Question for those that have lost a yorkie......

[simonandhallie]

I really don't want to make anyone sad but I've been wondering how your other babies cope with the loss. I just don't know what Simon or Hallie would do if the other wasn't here anymore even though they aren't the best of friends but the trauma alone would be horrible. I'm just curious.....

[JillandJack]

I don't know how I would cope if it happened to me. Jack bolted out the front door a couple of times and luckily he came back right away. But my heart skipped a few beats when that happened. And just the thought of the possibility makes me sooo sad.

[chachi]

My Husband and I have talked about this and believe if we lost one of ours the other would go into serious depression. The groomer cant even separate them when she grooms them she has to leave both of them in the room.

[LunasMomma]

I'm curious about that myself We got Luna after Starr died, so I don't have any experience with that situation myself, so I'll be watching this post. We're going to get her a sister after the holidays are over.

[FlDebra]

When we lost our little Yorkie, Maggie, it was hard on the whole family. We have a dachshund and a Jack Russell. The Jack Russell was lost for a while, sort of went into a depression for a couple of weeks. The dachshund would go outside and then just look back at the door so sad, still waiting for little Maggie who always followed her out the door. They eventually got back to normal but it definately took a toll for a month or two there. When Ben came home with us, the other two were a little stand-offish, but it has only taken a month and it is already like Ben has always been with them. So, I would say the dogs are fairly resilient but I am sure they still miss Maggie -- as we all do.

[Ladyhawk]

Keegan was 6 monthes old when Roxie joined us at 18 monthes old. She mothered him at first and than they became the best of friends. You never saw one without the other. Roxie's pups were 5 weeks old when Keegan got hit. When we brought him home for burial, she wouldn't leave the little packet alone so I opened it up so that we could all see him and say goodbye. I had hoped that it would help her to understand that he was gone and wouldn't be back. She went into a serious depression. She spent most of her time under the bed hiding and refused to stay with her pups. We introduced solid food to the pups and I made her nurse a bit in the mornings and evenings so that she wouldn't get too uncomfortable. I felt like I had lost them both, she no longer followed me around or sat with me. We got Connor 2 weeks later and the change seemed to help her snap out of it. No one can ever replace Keegan but my Remi has a sparkle in her eyes once more and that means everything to me.

[Katys mom]

I am not sure what you would do but, that has got to be hard. Its ironic that you bring this up. I ran into a couple at the dog park this weekend. They brought their Yorkie there to see if that would help her any. They had lost her long time companion (a black lab) a week ago. The Yorkie had gotten depressed and now has gone into a false labor. She is even producing milk that she is trying to give to a teddy bear.

I encouraged them to come to YT and see if anyone else had run into this problem before. I also suggested in time they might want to think about daycare for her.

[Maddie-Rudy-Mom]

When Max my 17 year old yorkie passed, Lucky my chow-mix went into a terrible depression, they had been together for 13 years. She wouldn't eat or do anything but lay on the sofa. I wasn't ready for another yorkie, but I got Maddie for Lucky. She was so happy to have a friend, now she has four yorkies that love her so much. They keep her young, Lucky will be 17 years old in Jan. and I know she is old and it makes me sad to think of the day she won't be with us.

[chloeandj]

I have thought about this too. My maltese and golden retriever are absolutely inseparable. Chloe is so in love with him. He's getting pretty old and won't be around too long. It will be very sad, I think she will be pretty lost.

[WRScorpio]

I only have Duke, so, I would not know. I have had Duke for less than a year and I think I will need to enter a treatment facility when he passes. I bawl just thinking about being without him. I sometimes think I value him more than the humans in my life. This post made me cry! So sad to think about the little gals or guys missing their buddies.

[Dan & Corinne]

Jazzie got deressed too. Jewel was ill for almost a year with a fatal neurological disease. Jazzie always seemed to be aware that Jewel needed special attention. Jewel was added to our family when Jazzie was five. The day we brought Jewel home, Jazzie rolled over and Jewel tried to nurse off her! Jaz was more of a mom than a sister.

the day Jewel died, I trimmed a lock of her hair and brought it home. I let Jazzie smell it. Later, when I couldn't sleep, I had a slide show of only Jewel's pictures on my computer. Jazzie was watching and suddenly let out a sound I've never heard her make. It was like a combination of a howl and whimper. I think she understood at that moment that Jewel was not coming home.

Jazzie was NEVER a dog bed girl but from that day, my 10 pound Jazzie would squeeze herself into Jewels tiny bed. Jewel had about 8 beds all over the house but Jazzie always sleeps in Jewel's favorite one.

I tried to get Jazzie got really mopy and slept a lot, to cheer up I took her to the dog park, the dog friendly mall and even to work with me a few times. The only time she would perk up was around small puppies. Didn't give a hoot about mature dogs.

it's been 8 months since Jewel left us, Jazzie still sleeps in Jewel's bed but not as often as she did.

Jazzie has adjusted and is being a silly brat again. But on nights like tonight where I'm letting myself feel sad, Jazzie seem to know it and will not ask me to play.

We are wanting to find a new baby for all of us to love and waiting for the day to come.

[yorkieK9trainer]

Pedigree Name: Little Isaac Flying Serenity
Call Name: Isaac
Birthday: 04Feb04
Breeder: Emerald Acres Yorkies in California (Patricia Green)

My little mountain goat-I miss you terribly.

He was one cool little Yorkie that met his early demise at 6 months. While I'm now comfortable w/ sharing the details as to why he died at such a young age and how I almost went to jail that day, I'll spare the details for those who really just don't want to know. I'm not sure just how I dealt w/ it, but I managed and boy was it hard for the longest time. And I still talk about him to this day whenever I talk about Yorkies to friends, clients and family.

