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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 461103" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Okay, Yorkie expert here!!! (waves white flag)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">First, DO NOT CRATE THIS DOG. Second, get a fence or gate and give her a room she will have free rein, such as the kitchen. Do not confine her. She will need LOTS of attention. Do NOT allow her on the beds or other furniture. She's not your dog, she doesn't get it, she's anxious, she's needy, all those things. You will not be able to make her conform her to you in this short time period. Instead, YOU need to adapt. You've committed to take her in, now you have to roll with it. If she has a small bed that's hers put it in a corner with some toys and chew toys (mine loves old TP rolls and raggity toys with tiny squeakers). She is little, everything and everyone appears GIANT SIZED to her, keep that in mind. When I'm having my morning coffee, mine sits on a special pillow in front of the window - I barricade her to that spot and she just chills. If we're eating, her and her pillow are on the seat next to me. At night she does sleep in my bed, but if I was dog sitting and that was not something she was used to, I'd make up her bed in my bedroom on the floor and gate the doorway. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">When you're watching tv, let her lie on your lap for comfort and love. Take her out very often when you're home, say every two hours. When we're at work, mine can go about 4-5 hours between pees. If we are home, it's every two hours. The activity makes them have to pee more. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">You cannot give her complete roam over the house - she will find a place to pee. Her bladder is less than a quarter of a cup and gets full fast. Also, only give her water with meals and midday. Is she eating twice a day? I suggest twice a day because these dogs are prone to hypoglycemic episodes if they go too long without food. No more than two treats a day (I break them up so it's four times, but only two very small treats-and we give baby carrots).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">These dogs are tiny and cute, loveable and needy, they tend to get spoiled, which ruins it for every one else - definitely! I won't deny that. They can be a downright pita a lot of the time, especially if you're not used to them and their special needs. I just consider mine to be lifelong difficult children. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 461103, member: 2211"] [COLOR=#008080][SIZE=2]Okay, Yorkie expert here!!! (waves white flag) First, DO NOT CRATE THIS DOG. Second, get a fence or gate and give her a room she will have free rein, such as the kitchen. Do not confine her. She will need LOTS of attention. Do NOT allow her on the beds or other furniture. She's not your dog, she doesn't get it, she's anxious, she's needy, all those things. You will not be able to make her conform her to you in this short time period. Instead, YOU need to adapt. You've committed to take her in, now you have to roll with it. If she has a small bed that's hers put it in a corner with some toys and chew toys (mine loves old TP rolls and raggity toys with tiny squeakers). She is little, everything and everyone appears GIANT SIZED to her, keep that in mind. When I'm having my morning coffee, mine sits on a special pillow in front of the window - I barricade her to that spot and she just chills. If we're eating, her and her pillow are on the seat next to me. At night she does sleep in my bed, but if I was dog sitting and that was not something she was used to, I'd make up her bed in my bedroom on the floor and gate the doorway. When you're watching tv, let her lie on your lap for comfort and love. Take her out very often when you're home, say every two hours. When we're at work, mine can go about 4-5 hours between pees. If we are home, it's every two hours. The activity makes them have to pee more. You cannot give her complete roam over the house - she will find a place to pee. Her bladder is less than a quarter of a cup and gets full fast. Also, only give her water with meals and midday. Is she eating twice a day? I suggest twice a day because these dogs are prone to hypoglycemic episodes if they go too long without food. No more than two treats a day (I break them up so it's four times, but only two very small treats-and we give baby carrots). These dogs are tiny and cute, loveable and needy, they tend to get spoiled, which ruins it for every one else - definitely! I won't deny that. They can be a downright pita a lot of the time, especially if you're not used to them and their special needs. I just consider mine to be lifelong difficult children. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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