Yorkshire Terrier Rescue

we recently adopted a yorkshire terrier from a local rescue, he was in their for being overly dominant in his last home, and biting one of the kids, we have had him for a week and he just wont play, he walks fine but doesnt seem to be interested in lying with balls etc. how can i fix this. thanks

Some dogs, especially those that weren’t ever provided with toys when they were young, just don’t know how to play, and some just plain don’t enjoy it. My advice would be to be patient and keep trying to tempt him. He may catch on, or he may not. Some dogs can take a lot of time to adjust to new situations, too, and won’t play until they are comfortable. I don’t know what sort of situation he came from, but my Boston Terrier lived her whole life outside in a cage until I adopted her, and it took about 6 months before she figured out the whole toy concept, but now she plays constantly! It was pretty adorable the first time she ran into the living room with a giant stuffed toy hanging out of her mouth- she looked very pleased with herself! A week is really not a long time to adjust to a whole new place and people if he’s only known one home before and it was a lot different than yours. If he is dog-social, you may try to set up a play-date with another small dog that does enjoy toys, perhaps observing another dog playing fetch, etc. will get him to join in.

we already have a 5 month old yorkshire terrier puppy as some of you are aware, we were planning to get 2 originally but the breeder was only prepared to sell us one, no problem with that. so after some thought we have decided to give a home to a small breed rescue dog. We have looked on all the current UK websites,even though the ad says great with children, most if not all state the children must be at least 10 years old?? is this because they are worried the younger kids will be too much for the dog,and maybe hurt them. we can buy a dog from another breeder but we would prefer to give a rescue dog a loving stable home. our yorkie will be spayed first so sex wont matter, and my kids are 3 and 5 years old and very respectful of dogs. just your opinion really. how could i convince them the dog will be safe.
it doesnt matter on the age, a nice well balanced dog would be good, but a nervous dog will also do. i work at home so the dogs will be supervised all day. lots of walks to the dog park for an hour os so and upto 3 hours in the evening,where i meet my friends with their dogs. i agree that maybe my 3 year old is a little lively but understands what hurting animals mean, she really loves dogs, my 5 year old is more calmer and is gentle. the dog will get treated better than iam, money for vets is not an issue, we can afford all the future bills no problem. its just sometimes i feel shelters go a little bit over the top(maybe for a good reason)

It’s both because there are concerns that the children may harm the dog, but also because younger children tend to behave more erratically from the dog’s point of view. Very young children shriek and move very suddenly and lose their tempers more often than older kids will, and these actions can badly frighten the dog and even provoke a bite or poor behavior from the dog. They also have food spilt on them frequently which can invite your dog too sniff them too hard and knock them over. So it’s both for the dog’s protection and the child’s. Both the children and the pup are learning the rules, and things can go wrong. Shelters and rescues are looking for ‘forever homes’ and want to minimize the likelihood that you will return a dog they’ve entrusted to you. They’re playing the odds, so to speak.

Perhaps you could try working with a breed rescue group. They will come and do home visits, and if they can see how your children interact with the Yorkie you already have they might be persuaded. It would probably be a good idea to look for an adult dog than a puppy.

ETA: The commenter below me raises a good point. If you have a choice, get a dog the opposite sex of the one you have now. Intrasex aggresion (same sex dogs) is much more likely than is intersex aggression (opposite sex dogs). Easier to get opposite sexes, though not impossible to have two of the same sex. Even when neutered, the statistics hold.

I have a border&yorkshire terrier mutt that is obsessed with my hamster, tries to jump on the top of the cage, tries to pull the bedding out and things like that. I can’t leave my bedroom door open because of her, I’m scared she’ll know the cage over or something. I have no knowledge as of whether she was trained to chase rodents or not. I’ve had her for a month now, and unless I lock her out of my room, she’ll try to get at my hamster all day long, sitting and staring at the cage. I’ve tried making her stop by spraying water on her when she goes near the cage, and she knows the command ‘away’, but it has no effect. She leaves the room when she is told to do so, but she’ll go back as soon as I’m not watching. When I catch her trying to bite through the bars, I give her a slap on the head. It’s not enough to stop her doing it however, I’m really clueless as of what to do.
I can’t put him in another room. The only other bedrrom is occupied by my parents who don’t want him there. Obviously I can’t put him in a room where the doors are constantly open.
Even if I put my hamster somewhere where she can’t reach him, she’ll ruin the furniture trying to get to it. There are marks all over the place where she’s been trying to climb up. Besides, it’s not really a solution. She’ll sit in front of the cage, she won’t just leave it.
I’m not going to find a new home for my hammy, I don’t like the dog nowhere near as much as I like my hamster. I only got her because her previous owners had no other option apart from leaving it for me to care for her
Would making a scary,loud noise that’d startle my dog not help? Like she’d associate the scary noise with being around my hamster
I’ve tried putting my hamster out of sight before, didn’t make a difference at all. As soon as she sniffed him out, she would sit there and stare where she imagined the hamster to be. Honestly, believe me, this case is very severe, this dog is a nutcase

