Our Puppy MAX (do we need to give him away?) - Page 3 - YorkieTalk.com Forums

R_Z · 12-28-2012, 07:45 AM

Welcome. Glad to read you are keeping the puppy. It will take some work, but there's no reason the puppy and your family can't work this out.

lynzy420 · 12-28-2012, 08:36 AM

Most of us here have made the same mistakes as you...I didn't even know to look up the breed, heck we bought Miss Mini cuz she was cute, only after getting her home did we find out she would always be small etc., I had never heard of a Yorkie, puppymill, broker etc., before my sweet Mini.

In retrospect I wouldn't change a thing, little puppies, babies, kittens they are fragile regardless of skin or fur, I had 25 puppies (black Labs) in 3 litters and both my children were small....all 25 puppies survived their manhandling!

When pups get older they learn to stay out of the way just as we adjust and watch out for them, there will always be accidents, just the other night I nearly fell over Mini as she yelped so loudly in fear....neither of us suffered injuries. Take adequate measures to insure the safety of the pup at all times, she is part of your family and in due time all will co-exist.

lynzy420 · 12-28-2012, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Did your vet not tell you when you took him for his check up? When ever getting a dog it needs to go to the vet with in 24 to 48 hours to be checked out. I would start saving money now or get pet insurance because your pup did come from a puppy mill and at some point will more then likely have some issues. He also was taken away from his mom way to young, shouldn't be until 12 weeks or after so potty training, socialization, and biting may be a problem. Please in the future do not buy from a pet store it just keeps puppy mills in business and imagine what your pups parents are going through living in filth and not cared about.

lynzy420 · 12-28-2012, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by 107barney

You bought the dog. I think you owe the dog a nice, safe and hopefully long life. Train your kids and the dog and you will have a nice family companion. Good luck.

CouversMom · 12-28-2012, 11:47 AM

I definitely think you made a commitment and you need to stick with it. Children can be taught that small dogs are not toys and learn to respect them. I don't believe that dogs should be rehomed for the convenience of their owners... They are family members too and deserve that respect. Would you rehome your baby because your older children could potentially hurt him? Why is this acceptable with pets?

lynzy420 · 12-28-2012, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CouversMom

I definitely think you made a commitment and you need to stick with it. Children can be taught that small dogs are not toys and learn to respect them. I don't believe that dogs should be rehomed for the convenience of their owners... They are family members too and deserve that respect. Would you rehome your baby because your older children could potentially hurt him? Why is this acceptable with pets?

ZekeAbraham · 12-28-2012, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by CouversMom

I definitely think you made a commitment and you need to stick with it. Children can be taught that small dogs are not toys and learn to respect them. I don't believe that dogs should be rehomed for the convenience of their owners... They are family members too and deserve that respect. Would you rehome your baby because your older children could potentially hurt him? Why is this acceptable with pets?

You are correct and we aren't going to give him away. But please understand that the reason i asked in the first place was that i thought that everyone involved.
Puppy Max/My Kids/ and my wife and I would be better off if Max were to go to another safer home.
Maybe a home without small children, maybe a home with elderly people who don't move around so fast.

But thanks to this site and the Vet who visited our home 2 nights ago we feel a lot better.
we've gotten such positive advice.

thank you all so much!
right now i want to print all this out- make some notes and ask questions about our future.
there's goldmines of info in these replies.
i need to sort them out.

thanks again and Happy New year!
youll all be hearing my questions soon enough. LOL!

Can I feed him anything special to make sure he grows as BIG and STRONG as possible?

barkleylove · 12-28-2012, 12:15 PM

I would definitely get the x-pen. Keep him in it along with his bed, food & water and a pee pad. I like the washable ones myself. Then you don't have to worry about him chewing on it and choking on the plastic when you're not there to supervise. I would make a rule that no one is allowed to take him out of the pen without adult supervision. Yes, buying from a breeder would have been the best way to go but I wouldn't give up on him just because he's a pet store pup. I had a Shih Tzu who lived 15 years with little problems and she came from a pet store. I would read as many threads on this site as you can. It's been very helpful for me and I'm not new to yorkies. Good luck and enjoy your little Max!

chestermama · 12-28-2012, 08:40 PM

feed them frequnetly as puppies and have nutrical on board in case the blood sugar drops, and just feed him a good food and kids need to be taught respect for animals and you have gotten some great advice, good luck

Lovetodream88 · 12-29-2012, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ZekeAbraham

You are correct and we aren't going to give him away. But please understand that the reason i asked in the first place was that i thought that everyone involved.
Puppy Max/My Kids/ and my wife and I would be better off if Max were to go to another safer home.
Maybe a home without small children, maybe a home with elderly people who don't move around so fast.

