My heart reacted before my brain kicked in & I rehomed a pup...
 

Knowing my love of yorkies, a friend contacted me & said a friend of her friend was selling her yorkie cos she needed to get rid of her asap. I thought about getting another in the future once my 4 month old puppy is a little older and things are more settled at home (I'm remodeling parts of a little house I bought & am rushing to completely finishing the basement for when my kids are home from college this summer). Well, after being shown a cellphone pic and talked into "at least go & look at her"...off we went.

Boo-bear (prolly needs a name change..lol) was a pathetic looking skinny little thing. 4lbs, scraggly hair, nails not clipped & way too long, and a bony little spine. The woman admitted she'd been kinda neglected of late due to the living situation & extreme marital problems. Then, the kicker...she mentioned during the conversation that she was selling her for $400, not spayed and has full akc registration!! I looked at this little girl & was so worried that someone was gonna get ahold of her & breed her that I decided there on the spot to take her. She is a sweet little thing, but has the most awkwardly floppy ears I've ever seen on a yorkie. I'm supposedly getting her vet records faxed to my vet tomorrow...I hope this is the case & that she has shot records. I'm still not sure if this is a permanent solution, I just knew I had to get her, feed her, get her nails trimmed & get her SPAYED before she went to anyone.

My puppy, Zoe, isn't taking to Boo at all. Zoe is scared of her & runs & hides. I'm not sure if this will change. I, personally, have never had two dogs at once. This is the closest they ever got...chewing bullysticks while sitting on my daughter's lap. Boo is on the left, Zoe on the right.

You are such a sweet person to save that little girl. If you are patient, you may find a few months down the road that the two become best of friends.:)

Thanks for saving this little girl with TLC she will turn into a beautiful swan (yorkie) that you will be so proud of :)

well I likely would have done the same good for you

Over time they will probably become friends,it will just take time. I kinda like the name BooBear! She will be a sweet addition to your family.

Little Boo-Bear is so lucky that you found her! Bless you for saving her!!! :)

You did the right thing!!!! She will adjust and the two will be bff's before you know it. :)

I've done the same things multiple times over the years (something I learned from my dad)...take the dog first, figure things out later... Neither one of us have ever had the heart to rehome the dog after that though, so both of our households have always been chock full of dogs. Some how, even after a rocky start, it always worked out and the dogs always got along.

I agree!!

You did a good thing and two or three months from now, we will be seeing pictures of the two of them playing together.

I hope so! So far, it isn't going well and I've had to separate them due to fighting. Boobear is 8 months old and not spayed. Zoe is 4 months old and won't be spayed for another 7 weeks. Could this having anything to do with it?

I've been googling how to introduce dogs to each other. They met on neutral territory, while both leashed, with my daughter with Boo and me with Zoe. But inside the home, unless I can keep them both with their teeth on a chew toy, they can't seem keep their teeth off each other. Any advice on how to help them get along will be greatly appreciated as I have no actual experience in this area.
Thanks :)

How did you introduce them to each other....did you just bring the new one in? Your existing girl has already established the home as her territory....it's an invasion into her space. Too late now....but, believe me they will bond...it'll take a bit more time....but, they will, they'll become inseperable.....be patient.

I dropped my daughter & Boo off at my friends house, then I went home to go get Zoe and took her over there too. We introduced them in the large sunroom. I thought it would be considered neutral territory, because Zoe has only been over there once before & has never been in the sunroom because it gets closed off in the winter. We stayed there for about an hour. Then we went home. They are fine when both leashed, but when not, all hell breaks loose :confused:

Are they fighting or playing? I think if you keep them in same room but seperated they will get used to each other.

I would have done the same as you too.

Fighting! Not playful nipping...biting & yelping :(

My first 2 girls were like that at first, I figured trying to establish who was the alpha female. Once they got that straight, maybe 2 weeks for us, they would protect eachother, sleep together and had a mutual respect. I think alot of love and patience and show no favouritism, they will be fine. It was very kind of you to give this girl a loving home. Keep us posted.

The way to properly introduce is to remove the existing dog from the house, your house......it's their territory....bring in the new pup.......let it wander through the house for a good 1/2 hour.....then bring in the existing pup.....no territorial situations that way.....

It will evetually be ok....just a lot of supervision and make sure that the existing pup gets served it's food first...everything first.....

OH..I had a hard time for about 3 days with my two. I was in tears because I thought I made a huge mistake. With help from a very sweet lady here on YT, I made it through. I kept them separated for a while, the new dog Lily was kept in her xpen as she was a puppy anyhow. When Max realized that she was not a threat, he gave in. Now they love each other.

I have four and each time I added another Yorkie to the family the first wanted no part of it. In time things changed.. here we go again, number 2 & 3 and than number 4...They now get along great. It took some time but in the end we are all one big happy family. My furbabies are 8, 6, 4 and 2

What a wonderful person you are for helping this little one!! Hopefully they will start to get along soon.

That's been me today.

My Zoe is just 16 weeks old and was doing so well, and now I feel like I've totally disrupted her calm happy life. She's anxious and snappy, and hasn't had a potty accident since the third day I got her & today she's peed on my living room rug twice today :eek:.

We'll Help You All We Can!
 

What a wonderful thing you did for this little Yorkie. I've read many posts that sound like yours and in time, the posts became happy and positive and had wonderful pictures of the two furbabies together. I've noticed that each new dog introduced seems to take time to adjust and so does the original dog in the home. Some become fast friends that spend lots of time together and others seem to find a mutual respect and acceptance at varying distances. I would be so worried if I were you right now, but this will pass. Many have gone before you and found success with time and patience. When you are down just think about how wonderful you were to rescue this puppy. So many members here will help you through this adjustment time. Keep the faith and know that your hard work will be rewarded with double puppy kisses before you know it! Be sure to keep posting pictures and keep us updated.:thumbup:

Update :)
 

Lil Boo is going to a great home & I'm so happy about it! It's amazing how things just fell into place to get her from a bad situation to a great one...and I was a stepping stone on her journey.

She's going to a local family who lost their 3 year old yorkie, shortly after moving to a new home. They were having the furnace worked on and as the repair guy was going in & out to his truck, their yorkie got out. They've had fliers up & contacted vets, pounds, etc., but it's been a month & they've heard nothing. Their 12 yeard old daughter was devasted. The parents came to see Boo & adored her. So, they came back the next day & brought their daughter. She was literally in tears at the prospect of getting another yorkie. Boo was spayed yesterday at my vet. Worked out great for the family as the mom is a teacher & her school is on spring break this week, so mom & daughter are home with her. I told them about YT and they said they'd sign up so we'll still get to see pics of BooBear, whose name will now be BelleBooBear....Belle for short :)

What a happy ending for this baby ...thank you so much for all you have done :)

It's gpnna take some time. This poor dog has been through a rough start in life and she needs time to adjust. By the way Bless you for caring about this poor baby. Have patience and I'm almost sure that things will work out down the line and you will have a gratefull loving little girl. I know Zoe must be upset about the new baby but if you keep working at it they will become friends. My friend and I have 5 dogs between us and there have been many fights but right now they are best of friends.

What a happy ending to a wonderful story. Thank you for rescuing this neglected puppy and now making a sad little girl happy again. BelleBooBear will have a wonderful life thanks to you.

I love the photo's of your pack all cozy together.