How To Raise A Yorkie Rescue Dog
There are some things to keep in mind when deciding to adopt a Yorkie rescue dog. Most Yorkie rescue dogs are male and ten pounds or more. Yorkies have been bred to do three things – be a companion, be a guard dog and to kill rodents. Your Yorkie rescue dog will become a benevolent dictator in your home. It's an exciting time when your adopted Yorkshire Terrier comes to your home. Hopefully, you will have done a lot of homework and preparation before the big day. If you have received your Yorkie rescue dog from a Yorkie breed rescue group, then you have had a lot of help in finding out the Yorkshire terrier information you need to know in order to adjust. If not, there is still hope for you and your dog to get along together.
Before you bring a Yorkie rescue dog home, be sure you have a veterinarian. There are good veterinarian clinics in most major pet store chains. Find out if and where an emergency veterinarian care is in your area. Know how to get there before an emergency arises. You will also need a bed or crate or some other place that can be your Yorkie's safe haven. You will also need assorted brushes and combs for his coat. And you need a lot of money and patience.
Your Yorkie rescue dog might not match the photos of champion show Yorkies in dog breed books or websites. That doesn't mean your Yorkie is not a real Yorkie. Many Yorkshire Terriers fail to reach the stringent show standards. If your Yorkie is heavier than seven pounds and is not overweight, the chances are good that your dog will be a lot healthier than a three-pound teacup Yorkshire Terrier. Your dog also may be a different color, have floppy ears or have an overbite. But the dog still could be a purebred.
The most usual problem people have with Yorkie rescue dogs is with housebreaking issues. All toy dogs have small bladders and tend to have accidents from not being able to hold a lot of urine. However, many Yorkies have been successfully trained to use a litter box. Expect your dog to have an accident if they can't go out once every four hours in the daytime. Be sure you have cleaning materials and take anything really valuable off of the floor.
Expect your Yorkie rescue dog to be nervous for the first couple of weeks, until the realization sinks in that they will not be suddenly taken away. Then expect your Yorkie rescue dog to follow you around everywhere. They will sniff whatever you are doing. If you are folding the laundry, they will supervise very closely. They have to know what's going on at all times.
Expect your Yorkie rescue dog to put up a fuss when you are out of the home and can't bring the dog along. Yorkies do not like to be alone and go through what is called separation anxiety. However, this is a curable problem, as long as you are persistent and patient. Again, keep anything you can't risk being destroyed away from the dog's reach when you can't supervise. Keeping the dog in a crate when you are gone has often proved to calm dogs down.
Susan Bailey has researched life with Yorkie rescue dogs in two countries. Yorkshire Terrier rescue dogs make great pets, but very rarely are breed standard. Educate yourself about basic Yorkshire Terrier information before adopting a rescued Yorkie.
Before you bring a Yorkie rescue dog home, be sure you have a veterinarian. There are good veterinarian clinics in most major pet store chains. Find out if and where an emergency veterinarian care is in your area. Know how to get there before an emergency arises. You will also need a bed or crate or some other place that can be your Yorkie's safe haven. You will also need assorted brushes and combs for his coat. And you need a lot of money and patience.
Your Yorkie rescue dog might not match the photos of champion show Yorkies in dog breed books or websites. That doesn't mean your Yorkie is not a real Yorkie. Many Yorkshire Terriers fail to reach the stringent show standards. If your Yorkie is heavier than seven pounds and is not overweight, the chances are good that your dog will be a lot healthier than a three-pound teacup Yorkshire Terrier. Your dog also may be a different color, have floppy ears or have an overbite. But the dog still could be a purebred.
The most usual problem people have with Yorkie rescue dogs is with housebreaking issues. All toy dogs have small bladders and tend to have accidents from not being able to hold a lot of urine. However, many Yorkies have been successfully trained to use a litter box. Expect your dog to have an accident if they can't go out once every four hours in the daytime. Be sure you have cleaning materials and take anything really valuable off of the floor.
Expect your Yorkie rescue dog to be nervous for the first couple of weeks, until the realization sinks in that they will not be suddenly taken away. Then expect your Yorkie rescue dog to follow you around everywhere. They will sniff whatever you are doing. If you are folding the laundry, they will supervise very closely. They have to know what's going on at all times.
Expect your Yorkie rescue dog to put up a fuss when you are out of the home and can't bring the dog along. Yorkies do not like to be alone and go through what is called separation anxiety. However, this is a curable problem, as long as you are persistent and patient. Again, keep anything you can't risk being destroyed away from the dog's reach when you can't supervise. Keeping the dog in a crate when you are gone has often proved to calm dogs down.
Susan Bailey has researched life with Yorkie rescue dogs in two countries. Yorkshire Terrier rescue dogs make great pets, but very rarely are breed standard. Educate yourself about basic Yorkshire Terrier information before adopting a rescued Yorkie.
By Susan Bailey
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