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Old 03-02-2006, 12:34 PM   #1
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I am so crazy about my little Buddy, and so happy to have found this forum! I got Buddy from Sapphire Yorkies in Livermore, CA - I brought him home at 12 weeks - and he is absolutely adorable (of course I say that, I'm his mom!). I live in the Bay Area, and hope to be meeting lots of Yorkie Owners. This weekend there is a Yorkie "Meetup" http://yorkie.meetup.com and I hope to meet lots of folks and get advice!

So far things are good - he sleeps in his crate, but he does get up in the middle of the night to pee and poop despite my picking up his food and water at 7. He got his last shots a few days ago and weighed 3 lbs 12 oz at the vets office - when I got him he was 3lbs exactly. He'll probably be about 6.25 pounds, full size.

Don't want to chatter on too much, I'll continue in another post - looking forward to meeting y'all on here!

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Old 03-02-2006, 12:40 PM   #2
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Welcome... He is such a little doll!!
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Please do not deprive your puppy of water at night. Food is one thing but he should have water, maybe 1/2 cup available to him at night. I can never imagine being thirsty and being denied water.
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Hi - thanks for the welcome!

Picking up the water was actually the recommendation of the very excellent breeder, each of the 2 vets that I've seen so far for shots, and Buddy's day care providers - as well as lots of the books about training your puppy! He has been just fine without water in the evenings, we've been doing this a few weeks now - and he doesn't have accidents. If he's particularly active in the evening I give him some, of course. I certainly appreciate the concern.

Buddy gets tons of water all day long - he goes to Day Care in Emeryville - http://www.everydog.com - and is in the special Puppy Program they have there. It has been a lifesaver, and so wonderful for Buddy's socialization.

On Tuesday we started Puppy Kindergarten at Sirius Puppy Training and he's the most social of the group - stopping to play with each puppy. He already knew how to sit and lie down from day care, which amazed me!

I'm following the Sirius Training by feeding him from his Puppy Kong - it does seem to stretch meal time out a bit, and give me some time to clean up the kitchen, change puppy pads, etc. I find it really hard to leave the kitchen while he's eating because he will then ignore his food and try to come with me, which for potty training purposes I won't let him do...so he'll start whining and crying and he gets himself so wrought up that I feel that it will damage him! There is no distracting him from my departure. It's very frustrating, but I honestly love having him with me wherever I go, so hopefully it won't take him long to become totally potty trained!

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Welcome to Yorkie Talk. Your little man is darling! Sounds like you have everything under total control. I hope you love it here. Wonderful people and tons of information. Good luck with training.
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Welcome to YT! Your lil' Buddy is a doll.. Please keep the picture coming..
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HI welcome to Yt ..your little guy is so cute ..my Mini is 5 months old tomarrow ,looking forward to chats and pics along the way to Yorkie adults ,,hehe they grow so fast .
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OMG he is sooo cute! Congrats on getting him! And can't wait to watch him grow up!
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Thank you all so much for the welcome!

I love my little boy so much. I have to admit that this whole process was very hard for me - I'd like to put it down here so that I can remember, and maybe point someone to it if they're having a rough time...

Buddy is my first puppy. We had a toy poodle growing up, but my mom took care of her and we really didn't see any of the realities of having a pet that counted on you. I've had several cats over the years, but when my last cat Muggins died 2 years ago, I just didn't want to do it again.

I'd always wanted to get a puppy, but talked myself out of it. Finally, I knew what breed I wanted - I knew I wanted a small dog that I could take to work with me, and I did tons of research. Read everything I could get my hands on. I found a few breeders on the AKC website and visited their litters.

This was back in September - construction on my new kitchen was about to begin so I knew it wasn't time to do it. I kept it in mind, though, and put in an extra deep sink and a "shower" nozzle that could be adjusted for puppy baths. My boyfriend said he knew I would get one, but I still wasn't sure.

The wave of "want" came over me one night around Christmas/My Birthday - the kitchen was done - and I sent the breeder that I liked an email asking if the puppies she was expecting in November were still available. They were, she said, but there was only 1 left - she didn't know which one, but I would be the last deposit in for the litter. There were 2 boys and 2 girls.

Long story short, and lots of excitement, shopping and sleepless nights, and we went to pick up my little Buddy on February 4. Talked about the puppy and what he would need and some basic care information. She gave me some food, some vitamin paste and some literature. She also gave me a toy that the whole litter had played with, and gave back an old t-shirt of mine that went on the puppies bed for the week before I brought him home. Boy did that stink. Went over all the paperwork with the breeder, signed the contract, handed over the check and out came Buddy!

She handed him to my boyfriend first (after she showed him how to hold him) and he was so little and cute!! I was completely blown away. Here is this little life that I'd been expecting all this time and now the reality was here and man, I was scared.

We got him home and took him upstairs to explore his new home. We fed him and gave him water right away, as she hadn't fed him much in anticipation of the car ride.

As I'm trying to look back on it now, I don't remember much about that first day, but I do know that after the first couple of days I honestly thought I would have to bring him back. I was at my wits end. I had thought I would be able to leave him alone for some amounts of time, but nope. He wasn't having it. He would bark and howl for 1/2 an hour if I'd let him - so much for the training books!

But I called my breeder and she set me straight. He's just a baby. He's just away from his home and family. He needs love right now. He'll settle down, just give him love and reassurance and he'll be OK.

