outside yorkie

[Lady of Yorkies]

YorkieLover: I know all this seems like everyone is coming down on you. It's not meant to be mean. Everyone wants the best for you and this sad little dog. As you can see, no one believes Yorkies should be outside and I didn't read anywhere that you said you would be leaving him outside.

I do think that a trial period would be the very best thing for you to try. If he was kept outside, I imagine his hair is short so it was less work for the lady who owns him, if not then it is probably so matted you'll have to have him cut real short. So I don't think the grooming part would be very hard for you. Feeding him wouldn't be hard either.

If he's lived outside for 2 years he's going to be real hard to house train. I do know the determination of young girls, you just might be able to house train him in 3 months, but this means spending all of your time with him, and being alert to his needs. You will have to watch him closely because he can't say "I have to go to the bathroom" and he won't understand when you try to teach him not to go in the house. Also if he's been outside for all of his 2 years of life, he isn't going to know how to act in a house. He may get into everything, how many times can he dump the trash in the kitchen before your parents really get mad at you? Or chew up underwear and socks? Remember he's an outside dog, he's never seen underwear and socks. Anything that has an odd smell he's going to be interested in, and really, you can't be with him every minute he's awake. These little dogs can get into mischief faster than a little kid.

I would think the lady who owns him has talked to him while she gets his food and water, but pay attention to what she says to him. Does it sound like someone you meet on the street saying "Hi, how are you?" and then they don't really listening to your answer, maybe they keep on walking like they didn't even see you? Is this the way you would talk to him? You will want to hold conversations with him, he won't want to be held while you talk to him. This is what you want isn't it? Some little dog to cuddle in your arms? He won't allow it, he wasn't raised to be held. If you go over to the pen where she keeps him and he lets you pick him up and hold him, it won't be like that at your house. You want to love him, cuddle him, talk to him and have him lay near you on your bed. He won't do these things because he was raised outside.

I think a trial period of a weekend is too short of a time for you to experience this, you should set it up for a week. For a weekend you could stay at home, go nowhere. But in real life you would have to go places with your parents, maybe visit your aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents or maybe even go to doctor appointments or out to dinner. There will be times you will have to leave him at home alone, what will you do with him while you are gone? He's used to being penned up, not crated. If you try to put him in a crate while you are gone, he'll go crazy.

I'm not saying you shouldn't get him, you obviously want him so badly. I don't know how old you are and your parents are the best judge of whether or not you will take care of him or if he will land in their laps. I do think you'd be much, much happier with a puppy that you could train and who would fit into your life easier. An adult dog of 2 years old is set in his ways, a puppy of 12 weeks can be trained to fit into your lifestyle. A puppy can be taught to cuddle if he/she doesn't know how, a 2 year old dog will or won't, he can't be taught to like something he never learned was meant to show love. To a 2 year old dog, trying to cuddle with him would feel like you are tie-ing him up. He will fight to get loose and maybe scratch and bite.

Everyone here has tried to offer their best advice and I suppose you are going to take the dog no matter what anyone says, so I'll just say this: give it a try but make sure the lady knows you will need to bring him back if things don't work out. Also, think on this, what if the perfect puppy at an amazing price, comes along in 4, 5, or 6 months and you already have this dog, if you have spent what money you have saved on this dog when you could have had more saved for a puppy? What if your parents won't let you have 2? What if you are wearing down your parents and someone in your family is thinking of buying you a puppy for your next birthday or Christmas?

[Olivier]

Yesterday , a woman came to see my pups . She asked me if the puppy will get use to always stay on her balcony . She explain that the pup will be well treat and will have a doghouse to protect him . I simply told her to get out of here and don't try to have one from me .

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by Olivier

Yesterday , a woman came to see my pups . She asked me if the puppy will get use to always stay on her balcony . She explain that the pup will be well treat and will have a doghouse to protect him . I simply told her to get out of here and don't try to have one from me .

GOOD FOR YOU ! Why on earth would anyone get a yorkie or any other dog and put it on a BALCONY ? That's NUTS and very very mean!

Lady of yorkies - that was an awesome post

[Olivier]

Originally Posted by red98vett

GOOD FOR YOU ! Why on earth would anyone get a yorkie or any other dog and put it on a BALCONY ? That's NUTS and very very mean!