that dog is a terrier and is not going to stop obsessing over the hamster … and the dog will eventually get to the hamster and kill it … you can not train the dog to leave the hamster alone … if you are attached to the hamster, rehome the dog … the dog is not a nutcase, the dog is just being a terrier … i moved in with a roommate whose son had a hamster and my terrier obsessed over the hamster 24/7 … i had to move … it was not going to work out … the father of my dog (a terrier), killed the neighbours pet rat in the blink of an eye … there is nothing wrong with your dog, it is just being what it is … the problem is an owner who can not grasp the concept that terriers and rodents do not mix …

he is 20 weeks old and he is a yorkshire terrier maltese. he came from a rescue center. he is vomiting and has bloody diarrhea. we have only had him for one week.

Take him to the Vet now.

ok so i am getting a puppy and i am not sure which name to choose
ski, bentley, or prince?
he is a boy and is going to look something like this (i just found this picture online but the breeder said that’s whats he is going to look like

http://static.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/yorkshire-terrier-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/pictures/yorkshire-terrier-0220.jpg

not the size, he is going to be 6-7 pounds and 6 inches from shoulder down

BENTLEY! no doubt! thats an adorable name! love it

I have 2 other dogs (jack russel mix, wolf-dog hybrid). i take them for walks all the time but i recently rescued a teacup yorkshire terrier. Shes 2 years old so shes full grown but she is still absolutely tiny and i do take her out for walks alot but its me doing all the walking cause im carrying her most of the time, im scared incase something happens to her. Is it okay to take her for walks with my other dogs?

Yeah, should be. I had a really small dog and she loved walking with other dogs, your dog will probably like it. All dogs need to have walks to release all that energy, it’ll do her good. Just keep an eye on her and it should be fine.

Apparently a couple has rescued 150 dogs! They are trying to find homes for all of them-no charge for adoption! And they go through 300 pounds of dog food per day!

I find it kind that they would do something so unselfish…

While I couldn’t rescue 150 dogs I would rescue as many as I could possibly afford. There’s no way my husband would let me rescuethat many dogs, no matter the fact he loves animals too.

Legit: Where did you get your dog(s) and are any of them rescue dogs? My yorkshire terrier was given to me by my husband and my mother in law’s dogs(3) of them were all rescues. She rescued a cocker spaniel from a neglectful home( kept in a garage, dragged around by a 2 year old, starved,etc). The other two dogs, were both neighbor dogs that they didn’t take care of so she kept them, got them spayed and utd on shots. She’s has had the two chow mixes for over 10 years now and the cocker spaniel is barely 4 years old now. Now she has our yorkie as we had a baby and the apartments changed the pet policy. He’s follow her around like a little shadow now like the cocker spaniel. We go over there nearly everyday so he still see us.

I’ve adopted dogs in the past and will again in the future.

http://www.koco.com/cnn-news/21365042/detail.html

I watched one of the videos and they have approximately 50 dogs left. I do think they should have charged a small rehoming fee to cover the costs of food and veterinary costs and to make sure they go to right homes so they don’t end up in the same mess again.

No. It’s well-nigh impossible for any normal family, let alone a couple or a single person, to take care of 150 dogs properly. To do that without adoption charges is madness- you’d attract all the people who just don’t know what they’re getting into when getting a dog, as well as people who want cheap dogs for other purposes (meat, selling on, baiting). That, and you lose a lot of money.

There are some very organised, intelligent, and financially stable people who would be able to do it as an unselfish act, but otherwise they run the risk of just making it worse for the animals.