[Dan & Corinne]

Originally Posted by yorkieK9trainer

Pedigree Name: Little Isaac Flying Serenity
Call Name: Isaac
Birthday: 04Feb04
Breeder: Emerald Acres Yorkies in California (Patricia Green)

My little mountain goat-I miss you terribly.

He was one cool little Yorkie that met his early demise at 6 months. While I'm now comfortable w/ sharing the details as to why he died at such a young age and how I almost went to jail that day, I'll spare the details for those who really just don't want to know. I'm not sure just how I dealt w/ it, but I managed and boy was it hard for the longest time. And I still talk about him to this day whenever I talk about Yorkies to friends, clients and family.

I share in your sorrow. It sound like it was exteremely difficult circumstance for you. No loss is easy but how a death occurs can make a difference in how we cope with the loss. Accidents are different from long illness or a long life and I do believe it does make a difference in how we grieve.

If you want to share your story, I'm here for you. You can pm me if you are not comfortable sharing it with everyone. But in saying that, people here on YT are extermely supportive. I can't express how much comfort I got from sharing my loss of Jewel. Putting my feelings in writing helped me. I hope we can help you too.

Corinne

[dray]

Interesting thread, as a groomer for lots of years I see this happen all to often, and each case is different. Some dogs adjust well and some do not. Just like people some dogs love and need their friends more than others.
I have had clients that loose one dog and then the other dies too it is just very sad. Sometimes the owner tells of a new personality in the dog left behind that they never noticed before. Some times the dogs I groom will even act different when they come to see me. I can tell if something bad is going on in the household.

Sometimes the owner is the one that dies and the dogs are lost then too.
Death is hard to deal with no matter who or what it happens too. So hug your babies tonight while you still have them, they are a gift.

Debbie Ray

[yorkieK9trainer]

Well, I'll begin w/ saying that it was truly an accident.

My younger brother (16 at the time) was staying over night at my apartment. We left the apartment so that I could take him home before I had to go to work that day and I had two of my dogs w/ me. One was a Shiba-Inu named "Hibiki" and the other was my little Isaac.
Neither dogs were on leashes-never are really. And yes, they're very obedient, I tell them once and they're consistent...anyway, we go to get in the car
(DON'T READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT THE DETAILS!!!)
and Hibiki is first to jump in through my door on command. Mind you, I've told Isaac to go potty and so he leaves my side and runs back into the grass and proceeds to pee. I sit down in the driver seat w/ my door open waiting for Isaac. I can see him in the grass through my windsheild. I call him over and he comes running to my side of the car. I look to the left and see him, but I have stuff on my lap, so I turn to the right to put it down in the back seat and then I look to my left again....Where's Isaac?? At THIS moment, my brother sits down promptly and *sigh* shuts his door.
...
What had happened is-Issac came to my side of the car waiting to be picked up. When he realized that my attention had gone to the right, HE went to the right...right under the car to my brother's side. He didn't know Isaac was waiting to be picked up....

It was bad, but not as bad as we initially thought. He was bleeding all over my lap as we RUSHED- No joke- to the nearest hospital...a little less than 10 minutes away. I was doing 60 in a 35 zone on a pretty consistent basis. I ran a few red lights (looking to be sure no one was coming), I proceeded to more or less run any stop sign I came to....IT WAS BAD.
Well, to no suprise, a cop pulls in behind me. I ignore him and continue to the hospital. It gets to the point where he gets on his speaker and orders me to stop the vehicle.

I STOPPED MY VEHICLE ALRIGHT! As soon as I did, I opened my door w/ Isaac braced on my forearm and my other hand on top to completely immobilize him. I SHOVE Issac's little body into the open window of the police officers vehicle and all I said was: "YOU FOLLOW ME TO THE HOSPITAL" and I left so fast I didn't even hear if he said anything.

I was driving so fast that I passed the driveway to the hospital by maybe 10 feet and screeched to a halt-literally (there were tire marks on the pavement) and put on my blinkers, left my car in the road and RAN Issac into the hospital. Before the cop could follow in behind me, I YELLED for assistance, and said "I don't care what it takes, you do what you have to do to make sure this dog lives!" and left my little brother (distraught over what he had done to my dog) to explain further as needed. I went to go move my car and the cop comes inside YELLING at me. (understandable so)
He said do you realize you could've killed someone??? *blah blah blah....* and he was absolutely right! My little brother all but got into his face...bad move, I took over and while he said that he should arrest me, he's not going to.
-?- THERE IS A GOD!!! And he left. Nothing further!
I don't remember exactly what happened next w/ my car, but as far as Isaac goes, the bleeding has stopped on it's own and he was breathing on his own, but it was labored. And they didn't have untensils sufficiently small enough to really deal w/ his situation. X-rays were taken and things look "decent" at best. We had to rush him to a specialty clinic that was a half hour away!
He was on oxygen and a few other things in the back seat of my car as my parents drove us. I'll never forget that drive. It seeemed to take forever.

The end result was the neurologist took new x-rays and discovered that Isaac had nothing more than a hairline fracture at the base of his skull. Normally not fatal. His particular case was that the top of his spinal column that meets the brain had a pinched blood supply and so while he was getting oxygen...not enough of it.
IF I HAD AN OXYGEN TANK, HE SHOULD'VE BY ALL MEANS SURVIVED. But what can ya do? Live an learn. The neurologist agreed that he probably would've. But he had gone so long w/o sufficient oxygen that he said he could revive him most likely, but that he'd be a vegetable the rest of his life.
And so we wound up euthanizing him.

That's it in as much of a nutshell as I can get...