I still wasn't sure, but I kept going - and sure enough, day after day, he continued to improve. The first time I knew he was OK was about 4 days after I brought him home I had to bring him into the office with me. By the time I got home I had a migraine the size of California. It was all I could do to put the puppy in the kitchen with water and food and his puppy pad, go into my bedroom, turn out the lights and just pass out.

Amazingly, it was if he could sense that I was in pain and was TOTALLY silent for the 3 hours it took for me to get to a functional point. When I came out, he was totally lovey. I think that really turned things around for me.

I love him like mad. I can't wait to pick him up from daycare in the evenings, and daycare has really been such an excellent investment. He is wondeful with strangers and other puppies. He's an excellent friend. He loves me, and I love him. With lots of vigilance, he rarely has an accident. I've learned to see the "potty dance" even when it's vague!

Anyway, just a little story for me to look back on someday - thanks for indulging me! :-)
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Thank you all so much for the welcome!

I love my little boy so much. I have to admit that this whole process was very hard for me - I'd like to put it down here so that I can remember, and maybe point someone to it if they're having a rough time...

Buddy is my first puppy. We had a toy poodle growing up, but my mom took care of her and we really didn't see any of the realities of having a pet that counted on you. I've had several cats over the years, but when my last cat Muggins died 2 years ago, I just didn't want to do it again.

I'd always wanted to get a puppy, but talked myself out of it. Finally, I knew what breed I wanted - I knew I wanted a small dog that I could take to work with me, and I did tons of research. Read everything I could get my hands on. I found a few breeders on the AKC website and visited their litters.

This was back in September - construction on my new kitchen was about to begin so I knew it wasn't time to do it. I kept it in mind, though, and put in an extra deep sink and a "shower" nozzle that could be adjusted for puppy baths. My boyfriend said he knew I would get one, but I still wasn't sure.

The wave of "want" came over me one night around Christmas/My Birthday - the kitchen was done - and I sent the breeder that I liked an email asking if the puppies she was expecting in November were still available. They were, she said, but there was only 1 left - she didn't know which one, but I would be the last deposit in for the litter. There were 2 boys and 2 girls.

Long story short, and lots of excitement, shopping and sleepless nights, and we went to pick up my little Buddy on February 4. Talked about the puppy and what he would need and some basic care information. She gave me some food, some vitamin paste and some literature. She also gave me a toy that the whole litter had played with, and gave back an old t-shirt of mine that went on the puppies bed for the week before I brought him home. Boy did that stink. Went over all the paperwork with the breeder, signed the contract, handed over the check and out came Buddy!

She handed him to my boyfriend first (after she showed him how to hold him) and he was so little and cute!! I was completely blown away. Here is this little life that I'd been expecting all this time and now the reality was here and man, I was scared.

We got him home and took him upstairs to explore his new home. We fed him and gave him water right away, as she hadn't fed him much in anticipation of the car ride.

As I'm trying to look back on it now, I don't remember much about that first day, but I do know that after the first couple of days I honestly thought I would have to bring him back. I was at my wits end. I had thought I would be able to leave him alone for some amounts of time, but nope. He wasn't having it. He would bark and howl for 1/2 an hour if I'd let him - so much for the training books!

But I called my breeder and she set me straight. He's just a baby. He's just away from his home and family. He needs love right now. He'll settle down, just give him love and reassurance and he'll be OK.

I still wasn't sure, but I kept going - and sure enough, day after day, he continued to improve. The first time I knew he was OK was about 4 days after I brought him home I had to bring him into the office with me. By the time I got home I had a migraine the size of California. It was all I could do to put the puppy in the kitchen with water and food and his puppy pad, go into my bedroom, turn out the lights and just pass out.

Amazingly, it was if he could sense that I was in pain and was TOTALLY silent for the 3 hours it took for me to get to a functional point. When I came out, he was totally lovey. I think that really turned things around for me.

I love him like mad. I can't wait to pick him up from daycare in the evenings, and daycare has really been such an excellent investment. He is wondeful with strangers and other puppies. He's an excellent friend. He loves me, and I love him. With lots of vigilance, he rarely has an accident. I've learned to see the "potty dance" even when it's vague!

Anyway, just a little story for me to look back on someday - thanks for indulging me! :-)
Great story!! I hope you printed it and put it with his puppy things - you will cherish this when he is all done being a little puppy!!
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Wow I enjoyed reading all of your posts. I wanted to welcome you and your buddy to YT! I hope you both have a blast at the YT meet up!!!
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So great to have other Yorkie folks to celebrate with!

The Yorkie meetup was great here in San Francisco - it was great to meet lots of Yorkie people, though many of the Yorkies were much more subdued than I expected. Buddy had a blast and we ended up hanging out at the store for a long time afterward.

I am very excited to report that I haven't had to clean up any accidents in 2 whole days! He goes very reliably on his little "WizDog" and he is now only waking up one time a night to go potty and he rattles his little crate and I take him right to the kitchen to do his business and he's set!!

I'm not sure exactly what did it, but I got him a crazy soft new throw blanket ($10 at Ross!) that he seems to LOVE, and I've been leaving the classical music station on all night - so we go to bed around 10:30p he wakes up at 3, goes potty, goes right back to bed in his crate and then gets up at around 6am, which to me is PERFECT (though I will be happy when the 3am potty breaks stop!) - but at least he's not having accidents in his crate anymore.

When he's like this, I love him! We get up at 6, he has breakfast and then cuddle in bed for a little while, then he comes into the bathroom with me with his toys and I take a shower.

I can't wait to go pick him up tonight - we have puppy class!
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