Lady of yorkies - that was an awesome post

She told me that I was too caring about where my little ones will be leaving and would never recommend me to her friends . Also she said I truly have to change my talking to peoples who want to let their pups or adults Yorkies outside because they are paying me for a baby . I told her that she might be better with a Yorkie figurine , she was very mad at me .

[LvMyYorki]

Originally Posted by Olivier

She told me that I was too caring about where my little ones will be leaving and would never recommend me to her friends . Also she said I truly have to change my talking to peoples who want to let their pups or adults Yorkies outside because they are paying me for a baby . I told her that she might be better with a Yorkie figurine , she was very mad at me .

Good thing she won't refer you to her friends if they are anything like her and have the same thoughts about how to take care of her pets! Good for you!

[yorkielover_201]

i not going to leave him outside. i know some of yall dont think i am ready for him but i really am. i wish there was a way to show yall that i could but there isnt. i really want this yorkie he wouldnt be out side ever agian but only for his walks and that kind of stuff. but i know yall just dont understand.

[Crazy4Carlee]

Originally Posted by Cali'sMom

IMO, I think it's very selfish to bring a dog to your home, just to have it live out in your yard. Good question, WHY??? Dogs need far more attention than someone showing up once a day to quickly feed, water and clean up after.

After going thru the replies again, I see a couple of you do in fact, have outside dogs. I hope I didn't offend anyone, truly, I'm sorry if I did.

I just have never liked the idea of keeping a dog penned up outside 24/7, that's all. And as I said before: "It's JMO".

[StewiesMom]

YorkieLover201 - If you have convinced yourself that you're ready for the dog, get him. We are not the end-all be-all of Yorkies. Who really cares what we think? If you have your mind set on getting a Yorkie, do it. Read all the threads you posted already asking us if you should get a Yorkie again and then go get him.

[yorkielover_201]

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

YorkieLover201 - If you have convinced yourself that you're ready for the dog, get him. We are not the end-all be-all of Yorkies. Who really cares what we think? If you have your mind set on getting a Yorkie, do it. Read all the threads you posted already asking us if you should get a Yorkie again and then go get him.

thax StiwiesMOm i will read all of them post agian. i do care what yall think but i have my opions about that stuff. i will do it. but now the woman haveing second opions about giveing him away i will call her later

[Julie1]

I think most of us were replying to your original question

is it ok to keep a yorkie outside.

[yorkielover_201]

oh no i meant was it ok for her to keep him outside

[natalie]

I remember when I was a little older than 12, I wanted a doggy. A beagle to be specific. I just turned eighteen, actually. I went to school, and just like you I was out for the summer. What more to give me companion than a dog, right? I didn't have a lot of closer friends and I didn't go out very often. So, my parents bought me a beagle. They paid for it, they gave her shots, they even bathed her for me.
When you want something, you try to find reasons to justify your cause. You tell yourself that you need it for "this" reason and "that" reason. And then, of course, you make yourself believe that you CAN take care of it. I mean, it seems simple right? You see people on the streets walking the dogs, running with the dogs and playing with the dogs. It all looks SO EASY. I mean, come on right? How hard could it be?
Well, let me tell ya. That's what I thought and I was already eighteen years old. I thought I could handle a beagle puppy, just to play with and sleep with and have around as company. Well as naive as I was, I couldn't handle it. Having a dog takes a lot of care. Unforunately, after a few months we had to give her away because it became too much for me. Especially when school started back up, and when I wanted to go out but couldn't because noone would be home to watch over her.
Three years later, I wanted a Yorkie. And I actually did my research this time. But even now, I need my boyfriend's help. I can't do it alone!
If you get a dog, what are you going to do when you DO make friends and become old enough to go out to the malls by yourself?
I learned that dogs will be there, and they will not disappear if you want to do something besides playing and watching over them.

As for keeping the Yorkie outside with a heat lamp, I think that's so cruel! That sounds like puppy-mill housing.

But whatever you choose, good luck!

[Olivier]

What can we say , she want a Yorkie and will never consider the well being of the dog .

[suzysmitt]

I think dogs need the interaction of people within in their homes. Would you leave you kids outside? Me either.

[yorkielover_201]

i anit going to leave him outside he will be in the house with me