When do they grow out of the "puppy" stage???

[eddiesmom14]

To TexasKat08 and Wylie's Mom,

The OP may not even come back now. He has been questioned too much. I have no proof of course and you can call this female intuition if you want, but I went back and read all the posts on this thread. Now it seems like maybe this was an advertisement for Reeses. If so I hope a good soul on this Forum buys her and gives her the home she deserves. If I lived in that area that's what I would do.

One of the dogs(Trouble) we adopted in November is hyperactive. We call him our ADHD Dog. He is also very aggressive towards men and we are having a hard time with him adjusting to my husband. He has bitten my husband several times for no reason other than him kissing me goodbye in the morning or rubbing my shoulders. We could try to rehome him but we are working with him with lots of love and patience, a clicker and treats, and he is getting better all the time. We know he came from a home where the husband was abusive and we will give him all the time he needs to feel safe and loved. I pray Reeses finds such a home.

[Ringo1]

No matter what I have promised to anyone; my dogs are going to come first. I can't imagine having to re-home my Lucy because I had agreed to take someone else's dog in. I want to help everyone with their dogs but not at the expense of my own.

Can't imagine and doesn't seem fair to Lucy, who was certainly here first. My first committment is to her and not to a new dog just entering my home. If I could not keep her (for whatever reason), I could return her to her breeder per our contract. This is probably what I would be most comfortable doing unless I had a specific friend or family member in mind.

I hope you find a very wonderful home for Reese, where she is loved and belongs. Please be very careful and choose wisely. It would be hearbreaking for her to have to be rehomed a third time.

[jinhopark]

Originally Posted by Ringo1

No matter what I have promised to anyone; my dogs are going to come first. I can't imagine having to re-home my Lucy because I had agreed to take someone else's dog in. I want to help everyone with their dogs but not at the expense of my own.

Can't imagine and doesn't seem fair to Lucy, who was certainly here first. My first committment is to her and not to a new dog just entering my home. If I could not keep her (for whatever reason), I could return her to her breeder per our contract. This is probably what I would be most comfortable doing unless I had a specific friend or family member in mind.

I hope you find a very wonderful home for Reese, where she is loved and belongs. Please be very careful and choose wisely. It would be hearbreaking for her to have to be rehomed a third time.

Despite what eddiesmom may think, this was not a commercial or a ploy to help sell Reeses...not even sure how her mind or female intuition works. I've seen other threads on YT just get out of hand and I normally steer clear of all of those types of angry mob with pitchforks and torches going on a witch hunt-type threads. I never thought in a million years I would be the OP of a thread that has sparked any type of controversy, but I guess that is the risk in posting on any type of public forum.

In any event here is my much personal situation.

Prior to us owning dogs we were the family that watched/took care of other dogs/animals while they were on vacation or out of town for various reasons. This went on for quite some time and we became very attached to the family members dogs...loved them and grew very attached to them. We always thought of ourselves as medium to large breed owners, but realized the love we had for the toy yorkie breed...so much so that when we finally decided to buy a dog that we would get our own yorkie. Anyways, we had always mentioned to the family member, 1/2 joking because we knew she would never give up her dogs, that if something should happen to her that we would take them in. She asked us if we were serious, and we thought about it and soon realized that we were...

We heard through friends that someone was selling an adult yorkie and we purchased Rocci a while back. He turned out to be a really wonderful dog for us...he loved the companionship of the other family members yorkies so much, that we decided that we wanted to add to the family...so in comes Reeses into our lives. She is all those things I mentioned...sweet, fun, loving, playful and everything that a pure hearted puppy is.

As she grew larger/stronger than Rocci we started wondering when this puppy stage would end...Rocci never growls or complains, and he will just go into his crate. We were not sure if that was normal or not, and thus the creation of this post. For me and my children, the wild puppy behavior does not bother us one bit...as noted we are entertained by her antics daily. Who doesn't love getting licked by a puppy every morning? Or being greeted by such happiness the minute you open the door... It honestly wasn't until something tragic to the family member happened and we were asked to take in her dogs. I mean it was the obvious choice right? We watched the dogs every time she was out of town or in the hospital. To rehome the dogs that we have known so long and love, would be tough on us and the family member. Actually the family member would still like to see the dogs whenever she can (having no kids of her own, these are her only children), but she is just not able to properly care for them.

