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04-19-2012, 09:53 PM | #16 | |
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Iīve had 5 yorkies (from 4 different breeders) and got them all at 6 weeks old,a week after they weaned.This is common practice here (Spain). None required me staying at home all day,waking up every 4 hours at night or doing anything super special as if they were "spacial care" puppies Just making sure they eat at least 4 times a day was enough. I do understand that in the US its practiclly mandatory,but in a place where taking a 6 week old puppy home is the norm,I just think that if it were so dangerous and complicated for a puppy to go home at that age,it wouldent be something so many countries/breeders do.They would have figured out that itīs not ok by now I think I visited Bella and Milo every chance I had whilst they were with thier breeder,and once they weaned at 5 weeks old,they only ate damp kibble 3 times a day and slept most of the time between that.Even after they came home at 6 weeks old,they didnt eat much more than that even when I left their food out 24/7 and offered it to them alot more than that. Itīs not that complicated
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04-20-2012, 08:01 AM | #17 | |
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04-20-2012, 08:33 AM | #18 | |
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Milo & Bellas breeder (just because this is the most recent) has 2 females and a male,and they produce 2 litters a year (obviously she is not in it for the money-Infact,if I tell you what my babies cost,you would probably wonder why she bothers at all),so she has a waiting list..she loves her puppies,her yorkies are in excelent conditions and she is fantastic I was able to visit them when ever I wanted (which I did) and she sent me many many e-mails when I couldent visit,full of pictures and info etc. The same goes for the breeders of my other yorkies.I guess the perception of when a puppy is ready to go home is different from one country to another,but that doesnt mean our breeders are rubbish because the result seems the same to me...the only difference is,by the time my puppies are 12 weeks old,I will have had them a month and a half,and you (in general) will have just brought yours home I could have hopped down to a pet shop and brought a puppy home,but I have never gone that route Im just saying that I understand that it can be better for them for socializing etc..but as I said,it cant be something so terrible either,when people are taking their pups home at 6 weeks and not having any issues. I have been a member of many yorkie groups for the past 9 years and people from the US seem so shocked and judgmental when someone mentions having a 6 week old puppy,but the bottom line is,its not so terrible,niether is it so difficult or complicated.You have to properly care for any puppy,not just the 6 week old ones. Someone who buys a puppy isnt usually someone whoīs working 10 hour days 6 days a week..most people who commit to a puppy do so because they have the time ALL toy breed puppies are at risk for hyperglycemia,it all just boils down to common sense.It doesnt matter if you take it home at 6 week or 10-make sure it eats regularly,and if you have to go out somewhere (which we ALL do) make sure itīs a short trip or leave the puppy in the care of someone else. Lady (my previous yorkie) was still a high risk for hyperglycemia at 8 years old due to her tiny size..she was under 2lbs,so she was no different to a 6 week old puppy her whole life. I just dont see the big issue in it,because as I said,itīs all Im used to
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04-20-2012, 05:01 PM | #19 | |
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Hard to believe in a country they let you take newborn infant humans home from the hospital just 24 hours after giving birth, but think you aren't capable of caring for a 6 week old puppy.
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04-20-2012, 05:02 PM | #20 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
04-20-2012, 05:11 PM | #21 |
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| Great point. However when I had my skin kid, my MIL came to visit for the first 3 weeks to help out. Can you believe no one offered to help out when I announced that we got a new family member at 9 weeks? LOL I really compare the birth of a child, toddler, terrible 2's of a skin kid like a dog - there is always various stages of growth and you just roll with it. I have one skinkid - so I started with no experience, same with my furkid. Thank the lord for YT!
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04-20-2012, 05:12 PM | #22 |
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| Do you have any idea how many people buy a puppy and expect it to sit in a crate for 8 or 10 hours while they are at work? If a puppy gets hypoglycemia while there at work it will be dead when they get home.