But thanks to this site and the Vet who visited our home 2 nights ago we feel a lot better.
we've gotten such positive advice.

thank you all so much!
right now i want to print all this out- make some notes and ask questions about our future.
there's goldmines of info in these replies.
i need to sort them out.

thanks again and Happy New year!
youll all be hearing my questions soon enough. LOL!

Can I feed him anything special to make sure he grows as BIG and STRONG as possible?

Just a good quality puppy food that has no by products, sugar and artificial coloring.

rubynrosie · 12-29-2012, 09:21 AM

I am happy to hear that you are keeping him! Yorkie and kids are doable with the right precautions! Plus...you have all the awesome people on this site prepared to answer your questions as they come up. It was a high learning curve when I got my first yorkie Lola. I was debating...do I use my extra money to move or do I buy this cute little pipsqueak I saw on internet that would be perfect for dressing up....I shudder now when I look back at my decision making...I knew just a bit about puppymills (not enough) nothing about yorkies and what problems they could have and nothing about buying a puppy on internet nor vets who were more for the money then the best interest of the dog! So don't feel alone! Im pretty good with them now...thanks to a lot of research a great vet and reading posts on here! Good luck with everything...please post pics and updates!!!

ZekeAbraham · 12-29-2012, 12:38 PM

Just a quick look at wherewe've been keeping Max since we got him. (While we aren’t playing with him)

I’m feeding him Dick VanPatten's Natural Balance® L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets® Lamb Meal &Brown Rice Small Breed Bites™ Dry Formula. About three teaspoon’s at a time andthe food and water tray stay in his pen at all times.

He barely eats though if heeats one of the three teaspoons we are lucky. Is that normal? I worry.

If I put a piece of the dryfood in my hand or fingers I can get him to eat one at a time but that’s alittle tedious.

We also have Natural Balance®Ultra Premium Beef /or Lamb or Liver Canned Formula and I mix in a teaspoon ofthat and he seems to like it better but we worry about diarrhea.

We try to give him vitaminpaste 2-3 times daily too.

How do we get him to eatmore?

Does the pen look right?

yakkwak · 12-29-2012, 05:32 PM

Your setup looks great! Lucky pup. I hope one of the experts on here rerpond to the quantity of good. If you have ANY question about him not eating enough, give the vet a quick ring. It's always safe to give a bit of Supplical or Caro syrup to make sure the babe doesn't get low blood sugar. That is one of the biggest worries at this young age. The little bugger found a great home!!!!

Wallee · 12-29-2012, 05:48 PM

Eating seems to be a common problem with these little ones. When I first got Wallee he would only eat if I scrambled the food. I got him a treat ball and he now eats kibble out of that.

concretegurl · 12-29-2012, 07:40 PM

I missed where you decided to keep the pup.

Xpena are great but if you have kids that play ball or airplanes like we do here a wire mesh kennel is what we use they have a solid plastic bottom that slides out fir easy cleaning.

I have 3 dogs Elvis our Yorkie, Princess our Miniature Schnauzer and Scoobers our schnorkie a mix of the two breeds.

We have 3 kids here 13, 8, almost 2, and another one on the way. It can work, but all our dogs are over 10 pounds.

12-28-2012, 08:36 AM	#32
lynzy420 Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: USA Posts: 7,652	Most of us here have made the same mistakes as you...I didn't even know to look up the breed, heck we bought Miss Mini cuz she was cute, only after getting her home did we find out she would always be small etc., I had never heard of a Yorkie, puppymill, broker etc., before my sweet Mini. In retrospect I wouldn't change a thing, little puppies, babies, kittens they are fragile regardless of skin or fur, I had 25 puppies (black Labs) in 3 litters and both my children were small....all 25 puppies survived their manhandling! When pups get older they learn to stay out of the way just as we adjust and watch out for them, there will always be accidents, just the other night I nearly fell over Mini as she yelped so loudly in fear....neither of us suffered injuries. Take adequate measures to insure the safety of the pup at all times, she is part of your family and in due time all will co-exist. __________________ The Above advice/comments/reviews are my personal opinions based on my own experience/education/investigation and research and you can take them any way you want to......Or NOT!!!

