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Lisa and Pic · 11-02-2009, 05:50 PM

Congratulations on your new furbaby and bless you for adopting a rescue. Also wanted to say Welcome to YorkieTalk!

bj1 · 11-02-2009, 06:03 PM

Bless you for taking her in and giving her the love and care that she deserves. I got pet stairs and put it against my couch because I am scared if they jumped they could get hurt. You can find pet stairs about anywhere. And welcome to yt. you will find tons of helpful advice here.

zekie's mom · 11-02-2009, 07:39 PM

Welcome to YT. As small as your baby is, I would never let her go out by herself. There is too much that can happen to them. Someone could steal her, a hawk or eagle could get her, a larger dog, etc. My boy is 7 pounds and I never let him go out by himself becuase he wants to eat anything and everything he can get his mouth around and much of it is not good for him. There is also poison mushrooms that spring up over night that some dogs have gotten hold of and have gotten sick or died.

kat618 · 11-02-2009, 07:49 PM

Congrats on your baby! And how awesome you have given her a chance at a real life! We have an 8ft privacy fence and we never let Cooper who is 2yrs old and 5.5 lbs-6lbs go out alone. We had a horrible scare when he was young, our neighbor had a husky who is the "sweetest thing and would never hurt anything" (yeah right) put his head/nose/face under our privacy fence he was always digging under our fence no matter how many times we covered it back up....I was with him and heard the phone ring, thought he came in behind me and I swear it was only a couple of seconds/minute and heard the most blood curdling sound ever....the Husky pulled him under the fence.....I had nightmares for weeks about that sound. Luckily my DH had just left a ladder by the fence and I grabbed it and jumped over to get him. We were SOOOO very lucky he had no real injuries. The vet was absolute shocked no broken bones or tears.

Please know I am not trying to be all doom and gloom and scare you, but these guys are so little they can get under places you would never even imagine.

ritzydaisy · 11-02-2009, 08:33 PM

Welcome to YorkieTalk. Hope to see some pictures of Sunny as she sounds like a sweetie. It is good to hear how well she is doing. I am happy to hear you are being very careful with your baby. She found a very good home. Congratulations!

cheryl19 · 11-03-2009, 03:44 AM

Welcome to YT

I also have a puppymill. Post photos!!

luvsathena · 11-03-2009, 03:55 AM

I wouldn't worry too much about the jumping; be glad if she can make a proper landing! My shih tzu refuses to use pet stairs and simply FALLS off everything instead of jumping....we've tried everything to stop her but she seems to think falling off the bed, the couch, etc is the best way to move around.....silly puppy
CONGRATS on your new addition - thanks for being such a great person!

Pamp81 · 11-04-2009, 08:43 AM

Thank you all for the wonderful welcome and good advice and kind words! I know I will be coming to YT a lot to look up info. What a great resource! I will attempt to post a pic of our Sunny here now--hope it works! She is so precious and is doing so well! So sweet and happy. Just a couple of potty accidents so far. I'm thinking of trying to train her to go potty outside and also on the pads--not sure if that works? I will go look through the forums now for info about that. Thanks again!
Pam in Missouri

Mom to Hot Rod · 11-04-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Pamp81

Thank you all for the wonderful welcome and good advice and kind words! I know I will be coming to YT a lot to look up info. What a great resource! I will attempt to post a pic of our Sunny here now--hope it works! She is so precious and is doing so well! So sweet and happy. Just a couple of potty accidents so far. I'm thinking of trying to train her to go potty outside and also on the pads--not sure if that works? I will go look through the forums now for info about that. Thanks again!
Pam in Missouri

Hi and welcome to YT. Congrats on you new baby, she is a cutie pie.

We use pads and go outside so it's do-able. Good luck.

Perrella · 11-04-2009, 10:12 AM

WELCOME.....Sunny is gorgeous, love he tiny face!! She now belongs to a family...you are a very special person!! Thank you for giving the sweet little baby a forever home!!

Arzel36 · 11-04-2009, 05:25 PM

Sunny is gorgeous!!!

Armani Alexis · 11-04-2009, 05:34 PM

Congratulations and welcome to Yorkie Talk! Sunny is such a cute name!

zekie's mom · 11-04-2009, 06:51 PM

Zeke is both paper trained and outside trained, and it has worked very well for us. So, yes, it is possible.

