Cookie monster 2 - Chris 0
 

Just got my Amazing Yorkie "Cookie" (thanks Deb Sillers!) about 2 hours ago at the airport, and it was love at first sight. Wow, she is such a sweetheart and so affectionate already. I went and laid down next to her with my head on the ground so we could make good eye contact, and I got my first yorkie puppy kisses just a few seconds later when she came over to me. Right now she's curled up against me for a nap as I type this.

Cookie looked a little scared when we brought her home, but it couldn't have taken more than 10 minutes before she warmed up to me. But she's beating me in the potty training wars 2-0 so far, lol.

First thing I did when we brought her home was take her out back to go pee. I didn't want her to be out too long though, because it was already almost 80 degrees and Lil' Cook is more used to Missouri temps right now. So I brought her in and she peed on the kitchen floor about a minute and a half later. Picked her up and took her out while she was doing it to see if I could get her to finish outside and to give her the idea that the kitchen wasn't the place to pee, but too late, haha!

She didn't eat when on the plane, so I fixed her 1/4 can of Pedigree puppy food and she wulfed down half of it right away. So I wanted to give her some time to finish her meal, but I guess she was done and ran over to the carpet to drop a poop! As I took her out again she dropped another one, this time on me, haha. So after I knew she had eaten and had some water we went and ran around the yard. She started chasing me around so I dropped to the ground and let her get me. She jumped up on my chest and gave me another round of puppy kisses.

I have to say, this girl is so well-socialized and you can really tell Deb cares a lot about them. She was so happy when I called to tell her I picked her up at the airport and then again when I notified her that little Cookie has a really good appetite. I will definitely be recommending Amazing Yorkies to anyone I know looking for a loving and healthy yorkie pup.

I'll try to get a couple of pics up later, but I don't want to wake the Cookie monster up from her nap. She's such a magnificent little 14 week pup. I'm on cloud 9 with her at my side.

Cute story! I potty trained my Bella indoors on potty pads (using the "crate training" approach) because it was later winter here and too cold for her to go outdoors when I first got her. You may find that an easier option if you continue to have issues with outdoors potty training. Also, when taking Cookie outdoors, exercise caution until a couple of weeks after her last puppy shots because unless your outdoors area is completely animal-free and has been so for months, it's possible for her to contract parvo, which can live in the soil for a very long time.

Thank you, psintard. Deb got Cookie her shots before she got her to us, so I think we're good for a year.

Oh, I forgot to ask Cookie's age. The last puppy shots are usually completed at 16 weeks of age, so if she's over 16 weeks, she should be good to go. If you got Cookie at 12 weeks, she may still have one round of shots left.

Edit: Oops, I see that she is 14 weeks old. Be sure to check with Deb as to whether she has any remaining puppy shots left to take.

You sound so happy with Cookie. There's nothing better than the love of a little one to heal a broken heart. I hope Cookie is everything you dream she would be, and I wish you a lifetime of love, health, laughter, and happiness with her.

Cookie is fourteen weeks old, but I agree with you if she just got her last shot. I've read it takes two weeks for full immunity happens after the last shot.

I'm so happy you got Cookie! Sounds like a match made in heaven :)

Can't wait for pics...lottssssss o picsssss! ;)

:thumbup::thumbup: Post some photos when you get a chance!

Make that Cookie 3 - Chris 0. Right after he nap I had to get and go pee, and there is no way I'm leaving her on my bed alone (it would be a 30 inch jump). So I took her out to pee (ladies first after all), and after a couple of minutes she didn't have to go. So I brought her back in and right as I'm using the restroom 45 seconds later, she decided it was a good time too.

Oh no, am I training her to go to the bathroom right after I bring her in???? haha

Could be lol

Did Deb say if Cookie was potty trained for pads already? It is like she doesn't know that outside is for potty and is equating inside for it. Just wondering.

Deb said she was using the puppy pads and occasionally the doggie door. Part of it is I don't want to spend too much time outside in the heat today after she flew in (imagine that has to be stressful for a pup to leave her mom, her litter-mates, and her human mom). But she is really affectionate and has been snooping around the house and following me all day.

