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12-09-2011, 10:49 PM | #1 |
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| Yorkshire Terrier Amateur-Hi Everyone Hello and it's very nice to meet you all. My name is Patti and my husband and I are proud parents to Charlie, a 70lb 2 1/2 yellow lab, he is the most obedient, energetic, loyal, caring dog anyone could ever hope and wish for. Also, he is intact, has never sired (although we get asked at least once a week), nor does he raise his leg... we are truly blessed. We have decided to expand our family because he is just so awesome, he deserves a little buddy. We researched nearly a dozen local (150mi radius) Yorkie breeders and think we found our little guy. The breeder has over 30 years experience, only breeding Yorkies, all kept indoors , very clean, very reputable. This little boy that we fell in love with, is a bit smaller than we were originally looking for, currently 1.58lb at 9 weeks old, but his personality is identical to Charlie's. Tons of energy, very independent, much more tough then he is big The breeder says 3 more weeks and he can be ours and anticipates, judging by his bone structure, he may only reach 3 lbs. All that matters to us at this point is that he is healthy and can live a happy full life with Charlie and us. I would appreciate any advice on owning a smaller yorkie, bring-home introductions, and anything else I may be should consider. Thanks in advance. Patti |
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12-14-2011, 05:21 AM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...w-parents.html http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/die...tz-2-10-a.html Here are a couple of links that might help out. Welcome to YT. Sorry sometimes this board gets busy and we miss welcoming a new member. congrats on your new puppy!
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12-14-2011, 05:28 AM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | With a large dog/tiny dog, I especially recommend having a crate and crate training your little one. Or you could use a sturdy Xpen or and old baby's play pen. During the boisterious puppy months, it is important to keep your pup safe around the larger dog, and "yourself". We learnt the Yorkie shuffle early on. Look down, always start walking by sliding your feet along the floor. Also if your pup tracks to only 3lbs, you will probably need to consider training pup to use stairs to climb up on furniture or beds. Also to train him not to jump down from self same furniture. HOw is your lab with meeting tiny dogs? Have you trained him to either sit or lay down, and say hello that way? In otherwords you want him to be calm Be very careful and don't let them out in the yard off lead together. A quick turn, and pups especially Yorkies can move incredibly fast they can be under the big dogs feet in a wink of an eye. Best of luck Post pics when you get some We love pics here. If you live in a cold climate - they will need warm winter coat for walking.
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12-14-2011, 05:38 AM | #4 |
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| X pens are great! I think they are a must for new puppies! Don't forget to get nutrical right away. Also, always use a harness when walking, Yorkies have delicate tracheas. Good luck! Can't wait to see some pics!
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12-14-2011, 05:43 AM | #5 |
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| Welcome to YT..and congrats on your new puppy...my daughter own a 80 lb black lab and a 3 lb yorkie both male, Buster (lab) was around 2yrs when Cowboy 18 months old went to live with them..Buster has been both mom/dad to Cowboy since he arrived..although they have seperate food bowls Buster allows Cowboy to eat from his bowl if he wants to..they are so funny together.. I wish you the same luck with your baby & lab
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12-14-2011, 06:26 AM | #6 |
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| Welcome to Yorkie Talk and congrats on your new furkid,,great advice already given, just wanted to welcome you... |
12-14-2011, 06:57 AM | #7 |
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| Good afternoon Patti - and welcome from the UK, too! Our dog prior to Harry was a lab very similar to your Charlie....Rosie, a dear sweet girl. I wish with all my heart that they could have met - they'd have had so much fun Congratulations on you new Littlie-to-be, I'm sure everything will work out just fine (even if it takes a little settling-in time!). Good luck! Sally + Harry x |
12-14-2011, 07:17 AM | #8 |
♥Trained by my pups♥ Donating YT 500 Club Member | Welcome to yt I think the most important is to always supervise. The lab being so much bigger could just put a paw on the little one and hurt him. Not on purpose by any means. I think they will get along beautifully I just would never leave them alone together. We have a border collie husky mix and she does great with the little ones I just never leave them together when i am not around Good luck with the new little guy and please share pictures when you get him home.
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12-14-2011, 07:27 AM | #9 |
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| Welcome to YT! Speaking form experience, I would recommend and expen. I didn't listen when I got Gizmo, and I'm kicking myself because of that. Anywho, just make sure you supervize your little guy like that other posters mentioned. It's not unheard of these little guys thinking they can play with the big boys. One of Gizmo's favorite breeds to tussle with is the Pit Bull, so just make sure both have play time together supervised, but have time apart alone as well. Like kids, they need their alone space too!
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12-14-2011, 08:33 AM | #10 |
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| Welcome! I don't own a large dog, but my aunt does (80lb border collie). Great advice has been given on how to prepare the large dog, but also don't forget to work on manners with your little guy. Harley used to get a long great with dogs of all sizes, but Blackie (above mentioned BC) isn't well socialized, and Harley would walk up to him and bark at him and scare the crap out of Blackie. We thought it was funny as a pup, and I let him do it to help Blackie's socialization. But now he's started this thing with barking at big dogs, and it's become both annoying and dangerous. So just make sure you monitor both dogs equally. It sounds like you did your research and found a good breeder, can't wait to see pics when your baby comes home.
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12-14-2011, 08:39 AM | #11 |
YT 1000 Club Member | My only advice other than what has already been said about xpen, stairs supervision etc, is talk to the breeder and see if you can arrange a meet with your dog and the new pup before you bring him home. This is what I have prospective new homes do with any other pet or person that will be around the puppy.
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12-14-2011, 04:17 PM | #12 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pasadena, CA US
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| Thank you all for the wonderful advice... Advice from experience goes a long way. I have an update so I will just start a new thread. Hint: I am on 3 hours sleep today |
12-14-2011, 04:45 PM | #13 |
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| hey, I have a yorkie and a lab. We had the yorkie first though thankfully. And we recently this summer brought home a 4 month old black lab. He is 9 months old now, and they do really well together, he is a very good puppy.Sometimes i am afraid he is gonna run Farley over, but so far so good. I am sure yours will be just fine. |
12-14-2011, 06:38 PM | #14 |
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| Charlie has been great with Blue, very courteous, lays down so Bubba can see/smell him. Blue's compound is in the breakfast nook by the glass back door, Charlie could see in and see Blue, after a while we opened the door and let Charlie see and smell Blue through the baby gate. Today Charlie came inside for 20 minutes or so and we let Blue out of his compound so they could socialize, Charlie was very good. In a couple of days we'll let Blue walk out to Charlie's area and do the same. Quick question: What's with Charlie slime-ing Blue. He salivates and its a mess?? |
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