Terrified Puppy
 

I sure hope that someone can chime in and get this situation resolved for you.! Good Luck...

Welcome to Yorkie Talk. I am sorry you are having issues with you puppy. Yorkies have all different kinds of personalities and unfortunately some do get scared easily. How old was Lola when you got her? It will just take time and patience to get her over her fears. Are you normally home all day with her? Does she have free run of the house or is she crated at times? Are there any small children in the house? Has she been this way ever since you got her?

Perhaps if you got some Rescue Remedy drops to give her prior to going outside. Also can you let us know what vaccinations she has had? Some vaccinations will make them more fearful for awhile. Hopefully with love and patience she will start coming around.

Some are WAY more sensitive then others. Zoey's sort of like your Lola but not that extreme. How far are you taking her for potty? 18 weeks is still really young and she could grow out of it if you're persistent... How about inquiring a personal trainer?

Thanks for the responses! I got Lola when she was about 7 weeks old so i've had her for awhile now.

To answer some other questions that were asked.. There are two members in my household- my fiancé and I, so no kids. Between him and I someone is home with her majority of the time. Twice a week she is home alone for about six hours while we are both at work. Other than that one of us is home or in and out running errands through out the day, etc.. When we are gone she is in a crate and she is wonderfully crate trained I might add! I know of some dogs that are terrified and wont go in a crate for nothing! However, she likes hers! :)


Lola has had all of her puppy shots, 4 boosts of her parvo/ distemper combination vaccination and she just recently got her rabies vaccination (after the fact).

She has always been kind of scared of noises but never to this extent... So I am hoping that she will learn to adapt to different noises. For an example, she doesn't like to vacuum what-so-ever! (I'm sure this is common..) but I don't know whether to still vacuum when she's around or wait until when she's not around. I usually do it when she's not around. Same with the blow dryer, I go in a completely different room and shut the door so its not as loud to her.

Ahh! I am so unsure of what I should do to help her..:confused:

Sorry- I need to correct my last post. I got Lola when she was 9 weeks!

Have you tried putting a thunder shirt on her? They've been known to work wonders when animals are scared. It's very calming to them to have it on. It's not something you leave on all day, but a few hours. Good Luck.

We recently bought a thundershirt for our German shepherd who is extremely afraid of thunderstorms, thunder, lightening and going out in the dark. The thundershirt has worked wonders for her. She doesn't shake when she is wearing it.. she will now go outside at night to do her business. She is such a great dog that would hold it all night rather than go out in the dark. And she is 12 years old now. So it does work great!!! :)