There are also some people who would probably do it with ‘good intentions’ (real or feigned) but in the end would just be being selfish animal hoarders.

I wouldn’t rescue more than about 5 dogs one at a time, because I don’t think I’d be able to give them enough attention if there were more of them.

Even the ones that aren’t registered cost hundreds of dollars.
Are there free Yorkies out there?
Every dog I’ve ever owned has been free/rescue.
I’m trying to find a Yorkie, but I can’t justify spending hundreds or thousands of dollars for a puppy.
If I knew why they were so expensive, maybe I could understand spending so much.
Maybe I need to add to this…
I have a "free to good home" purebred labrador. Why can’t I find a Yorkie the same way I found my Lab?
There’s a ton of dogs in the newspaper for free every week, but you never see Yorkies (or other toy breeds).

They are considered a designer breed, and they are very popular becasue of all the hype. Its a fad dog, and people are willing to pay thousands of dollars for poorly bred dogs that have tons of health issues. Never purchase a pup like this from anyone who isn’t 100% AKC certified, and can refer you to previous pet parents who have purchased pups from them, can provide both parents for your viewing, documentation of paperwork, etc.
I suggest adoption. When people stop buying these back yard bred fad dogs, then the dogs will be back to waht they were intended to be.
Popularity among dogs is not necessarily a good thing. People tend to ruin the things the like the most because they use and abuse them more than anything else. The same goes for dogs.

My mom has been through a lot the past few years and I know that I am a pain in the ass stress of a kid [even though I'm 21 and on my own now] but my mom puts up with a lot of crap and always helps me out, this year she really wants is a Standard Yorkie pup and I really want to get her one.. I can’t find a breeder in my area that has standard pups available atm, is there anyway that I can be 100% of weather or not a shelter/rescue dog is pure bred? At our local shelters they put mix at the end of EVERY dog’s breed because they cant be ‘certain’- would a Yorkie Rescue be certain the dog is 100% Yorkie? Are pups very rare to find there? My dad is highly against owning any dog from a shelter/rescue because he doesn’t want them to have bad behavioral issues even though my uncle is an awesome trainer and could break any dog of pretty much any bad behavior, i guess my dad just doesn’t want to ask him for help.. anyway i want to be able to get it past him that i got it at a rescue if i can go that route [plus i would feel better about adopting then using a breeder] so would i be able to find a young/pup that is 100% yorkie with proof or do i have my head in the clouds?
i asked her what she wants, she said a yorkshire terrier.. sooo… i mean.. thats definately what she wants.
what i mean by standard is color- she doesnt want the parti ones.

I adopted my beautiful Yorkie boy,as a puppy, from a rescue that I found on Petfinder.com.

You can also find recues that focus on a specif breed, try these links-

http://www.petfinder.com/index.html

http://yorkierescue.com/

This was a great choice for me and I would say "yes", most every rescue would know if a pup is mixed or purebred. My guy is 100% yorkie, rescued from an Amish puppy mill in Ohio and "yes", there were a few more issues to take into consideration, for example house training a pup that may have been forced to eliminate in his crate, or with my pup, I think that he was fed by simply throwing a pile of food on the floor and the dogs just "had at it"-because he likes to take each bite or even his bowl and go off into a corner and eat it!

Keep in mind that ALL puppies need allot of training- a rescue just might require tweaking in different behaviors. It sounds like your uncle is an awesome resource and could aide in the training.

Also, I found attending puppy kindergarten gave me a wealth of information and skill, and of course do your research-Good Luck!

I always have rescue dogs and have paid the veternary fees myself in the past. However, now that I am on a pension I realise that I might struggle should they need to see the vet financially. Can anyone advise me of an Insurance Company that covers older rescued dogs. Both are 7 in December, I have been told, but on the quotation request forms for Insurance Companies that I have tried to fill out they ask for the exact date of birth and how much they cost,obviously as they are rescued dogs I don’t know all the answers, so I’m unable to get a quote so far from the one’s listed.They are both in good health at present as they have been checked over by the animal rescue vet, can anyone advise me of a Company I would really appreciate it.I only picked them up yesturday but do want them insured asap.Thanks in advance.

You have a choice of two pet insurers: Argos or Homebase.
See

http://www.simplyinsurancequotes.com/uk/?id=ntho4