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Old 02-15-2014, 01:46 AM   #1
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Default Do yorkies and kids mix .

Hi y'all my Yorkshire terrier Maxie and Maisie there littermates we had them at 12 weeks from our breeder .when we used to take them out as soon as they saw a child they would bark all ages babies included they haven't been mistreated by children .there isn't any children in our home just my daughter who's 20 and my sons 22 who spoil them and look after them they just hate children why xx.
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Hi y'all my Yorkshire terrier Maxie and Maisie there littermates we had them at 12 weeks from our breeder .when we used to take them out as soon as they saw a child they would bark all ages babies included they haven't been mistreated by children .there isn't any children in our home just my daughter who's 20 and my sons 22 who spoil them and look after them they just hate children why xx.
LOL Hate is a pretty strong word.... How's about "unfamiliar"? Children are small, unpredictable and noisy at times. I'd give the dogs a break on this one.

Exposure to well mannered children will ease your distress. Introduce your dogs to a good kid.
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I'd also say it's more of an unfamiliararity than it is hate. My Blazer and his litter mates were born at an in-home Daycare and so when they started barking at the kids it was because they wanted to get out and play with them! Most pups go nuts at things they aren't used to seeing, which sounds mush more likely the case here.
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Problem is there 1 years old and they have had nice kids come over to are house to stroke them but they still bark and dislike kids i think they Will always die like them .
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yorkies are never recommended in homes with small children. I would not trust your dogs around the kids of others. Just keep them away.
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Some Yorkies do very well with kids. Usually this is when the Yorkies are exposed to kids in positive situations from an early age.

My Yorkies had a couple of bad experiences with kids, so they are leery of little people. They also don't like that kids tend to be noisy and unpredictable, as Mark pointed out above.
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Bella doesn't dislike children, but she prefers adults. I have 12 grandchildren, all very well instructed in how to treat her, but she still gets a little nervous with the younger ones.
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For the most part no, they do not mix.Yorkies are fragile and it's too easy for little kids to hurt them. I know some people here have successfully integrated their yorkies and their children, which is great...but I am sure they are constantly supervising their dogs and their little kids. If someone already has a yorkie and ends up starting a family afterwards, I think it's best to try to intergrate the two rather than rehome the yorkie. But if someone has little kids and then decides to buy a yorkie, I'd say that it's most likely, not the best idea.

They'd probably be ok in a house with teenagers though....as long as teenagers know how to act around little dogs. I am certain I could have handled having a yorkie when I was 12-13 years old as I was training and showing dogs at that time...but I also know kids at that age that couldn't handle pets at that age, so I'd say it depends on the individual dog and kid.
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I was always told, no. But my Ricki loved kids. His favorite was when they put him the the play cars and pushed him around. I have pics in my album. He also loved water, esp the lake. I think he thought he was a lab.

But kids are scary because they are unfimilar. We used to joke that we had a racist dog. Not that racisum is funny and our family is far from it being in California, but with living in a mostly white house, in a mostly white community, if he saw a person with darker skin he would go nuts. Took some training.

My dog loved our kids. And was very tollarent to pain from toddlers and he was about 7years old when they were born. He was small but a buff 6.5 lbs. Some yorkies are very fragile.

I think like any breed it depends on the dog and training.
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Have some well behaved children help socialize them. Have the child carry treats and drop treats on the ground so the pups don't have to touch them. This will have your pups associate kids with great things. Slowly have the kids increase the closeness to eventually hand feeding the pups.
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My boys love kids, but I have two kids under 9. My boys are also little weighing only 4 lbs each so my girls have been taught how to behave with little ones and are always supervised
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Oh oh, I have a 5 year old granddaughter who does not live with me, but we do get her once a month for a about 3-4 days as a visit. I hope im not going to have any problems. I would hate to have to keep Athena contained in one room when my grandbaby is here, but if need be I will. My Shih Tzu and my grandbaby get along great. Im hoping that since Athena is so young she will get use to the child and be ok. I do watch my granddaughter like a hawk with my dogs.
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I have grandchildren ranging in ages 2 to 10 years. I have a few of them on a daily basis for around 10 hours! We have 3 yorkies and one is very tiny! They all love the kids and the kids are very careful around them! I have socialized my yorkies with all ages of people right from the time they came to live here. They don't bark, bite or shy away from any of the kids. The kids are monitored all the time, but they really don't bother them much. Now, since your 2 have never been around small children, you might have a problem!

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I know several ppl that have yorkies and children and all get along great. Just the way puppies have to be socialized with ppl, the same goes for children. Try to have your pup meet with "calm" children, no screaming, grap at dog type kids. I just adopted a 2 y/o yorkie, the dog was purchased for a girl who at that time was 9 y/o. This dog was spoiled rotten lol, and loved deeply by the little girl, the dog was carried in the arms of this little girl as if it was a baby. Seems a relative moved in, was pregnant, had the baby, now all attention went to infant, and this dog was ignored. They decided infant and dog was to much work so they surrendered the dog. I has a 16 y/o yorkie that I had just put down, I was sick, sad, depressed and swore NO MORE DOGS the pain of loosing them was to over whelming. The dog was surrendered to my vet who called me 6 weeks after I had to put mine down, I told her no more dogs, she told me the story of the dog, said it was a male and to "just come to see the dog". In 35 years I have had 4 female yorkies, I didn't want a male, out of respect of my vet, because she thought of me and my reaction when I had to put my dog down, I did like male dogs so I knew it was safe to see this dog, make my vet happy, in a nut shell I took him home, he is an awesome lil guy, they put a lot of training I into this dog. When he sees a kid he gets all excited and drags me to them. He LOVES kids. Now on the other hand, the 4 females I had did not like kids, reason, they were teased by them, little kids would shoot at tem with water guns, family children when they would visit would scream out of excitement when they saw my dogs, this scared them, so my 4 female yorkies did not like kids, they feared them. I told you this story to show you,::: it's how the children treat the dog, that matters. good luck to you,
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I think it really depends. Honestly, most Yorkies I have ever met have "surprisingly" been good with kids. Definitely just always watch with caution! Have a "safe place" for dogs to go, such as an expen, a room, etc. Kids and yorkies can get along well, with supervision and the right kids/dog! It can be a good learning experience for both.

Jackson is great with most gentle kids (in fact he's more willing to go up and say hi to a kid than an adult), but he can be nervous around hyper active type kids. But what I usually do, to make it fun for both, is bring lots of treats. I usually have "strange" kids (to him) do tricks with him too, which they always find so funny, and he is most comfortable doing something he knows well.

I always love this video, of my little sister when she was 3 (excuse the messy room).
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