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12-01-2005, 03:07 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ft. Campbell, KY
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| Still Looking! I am still looking for a Yorkie puppy! I would like a little girl! I would love to find one before Christmas for my daughter! My daughter is deathly affraid of dogs no matter the size, but I have reasently took her to my friends house and she has taken to her yorkie! We live quit aways away from her! There for it is hard to let her see gizzy all the time! So I am hoping to get her one of her own! She is very excited about it! She is three and I figure it will grow up with her for a while and help her with fear of other dogs! Thanks, Paula
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12-01-2005, 03:16 PM | #2 |
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| Good luck with your search. I just wanted to tell you with that age of a child I would look for a yorkie on the larger side. I have a 5 year old and a 9lb yorkie and a 5 lb yorkie. The 9 lb yorkie will play And rough house with my daughter. My 5lb is scared of my daughter and wants nothing to do with her. My daughter is a girly girl and isnt really rough either. My 5 lb yorkie doesnt even like it when my daughter is loud. There is a day and night difference in the two dogs tolerance levels. Good luck again
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12-01-2005, 04:17 PM | #3 | |
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12-01-2005, 04:58 PM | #5 |
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| Sugarsmom is so right. It is so hard with a yorkie underfoot and a small child under the age of 5. I had yorkies first, since it didn't look like we could have any children. We were doing great with the yorkies - showing and all. Very heavy into it and loved it. Well, I finally got pregnant and thought - no problem, I can handle the yorkies and a baby. Things were doing great until my daughter started walking and getting into everything. No matter how I tried - she kept picking them up: by the neck, hair, ears, etc.. So I decided I had to keep them totally seperated. That sounds easy. Well, I didn't want to neglect my yorkies and I couldn't neglect my own child. So I made the hardest decision I have ever had to do - I had to give away my yorkies to my closest yorkie friends. I threw away all trophies, ribbons, everything that reminded me of my yorkies. Now I wish I would have kept some of their winnings and photos. So you might want to wait until your daughter is older. We are just speaking from experience. And it would be so hard to get a puppy and then later on after your attached and the pup is use to you all - to have to find another home for him. Well, my kids are all grown now - so I have returned to showing/raising my own yorkies and loving it! T. |
12-01-2005, 05:03 PM | #6 | |
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12-01-2005, 05:05 PM | #7 |
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| I have to agree with the other posts. A three year old is not old enough for a yorkie. To be honest, I don't think a 5 year old is old enough unless the dog is full grown and definitely not a sub 5 pounder. I had a friend with a 4 year old child and they decided to try getting him a pet and settled on a kitten. The child had broken the kitten's leg before the end of the first week. Kitty wanted to get away and a child that small doesn't understand when to let go. |
12-01-2005, 05:34 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I have mixed feelings about this. I had Zorro my first yorkie after I was married and he was 7 when she was born. She was taught from early on to be careful around the dog. Luckily my dtr was very laid back and Zorro was 7 lbs. Then when I got Gracie, my dtr was 5 and she was fine with the puppy and we had no problems. Gracie was about 6 lbs. So I agree the tinies are not good around little children because you can't be to careful, but a larger size one may work out if the adults are diligent in watching the puppy around the kids. This takes a lot of work and the last thing you want is a dead dog, or it ends up in the shelter.
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12-02-2005, 12:26 AM | #9 |
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| Although I think many of you have listed legitimate reasons why some young children should not have Yorkies or small dogs in general as pets, I also think a lot has to do with teaching your child, no matter their age, to respect and love animals regardless of the animal's size. My Tristan just turned one and we have Piper and our Chi and also his "kitty-cat" that he LOVES to pieces. All three are small now compared to him, although he is very tiny for his age. We also have 1 Boxer puppy and 1 grown Boxer, whom he adores. As parents of both Tristan and all our furbabies it is our responsibility and duty to teach our son to love and respect all animals, which includes knowing the proper way to touch and pet them and not to "grab" onto or hold them. I believe if you teach a child from the beginning to respect animals, just as you teach them all other important "right from wrong" things, you are benefiting all involved. We always supervise our son around all our pets and will continue to do so but the fact that he knows not to "hurt" them helps make us one big happy and safe family. IMO they are never too young to learn how to love and respect animals, along with the proper way to touch and treat them
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12-02-2005, 06:57 AM | #11 |
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| I think that everyone has made good points, but as i said before my daughter is still alittle affriad of dogs! She loves gizzy, but she never trys to pick him up she always sits down on the couch and he gets right next to her and she just sits there and pets him! She has never tried to pick him up or anything! I do have some fears about the triping, but she very careful around our cat! She has had him since she was one! She knows the do's and don'ts of the picking up and stuff (although she never trys)! I just wanted to say thanks for everyones opinions, but i wouldn't be looking if i hadn't already thought about all the ups and downs to raise kids and yorkies! My friend who has gizzy has three little boys (4, 2, and 6mo.) and has helped me really think about all the responsibilities and whether i really would like to do this or not! I am pretty set that we can make this work only b/c of my daughters personality! Thank you all again for your opinions! Thanks, Paula |
12-02-2005, 12:48 PM | #12 |
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| Have to say I don't think children in general are a bad mix with Yorkies. I think it depends on personalities and the particular child and how they are raised together and how the child is taught to respect. i have had my 2 youngest helping with the dogs...even tinies since they were born and we haven't had any major troubles . Actually I MYSELF have probably tripped on the dogs more then the little ones.
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12-02-2005, 02:02 PM | #13 |
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| I am speaking from experience as a mom and a teacher of elementary students. You can train your children all you want, like I did with mine on the proper way to hold or pick up a puppy and stay from underneath. But kids are kids and they do not mean to be rough, but accidents happen and very quickly. I would not have given away my yorkies (show dogs with plenty of time and money invested in them not to mention how much I loved my dogs). It was too hard keeping my daughter away unless I kept them seperated from each other. And that is not a way to live. My daughter was very meek and gentle and not quick like most children her age and she still managed to pick up a puppy from the hair, ears, and the final straw she picked one up from its tail hair upside down. What if she had dropped him - he would have landed head first. She would do this when I wasn't looking - in a split of an instant she had one. And here I had taught her hold to hold and be very gentle with them. Under the age of 5 - they forget. They get caught up in the moment of a cute puppy jumping at them. I know you have thought this out completley and very carefully, but it is totally different than what you think it will be when you have to live 24 7 with a puppy and a young child. Remember - I too thought I could do it. I was wrong. T. |
12-02-2005, 02:12 PM | #14 |
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| I think that no matter what, sometimes accidents happen, no matter how hard you try to keep them from happening. It's just me, my husband and my 7 year old son. I watch my son and husband like a hawk. I just think you have to be very careful and observant at all times. My son was playing with Kiki with a rope and Kiki jumped up to get it and did not fall on his feet, he fell directly on his head. I thank God that he did not hurt himself. He yelped really loud, but was fine. In the mornings before we leave the house my family gather to say a prayer and we be sure to include Kiki.
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12-02-2005, 06:32 PM | #15 |
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| http://yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23618 I responded to your thread that you posted before.
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