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04-20-2012, 05:49 PM | #23 | |
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I think itīs fine that the yorkshire terrier club of America says that no one can have a puppy before its 12 weeks old,but you seem to forget that America doesnt speak for the rest of the world or its breeders and not everyone on this forum is from America How many people come on here because they have just got their puppy,and they come face to face with post after post of people telling them over and over that they have a crappy breeder because their puppy is too young to be home..do you know how bad that makes them feel? and not because they feel guilty,but because you arent respecting or helping them at all and you are insulting breeders you couldent possibly know. There are MANY wonderful breeders here,Iīve known 4 of them and Im still in contact with them all (you have to love facebook lol),so for you to say that only BYB and puppymills sell their pups at 6 weeks is not only pretty steep,but itīs also not true...there are obviously exeptions,just look outside of the box for a moment. Iīve raised 3 kids (one preemie) so I certainly think I can handle a puppy without having to take maternity leave,being up all night or taking a special course..where on earth are you getting the idea that having a 6 week old puppy is like that?? Iīve had 5 dogs (6 puppies if you include my mix),all came home at 6 weeks old,and I have no idea what people are talking about or what the fuss is.Sad? Iresponsable? I cant agree..no yorkshire terrier club here has had anything to say about it,and the best breeders here dont even make that much money I asure you I dont want to sound rude (honestly..not at all ),but hundreds and thousands of people take their puppies home at 6 weeks old here (and many other european countries) and they deal with it just fine.Iīd like to see a study that proves that no puppies die in America,yet theyīre dropping like flies here Itīs simple. 1:You dont take the puppy outside until i has all of its shots 2:You make sure it eats regularly Thats really all there is to it..honestly,Iīve been there 6 times My 12 year old could do it...infact,she does. I really do like having a place to talk about my babies and meeting people with something in common,but I dont apreciate people being alienated because they arent following Americas rules when it comes to great and wonderful breeding We have some great ones to,I asure you Please dont take this the wrong way..I trully dont want to offend you Edited to add this:Who is their right mind comits to a puppy and leaves it in a crate 8 to 10 hours a day? Even a 12 week old puppy??? Im sorry,but this is not the case at all.
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04-20-2012, 06:06 PM | #24 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
04-20-2012, 06:34 PM | #25 |
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| EXACTLY!!! So many members here fail to realize they are posting on the World Wide Web.
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04-20-2012, 06:37 PM | #26 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Every time. Have posted about puppies shouldn't be going home until 12 weeks it has been to someone in the US.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
04-20-2012, 10:13 PM | #27 | |
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I typically don't get involved in these types of posts - I like to avoid confrontation and drama. That said, this post is wonderful and says exactly how I feel about some of the newer members who are uneducated. They come here all excited about their new addition and get negative post after negative post because they didn't know any better. I was uneducated when I brought my Jack home... I read some posts here and thought I shouldn't be posting certain things because I did not want to get lambasted with the negativity that I saw on other posts. After reading several threads here on this wonderful site, I can see where it would have been better to buy him from a reputable breeder as opposed to a puppy broker, I can see where it would have better if he could have stayed with mom longer (I brought him home at 10 weeks; however, I believe he was taken from his mom earlier). Since I have learned so much here, I have been in contact with a reputable breeder about getting Jack a sister. I kind of went off on a tangent but I really wanted to say that your post is wonderful and I hope some people who see this will take some of what you said to heart and quit being so negative when someone comes here for help/opinions/wanting to share their excitement about their new addition.
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04-21-2012, 01:30 AM | #28 | |
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Just to throw in my thoughts - I don't normally get involved in this kind of debate, because rules and ideas and legislations vary dramatically around the world. In the UK, the 'norm' for taking a puppy home is 8 weeks. It just so happened that Harry was 12 weeks old - but that is the exception rather than the rule. Every other puppy I have brought home, large or small, has been 8 weeks old. Right or wrong, that's how it is - as it is in many other countries. Oh - and as for 'human' babies - I came home 2 hours after giving birth to my second child Sally + Harry x | |
04-21-2012, 05:51 AM | #29 | |
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04-21-2012, 05:53 AM | #30 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| See the problem is that yall that are from different country's don't get how it is here. We have A LOT of puppy mills and very bad breeders and our Yorkshire Terrier Club says 12 weeks is when puppies should go home as well as studies here have shown that to be best and one of the ways we set a good breeder from a bad breeder is what age the pup is going home because normally if a breeder isn't fallowing what the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America says with one thing they are not with following the others either and all of this is done with what it best for the pup in mind.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
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