12-28-2012, 11:47 AM	#35
CouversMom and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 14,732	I definitely think you made a commitment and you need to stick with it. Children can be taught that small dogs are not toys and learn to respect them. I don't believe that dogs should be rehomed for the convenience of their owners... They are family members too and deserve that respect. Would you rehome your baby because your older children could potentially hurt him? Why is this acceptable with pets? __________________ Michelle- mommy to Couver and Khloe Mae! http://yorkiehavenrescue.com/

12-28-2012, 12:15 PM	#38
barkleylove YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New Lenox IL Posts: 342 Blog Entries: 2	I would definitely get the x-pen. Keep him in it along with his bed, food & water and a pee pad. I like the washable ones myself. Then you don't have to worry about him chewing on it and choking on the plastic when you're not there to supervise. I would make a rule that no one is allowed to take him out of the pen without adult supervision. Yes, buying from a breeder would have been the best way to go but I wouldn't give up on him just because he's a pet store pup. I had a Shih Tzu who lived 15 years with little problems and she came from a pet store. I would read as many threads on this site as you can. It's been very helpful for me and I'm not new to yorkies. Good luck and enjoy your little Max! __________________ Bogey Maggie Mae and Barkley 8/28/12

12-29-2012, 12:38 PM	#42
ZekeAbraham YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 5	Just a quick look at wherewe've been keeping Max since we got him. (While we aren’t playing with him) I’m feeding him Dick VanPatten's Natural Balance® L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets® Lamb Meal &Brown Rice Small Breed Bites™ Dry Formula. About three teaspoon’s at a time andthe food and water tray stay in his pen at all times. He barely eats though if heeats one of the three teaspoons we are lucky. Is that normal? I worry. If I put a piece of the dryfood in my hand or fingers I can get him to eat one at a time but that’s alittle tedious. We also have Natural Balance®Ultra Premium Beef /or Lamb or Liver Canned Formula and I mix in a teaspoon ofthat and he seems to like it better but we worry about diarrhea. We try to give him vitaminpaste 2-3 times daily too. How do we get him to eatmore? Does the pen look right? Attached Thumbnails

12-29-2012, 05:48 PM	#44
Wallee Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: whitby, On, Canada Posts: 1,129	Eating seems to be a common problem with these little ones. When I first got Wallee he would only eat if I scrambled the food. I got him a treat ball and he now eats kibble out of that. __________________ Cindy, Walleeand Summer https://www.facebook.com/5TailsBoutique?ref=tn_tnmn

12-28-2012, 07:45 AM	#31
R_Z Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Memphis, TN USA Posts: 1,078	Welcome. Glad to read you are keeping the puppy. It will take some work, but there's no reason the puppy and your family can't work this out.

12-28-2012, 08:40 PM	#39
chestermama YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: washington Posts: 3,383 Blog Entries: 1	feed them frequnetly as puppies and have nutrical on board in case the blood sugar drops, and just feed him a good food and kids need to be taught respect for animals and you have gotten some great advice, good luck

12-29-2012, 09:21 AM	#41
rubynrosie Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: ada mn usa Posts: 1,362	I am happy to hear that you are keeping him! Yorkie and kids are doable with the right precautions! Plus...you have all the awesome people on this site prepared to answer your questions as they come up. It was a high learning curve when I got my first yorkie Lola. I was debating...do I use my extra money to move or do I buy this cute little pipsqueak I saw on internet that would be perfect for dressing up....I shudder now when I look back at my decision making...I knew just a bit about puppymills (not enough) nothing about yorkies and what problems they could have and nothing about buying a puppy on internet nor vets who were more for the money then the best interest of the dog! So don't feel alone! Im pretty good with them now...thanks to a lot of research a great vet and reading posts on here! Good luck with everything...please post pics and updates!!!

12-29-2012, 05:32 PM	#43
yakkwak YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dallas Posts: 319	Your setup looks great! Lucky pup. I hope one of the experts on here rerpond to the quantity of good. If you have ANY question about him not eating enough, give the vet a quick ring. It's always safe to give a bit of Supplical or Caro syrup to make sure the babe doesn't get low blood sugar. That is one of the biggest worries at this young age. The little bugger found a great home!!!!

12-29-2012, 07:40 PM	#45
concretegurl Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades Posts: 7,979	I missed where you decided to keep the pup. Xpena are great but if you have kids that play ball or airplanes like we do here a wire mesh kennel is what we use they have a solid plastic bottom that slides out fir easy cleaning. I have 3 dogs Elvis our Yorkie, Princess our Miniature Schnauzer and Scoobers our schnorkie a mix of the two breeds. We have 3 kids here 13, 8, almost 2, and another one on the way. It can work, but all our dogs are over 10 pounds. __________________ Shan & 8 kids now!