is not deaf. He runs at me when I call him.

He barks but it's like a mouse sneezing when he does. I am sure I've heard a toon on tv with that sound.

It is really cute lol but I am also concerned a bit that I won't hear him if he's hurt so I always keep him near me.

The breeder said that he may find his "voice" when he gets older or he might not but it should not bother him healthwise. Hope she's right. I quite attached to him already.

I also have a one year old toy poodle that barks like crazy so it's quite refreshing to hear my yorkie LOL

Actually I live in Laval, Qc. Rosemère is 5 min away and I got Chewie in Ste-Dorothée. Sounds like you are either from one of those places or in Montreal.

Johanne :animal37 Daddy :animal36 and Chewie :aimeeyork

i think your best bet is to visit a vet and check your yorkie out. chances are that he'll get a larger voice as he ages, but its always safer to check.

Bella didn't make a sound for about 6 months. Then my daughter's BF was playing fetch with them and didn't throw the ball again when she brought it back. She got miffed and did her very first bark (awwww!).

Unfortunately, she hasn't shut up since :rolleyes: . And she has a very SHRILL bark, too! It would have been nice if she had remained silent ;)

What a small world chewie I'm also from Laval, got Gizmo in Ste-Calixte.

I have a Yorkie that can't bark!! :aimeeyorkHe will be a year old next month. My vet has heard the whisper that comes out when he tries, and she said she has never heard of this before!:rolleyes:

Heads up.... When I took him in to have 8 of his teeth pulled, they had to put him under and the vet told me they had to get all the emergency equipment ready and on stand-by because he really struggled to come out of the anethesia!!!! :eek:

He is happy, healthy, energenic and perfect in every other way!!!! :DLike you, I enjoy the quiet as my Sheltie is the yapper in our house!

Pablo did not start barking until he was 6 months old.

my 1st york didn't bark usually and I loved him like that.
my 2nd barked abit but very calm still.
Now, i have 2 who love barking whenever strange noisy occurs around, very annoying for me.

Did you get Chewie from Suzanne Desroches ?

Yes I got it from Suzanne. She seems to know her breed well. Small small world lol

do you think this could be a weak trachea? or related to trachea? since they are prone to these problems?:eek:

I sure hope not :eek:

Ok....I can totally relate to you. Roxie is just a little over 2 now and her bark is a whisper bark. Sometimes it's like a loud squeak. But mostly it sounds horse. When I had first got her she was pretty sick with upper respitory (kennal cough or whatever you want to call it). I thought maybe it scarred her vocal chords. I even thought maybe she was debarked or something or trach. problems. My vet checked her out very extensively and said she'd never been debarked and although her trach was extremely tiny (smallest breathing tube used during spay) there was no found cause for the faint sounding bark. We've always worried that she wouldn't be able to warn us if she gets into trouble because we couldn't hear her. It's amazing how tuned in I am to her bark. I never let her out of my site anyway. I'll have to see if I can get this on video so you can all hear it. She's very healthy otherwise and had no problems with her spay and tooth removal. Allot of people think we're lucky because she can't bark. She never gets in trouble for excessive barking because it's just not loud enough to be annoying. Nice thing is she's not a yapper anyway and you could pretty much sneak her in anyplace because no one would ever hear her!

Hi roxies_mom, glad Roxie is ok. That sounds exactly like Chewie except she is not sick with kennel cough or anything (yet?). He does sneeze every once in a while but I think it's something he sniffed. I'll keep a closer watch for that.

I am suppose to bring him to the vet in july for his first check and his shots but I might bring him this week if I can get an appointment instead.

I suppose I better use a harness instead of a collar on him when he gets old enough to take walks.

I want him spray too but reading your post, I guess I'll wait until he's older, maybe 7 or 8 months old instead of the 6 months I've had my poodle done.

On a sweet note, my toy poodle (Daddy) shared his food with Chewie. I gave Daddy the end of 2 hot dogs. (I can't resist giving him some human food sometimes lol) He ate the breads and one wiener and brought the other wiener to Chewie! ahhhhhhhh brought tears to my eyes. It was a kodack moment lol

Thanks for your comments, I look forward to see your video if you can manage to post one.

His bark could still come around. I've heard alot of people say their dogs didn't bark the first year. Then they find their voices. While at times it's nice that she can't bark there are times I can tell she's just trying so hard to get it out. She ends up straining to the point where not even a squeak comes out. Otherwise she's perfect in every way to me. She's active, loving, playful, sassy, good appetite etc. I don't love her at all do I :D?! I'll see if I can video it today and upload it.

My morkie, cookie was like that when we got her but after a few weeks she got her bark. It is still not real loud but big enough for her. She is only 3 lbs. She was about 4 months when she finally barked.

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I have never seen a mute Yorkie or heard one, wait, it they are mute I couldn't hear her anyway. I've got a beautiful little girl Morkie that many days would like to trade for a mute puppy. Belle is very vocal to say the least! She has a different bark for almost any occasion, and now she has developed what we call a trill. She sounds like a loud bird, it's kind of cute except when she does it cause she's not getting her way, then it sound pretty pathetic. I bet your baby will be just fine, in a few months you will be missing the quiet. If your vet says it's catching let me know, maybe Belle will come and visit:D

If you are concerned that your puppy might get into trouble and you wouldn't be able to hear him, you might consider purchasing a break away (cat) collar for him with a bell attached. My Daisy wears one.....I swear that I can tell what she is doing just by the little jingle noises.....it clangs against her bowl when she eats, it makes a huge racket when she plays with the cats, etc.

Sounds like the perfect Yorkie!

I WISH mine was mute. He has a deep chested bark like a hound dog.

Then again, we thought he was mute when we got him. Don't be surprised if he finds his voice around 1 year old.

Like many of the previous posters, I have a furbaby who didn't really bark until she was about 5 mos. Before that, only a little airy kind of sound came out. Now she has a good, healthy bark... mostly when she wants me to throw a toy to play fetch, lol.