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08-24-2009, 05:13 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York, NY
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| Help! I'm getting anxious! Hi everyone! So i have a little three month old, and i have to go back to work soon (2 weeks!) and i'm nervous that leaving him home for a full day will be super detrimental to him. My roommate has a 6 month old Shih Tzu whom he loves, and she will be there to keep him company all day, but i'm still nervous! Does anyone work a full day with a yorkie puppy that could share some insight and wisdom!!?? Thanks! |
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08-24-2009, 05:16 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: upstate ny
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| Lots of people work all day but it can be more of a challenge. Can you or your room mate come home at lunch time to let him out? If not, could you maybe bring him to a doggie day care once or twice a week or more? Good luck with your little guy! |
08-24-2009, 05:23 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York, NY
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| thanks for your response! i dont think it would be possible to come home during lunch, i suppose he could go to daycare once a week, it just makes me nervous because he is so small. Do you think he would be okay without it? |
08-24-2009, 06:59 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York
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| How about hiring a dogwalker to come in, feed, walk and play with him for a little while at lunchtime. That's what I do on the days I don't come home at lunch to do it myself.
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08-24-2009, 07:04 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York, NY
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| i would totally do that, i've researched till my finger-tips are blue, but i can't afford a dog walker to come in everyday. |
08-25-2009, 01:15 AM | #7 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Hi TessieToes, I'm kinda in the same boat. Teeko is 9 weeks old and we only have her a few days - I had to come to work yesterday and she was devastated!! She made sounds I never thought I would hear from a puppy and it was very distressing to have to leave her. She was SCREAMING!! I almost didn't go to work it was just so bad. The arrangement I have for her at the moment is that my Mother comes to pick her up each day at 12/1pm and she takes her to her house where she can play with other dogs. Then I collect her on my way home. This will be the arrangment until she's a little bit older. Having spent some time on her own yesterday away from me for the first time, her attitude was completely different last night - for the better! She wasn't half as clingly and did not cry once all night!! Slept in her crate with the door closed and got up just once to go potty. I was so surprised. I am certainly no expert, only got her on Saturday! But what I've learned over the past few days since I got her is that the less attention I give her, the more independent she becomes. It's difficult because all I want to do is pick her up and cuddle her all the time - but it seems the more I do that, the more she misses me when I'm gone. Kinda obvious I suppose. So last night I didn't molly coddle her at all - just lots of playing and positive interaction. I went to work this morning and she was perfectly fine. Did not cry and I feel so much better for it today. So I suppose what I'm trying to say is, maybe over the next couple of weeks you could start to condition her to feel ok when she's on her own - that way you won't worry about her so much when you're not there because you know she'll be able to cope. I spent the whole of yesterday afternoon coming in and out of her room, so I'd go in, ignore her, go out again etc - I kept doing this and each time slowly increased the amount of time I was gone. It seems to have really helped her. So far so good! Another thing which I believe was a big help, was that she spent a lot of time playing with my Mothers dogs - it seems to have really helped her to destress!! The fact that your puppy will have another dog around I'm sure will certainly make life more interesting for her. I hope some of that helps. I'm new to all of this myself so please everyone, feel free to correct me if anything I'm doing is wrong J xxx |
08-25-2009, 03:28 AM | #8 | |
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08-25-2009, 04:55 AM | #9 |
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| It's heartbreaking to leave them, but it really is harder on us then them. Once the initial shock of being alone wears off, she'll probably sleep most of the day. I'm amazed on days that I work from home, that's what mine do. Do you have an xpen to put her in? I'd be a little worried leaving her free range of the house. I'd also not want the 2 puppies left alone, unsupervised, for the whole day. Perhaps you can start now leaving for a several hours to get her use to you going and coming back.
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08-25-2009, 06:24 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York, NY
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| Hey guys! Thanks! Yes we have an x-pen that we use everyday. We have one part of the loft blocked off so they don't have free range of the whole space, then when we leave we'll probably make that space slightly smaller. He is very clingy and i have been working on ignoring him more of the time and then giving him positive attention as apposed to picking him up and cuddling. It's possible i could work something out with one of my neighbors to see if they could come in and throw a ball around with them for a few minutes. You guys have been so helpful! I guess each dog is different and i'm sure if i do what you say, get him used to being alone for long periods of time, eventually he'll be okay. |
08-25-2009, 06:49 AM | #11 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Norman, OK, USA
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| I agree, if your puppy doesn't have anxiety then she should be fine. They sleep a lot adn if they have chew toys they should be fine if confined to a smaller puppy proof area, good luck and let us know how it goes.
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