Congrats it sounds like Cookie is a dream puppy

Congrats on your baby Cookie monster! Wishing you many years of happiness together.

She has been my little shadow. I set out a blanket for her so she can hang out by my feet when I'm on the computer, and she was fighting with the blanket in such an adorable fashion the same way Minnie used to love to do. :)

Still haven't gotten her to go pee or poop outside yet though. She actually hasn't used the bathroom since I put up the 3-0 score a few hours ago, which seems pretty strange to me. But she has been napping a bit. Maybe she didn't get any sleep on the plane.

Here's a couple of pics I took of Cookie today. I snapped them up right about when she was getting ready for a nap. We did a little bit of running around earlier and maybe she's a bit tired. My little girl has been eating and drinking well though. Sorry I forgot to turn the flash on for one of them so the color makes it look like I took the photo in 1968 lol. The blue-eye in the second makes her look like the T-1000!

She sounds like a fiesty one! Isn't it great having a well-socialized pup? Cookie is adorable :) Congratulations!

Oh she's a beauty :wub:

As to the housetraining.....puppies tend to pee and poop as soon as they wake up, straight after eating and inbetween too :D I used to always take my pups outside onto a patch of grass every half hour, tell them to ''Be Clean'' and within a couple of days they soon cottoned on that going out meant emptying themselves and I then gave them lots of praise and a game :) During the night I would set my alarm for 3am and take them out of their crate and take them to their toilet patch, tell them to ''Be Clean'' and as soon as they'd emptied it was back to bed...with no fuss so they realise that Mummy was going to sleep and it was NOT playtime! :p Yes, I still got the odd mistake during the day but 99% of these were MY fault because I was too slow and didn't instantly pick puppy up and take her outside as soon as she woke/finished eating etc. It's amazing just HOW quickly puppies learn to let you know when they want to go outside and I'm sure Cookie will soon realise what her new Mummy wants :thumbup:

Yes, it's tiring the first few days and you often think ''WHAT have I done!!!!!!!'' but it soon passes and once Pup is a few months old they don't need the middle of the night loo break.....mine have always snuggled up next to me in bed and don't wake until I do LOL

LOL! :D

She is just a doll baby! :)

Oh my goodness she is so precious!! Makes me want a little sister for Jasper! :)

Oh my!! Cookie is adorable. I just love those kisses, we call it "kissy face". Bella was a little hard to train, but she is doing great now. She's 5 months. We do have a doggy door. Congrats. Sounds you two are a perfect match!

I want to hug & kiss Cookie, too! She's a doll.

So I got the score to Cookie 3 - Chris 7 by taking her out every 15 minutes and just making a huge deal over every poop and pee. I'm so in love with this dog.

This girl is so well socialized. I figured she'd be really scared and that I'd have to give her some space early on until she came around, but I just got about a minute straight of kisses after taking her out a couple of minutes ago. I guess Lil' Cookie's not used to the sounds of the city though. She started barking like crazy when a neighbor drove by on his motorcycle. It's funny, I put on Netflix earlier and she started yelling at the hand icon on the screen that I was moving around to pick my movie! I mean she got really mad at it for a minute!

She is so adorable. Congrats.

My camera does no justice. She has such a beautiful coat.

Congratulations on the adorable new addition to your life. Enjoy your baby!

Breaks my heart to have to put her in her crate tonight. She's crying right now and maybe scared but I can't have her running around the house when we can't watch her. :(

She is just so inquisitive and I don't want her getting into trouble.

All in all, an awesome first day with my baby. :)

Thank you Deb!

Wow, she is still crying. But I know I can't give in.

Finally quieted down, so after a few minutes of quiet I knew it was time to take her out to pee. And she did, so of course I made a big fuss over her and gave her lots of positive reinforcement via saying sweet things, hugging, and kissing. Now the crying is back again after putting her back in her crate for the night. I wonder how many nights this is going to take her. Sleeping outside the crate is not an option at her age.

But the score is now Chris 9 - Cookie 3 on the potty training scoreboard.