In any event the dogs are under our care now, but we hadn't watched them since we had Reeses (actually Reeses did meet them once when she was 13 weeks old). When the dogs were brought to our house a situation soon became apparent...older yorkies at 3lbs or less probably will not stand up well to a puppy twice their size. Things were going well the first day, and then during a puppy wrestle with Reeses and the "new" dogs Reeses had a good hold on the top knot bow and pulled it out. The unfortunate part is the bow we had was pretty robust and had a product on there called a Gripzie which works as advertised and is made to put on bows to make them non-slip...it worked so well that when the bow was playfully yanked out it took a clump of hair with it, we heard a yelp and saw a small bald spot on top of the dog. Rocci has grown up with the "new" dogs, so he is very comfortable with them...so we seperated Reeses to a different part of the house.

The kids play with Reeses all day (Rocci and the other dogs are not much of the playful type) and we all love her...but as the adults we thought how sad it must be for Reeses, certainly she could have a better life? As sad as it would be for us, we thought it might be better for her to live with another family? Don't know if that's the right decision or not...so admittedly, somewhat in haste I put an ad up. We would only sell her to somebody we felt could offer her more and love her more than we do. I've never sold an animal in my life and I'm still, to this day, not sure we can go through with it.

Anyways, I hope this addresses most of everyone's concern, but if it doesn't and things "don't add up" or something "doesn't smell right"...then I don't know what to say. I'm sure Reeses appreciates everyone's concern for her, as do I. Thanks to all those that are genuinely praying for the best outcome...I have faith and it will come.

[zowiandnikasmom]

hello. i am in joliet, illinois and my father who is 63 years old, retired and on disability is looking for another yorkie to let in to his home and be his companion. he is home all day, has a large fenced in yard, and has over 40 years of experience with yorkies. (my grandma raised yorkies) he has a 6 year old neutered male yorkie named jake who is very playful and would probably love having reeses around! it breaks my heart hearing that someone would have to rehome thier yorkie, but if you are set on doing so, please let me know by posting back, i will be checking for a response. we are in the same area....

[zowiandnikasmom]

also would like to add that my dad is very capable of taking care of his little guy jake. he is a bigger yorkie boy (12 pounds) and is very sweet and affectionate and great with other dogs. my little puppy pixie is 8 months old, super hyper and he is very tolerant of her. pixie sounds a lot like reeses, the most hyper yorkie puppy i've ever had! i bring them over to his house every week and they love to play very much! jake was also great with dude (who was my dads 15 year old yorkie who passed away last spring) and he has a lot of spunk in him and is big enough to tolerate a larger hyper puppy. i'm sure they would love running together in the yard and with my 2 girls!

[Ringo1]

Oh, I'm hoping for a happy ending here!

[jinhopark]

Originally Posted by Ringo1

Oh, I'm hoping for a happy ending here!

Ringo1:

I do too...I don't want to get my hopes up and say our prayers are answered just yet. I have filtered out a few other prospective/interested buyers, 1 was in Florida (sorry but we will not ship via American Airlines Cargo, plus I need to meet the owners face to face and see the environment she would be in), another never had any experience with dogs and I think a toy breed adds extra challenges (I would prefer those that have dogs currently or has lot's of experience with dogs) and the third one seemed a little sketchy and was not very detailed nor responsive to any of my questions.

zowiandnikasmom:

That is so great that you are a YT member and you live so close! We're practically neighbors!!! Please PM me your email address and let's have some discussions when it's convenient for both of us.

[TexasKat08]

Originally Posted by jinhopark

As sad as it would be for us, we thought it might be better for her to live with another family? Don't know if that's the right decision or not...so admittedly, somewhat in haste I put an ad up.

Given the whole story your choice seems reasonable. I for one am sorry if I jumped to the wrong conclusion, but it sounds like you can understand why conclusions were drawn regarding your intentions, admittedly placing and ad up "in haste." One minute you are crazy about her, but looking for info about her behavior and the next you are selling her. I think this quick turn around without the background info came across differently than you expected. At any rate, I hope you and the other YT member (Nika's mom?) can establish a relationship wherein you feel comfortable re-homing this baby. Fingers crossed all works out well!