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Yorkies and Children I've read a lot about how young children are not so good with yorkies... my bf and i do not have kids, but one day plan on having them (after getting married) I've read that you should only have a yorkie if your kids are older... but what about those of you that had a yorkie BEFORE you had your REAL human baby... LOL did anyone have any problems? |
well my son was not quite 3 when i got harley and i have had no problem. i just made sure to set bounderies and if he was going to play with him, he had to sit on the floor and play... no picking up. he is 3 now and still does not even think about picking him up and they play together all the time. |
oops i just noticed you wanted to know about having a yorkie before the kids came along... sorry:p |
I have an in home daycare and 4 Yorkies, so far I've had no problems. You will just have to be pretty careful to teach your baby how to touch the Yorkie when he gets old enough to move around. |
They normally recommend getting a yorkie when your children are older becuase they figure your skinbaby can hurt your furbaby. I actually got my yorkies after. My girls are now 10, 7 and my son is 2 turning 3. I haven't had any problems. The bigger girls were easy to teach what to and not to do with them. My little guy is a bit rough and lex (15 months old)can take the romping because he is almost 10lbs. Lulu (4 1/2 months old) is only 2lbs so we try to monitor his time with her. Overall I don't see why some people think it's not a good thing to have yorkies with children. It will be ok when the time comes. Don't worry about your future little one with a yorkie. The funny thing is that a lot of households that have no children also have accidents where the yorkie gets hurt. Good luck on your future family expansions when you are ready. |
Well I got mine when our Daughter was 5 and she has been really good with them. She also helps take care of them. She helps feed and bathe them. She has did so well that she asked for hampsters and we are going to get her a couple. I think it depends on your children and how they are taught to be around the dog. |
I am in the same situation. We have a Yorkie AND a Chi (notorious for being bad with children). We want to have many more animals of many species when we buy a house. I intend to have children sometime within the next 15 years, so my plan is to train the children to behave around animals starting as early as I can, and hope for the best. :) |
I think having a yorkie before or after skim-children is ok as long as you teach your children appropriate boudaries and rules of how to handle. |
Yorkies aren't the only "fragile" little dog....we had a 5 lb. toy poodle before our kids were born and had no problems at all teaching them the right way to handle him. I think it taught them a lot about little dogs learning from such a young age. We got Tatum (our Yorkie) when the girls were 10 and 8. No problems there at all. I do have two nephews that were only about 2 and 4 when we got her and I prefer them to not even be around her. They are used to playing rough with their Lab and just don't understand that the clomping around in the cowboy boots and chasing after her to try to get her to play just scares her. But I attribute that behavior first of all to their parents and second to the fact that they are used to a bigger, sturdier dog. I think with the right training with a baby to small child, you can get them to respect the fragility of a Yorkie. |
Personally I don't sell my yorkies to a family with small children under the age of 8 again it's "MY" personal preference. I've turned down a family with 2 5 year old twins who also had a 6 year old and a 8 year old. If the family already has one then I would consider it. The family is welcome to come visit the yorkies so that I can see if the children are respectful in someone's home and how they are around the yorkies. If I see that they are not I will not place one in that home. I do however, have my 1 year old grandbaby now living with us and I really have to watch her to make sure she doesn't grab a hold of the yorkies hair and she just loves the puppy we have. However, the puppy is in a pen and I don't let her out when the baby is playing in the floor. I think if you have yorkies with children it's ok as long as they are all supervised and not left alone so neither the child or yorkie get hurt and TEACH the children respect for animals and I believe things can be worked out. Donna Bird Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers |
Hi Mzzy! I'm in the same boat as you and asked a similar question when I first started on this board. Here's the link: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54862 As others said, I think it's all in the way you manage the relationship between the child and the yorkie. :) |
I had my first 2 yorkies before my daughter was born.If I remember rightly [long time ago:rolleyes: ]By the time she was paying interest in them they had wised up to her and skillfuly kept out of her way.I had more problems with them taking her toys.I brought them up to respect each other as if they were all equal.She wasn't allowed to grab them and they weren't allowed to nip her.My daughter[Gypsy&Me]grew up with various fostered,adopted and our own yorkies.She has never known our house to be without a yorkie and has now got her very own now she has her own home. |
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I totally respect your opinion on not placing your puppies with families with small children but I DO hope that you and other breeders take the time to access each and every situation separately. My girls could have handled a Yorkie at a younger age mostly because of their experience with our toy poodle and also because they are generally very calm children (SO unlike how my nephews act - I would agree with not letting them have a small breed dog!). It would be very unfair for that to not to be taken into consideration. I've heard of breeders that say they "never" place their pups with families with small children and that is just not fair. I like your idea of actually seeing how the children react around the dogs before making that decision. |
I believe it is all in how you teach your children. My grandchildren come ove and they know they have to sit on the floor to play with the puppies. They know they cannot rough house with the dogs around. If the want to play rough the dogs are put in a gated area. After all kids do have to play. As someone posted a long time ago, they over heard their son tell a friend, if you hurt my mom's dogs, she'll hurt you. It's not different than bringing a new baby home when you have toddlers and preschoolers. You don't allow the older children to hit the baby over the head, or pick it up, or run around when the baby is on the floor. |
As a rule don't place my yorkies in families with children younger than 10, nor with newly married couples. However, I do require that all families be present when they come to visit. This way I can assess the family and I'm not adverse to visiting their home prior to placing a pup |
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