Originally Posted by Jbj23 (Post 4532591)

Thank you for all the messages. Yes we are new to yorkies but it took us about 1 hour to fall for him. Our family, which includes myself, my husband and three kids, ages 11, 9 & 7 LOVE him to pieces. Our collie, LOVES Joey too. They because fast BFF's. :)

Joey, had been left gated in our kitchen while we were gone at my sons basketball tournament. He is usually kenneled but I knew this would be longer than he could hold it and I wanted him to have his potty pad.

We came home and found him upstairs (he had escaped from the kitchen, which he has never done). My daughter carried him down stairs. I hadn't noticed the blood right away on his neck but he was really out of it and whimpering. When I noticed the blood on his neck and the puncture wounds, I knew the cat had gotten him. The ER vet said that Joey must have passed out and the cat let go.... It was horrible. I felt like I failed Joey. Can't even imagine how scary that was for him. He is such a lover.

The cat has not been near Joey since. Yes, the cat has been part of our family longer but he has crossed the line. Jasper, our cat, will be going to a new home tomorrow (one with out small dogs). Our family is so sad, my kids are devastated as we all LOVE our cat. But we will not have a cat in the house that puts our yorkie at danger.

I sincerely appreciate all your posts. I am new to yorkietalk and it feels so good to have gotten so many honest responses so quickly. THANK YOU.

I hope my next posts are not so dramatic. This picture is of our three year old collie, Finley and her new BFF, Joey (4 months old)