11-02-2009, 05:50 PM	#16
Lisa and Pic ♥ Piccolo & Vivi ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 14,311	Congratulations on your new furbaby and bless you for adopting a rescue. Also wanted to say Welcome to YorkieTalk! __________________ Lisa, Dixie, and Jazzy (RIP Piccolo and Vivi)

11-02-2009, 07:49 PM	#19
kat618 YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 250	Congrats on your baby! And how awesome you have given her a chance at a real life! We have an 8ft privacy fence and we never let Cooper who is 2yrs old and 5.5 lbs-6lbs go out alone. We had a horrible scare when he was young, our neighbor had a husky who is the "sweetest thing and would never hurt anything" (yeah right) put his head/nose/face under our privacy fence he was always digging under our fence no matter how many times we covered it back up....I was with him and heard the phone ring, thought he came in behind me and I swear it was only a couple of seconds/minute and heard the most blood curdling sound ever....the Husky pulled him under the fence.....I had nightmares for weeks about that sound. Luckily my DH had just left a ladder by the fence and I grabbed it and jumped over to get him. We were SOOOO very lucky he had no real injuries. The vet was absolute shocked no broken bones or tears. Please know I am not trying to be all doom and gloom and scare you, but these guys are so little they can get under places you would never even imagine. __________________ Mini Cooper & Chloe's mommy

11-02-2009, 08:33 PM	#20
ritzydaisy Crazy Miss Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 1,904	Welcome to YorkieTalk. Hope to see some pictures of Sunny as she sounds like a sweetie. It is good to hear how well she is doing. I am happy to hear you are being very careful with your baby. She found a very good home. Congratulations! __________________ Yorkie Talkin' with Paula & Daisy!

11-03-2009, 03:44 AM	#21
cheryl19 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,749	Welcome to YT I also have a puppymill. Post photos!! __________________ Ivy, Max, Reggie & Cheryl

11-03-2009, 03:55 AM	#22
luvsathena Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 36	I wouldn't worry too much about the jumping; be glad if she can make a proper landing! My shih tzu refuses to use pet stairs and simply FALLS off everything instead of jumping....we've tried everything to stop her but she seems to think falling off the bed, the couch, etc is the best way to move around.....silly puppy CONGRATS on your new addition - thanks for being such a great person! __________________ Love from Annika & Athena

11-02-2009, 06:03 PM	#17
bj1 Owned By BJ and Lil Ann Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA Posts: 990	Bless you for taking her in and giving her the love and care that she deserves. I got pet stairs and put it against my couch because I am scared if they jumped they could get hurt. You can find pet stairs about anywhere. And welcome to yt. you will find tons of helpful advice here.

11-02-2009, 07:39 PM	#18
zekie's mom YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA & FL Posts: 403	Welcome to YT. As small as your baby is, I would never let her go out by herself. There is too much that can happen to them. Someone could steal her, a hawk or eagle could get her, a larger dog, etc. My boy is 7 pounds and I never let him go out by himself becuase he wants to eat anything and everything he can get his mouth around and much of it is not good for him. There is also poison mushrooms that spring up over night that some dogs have gotten hold of and have gotten sick or died.

11-04-2009, 08:43 AM	#23
Pamp81 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Missouri Posts: 16	Thank you all for the wonderful welcome and good advice and kind words! I know I will be coming to YT a lot to look up info. What a great resource! I will attempt to post a pic of our Sunny here now--hope it works! She is so precious and is doing so well! So sweet and happy. Just a couple of potty accidents so far. I'm thinking of trying to train her to go potty outside and also on the pads--not sure if that works? I will go look through the forums now for info about that. Thanks again! Pam in Missouri Attached Thumbnails

11-04-2009, 10:12 AM	#25
Perrella Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: VA Posts: 8,040	WELCOME.....Sunny is gorgeous, love he tiny face!! She now belongs to a family...you are a very special person!! Thank you for giving the sweet little baby a forever home!! __________________ Tena & Zhoie Sweet Little Miracle

11-04-2009, 05:25 PM	#26
Arzel36 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,218	Sunny is gorgeous!!! __________________ My goal in life is to be as good of a person as CoCoa B. already thinks I am.

11-04-2009, 05:34 PM	#27
Armani Alexis My Sweet Cupcake Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York Posts: 4,390	Congratulations and welcome to Yorkie Talk! Sunny is such a cute name! __________________ pam & armani the more you celebrate your life ~ the more there is in life to celebrate until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened

11-04-2009, 06:51 PM	#28
zekie's mom YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA & FL Posts: 403	Zeke is both paper trained and outside trained, and it has worked very well for us. So, yes, it is possible.