Having taken care to select a reputable breeder and completed purchase, it is a cheap insurance to let your veterinarian run the rule over the teacup yorkie puppy.
It is wise to let the breeder know that you intend doing this. We have heard of instances when this intention was announced, the breeder immediately refusing to sell the puppy – a clear indication he has something to hide as to the health of his animals.
If the veterinarian is satisfied, there is not much to worry about.
But if, as...
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Even a dog that isn’t trained to retrieve can use these commands. It makes a great trick to have your yorkie carry a magazine, newspaper, or small brown shopping bag.
Once they learn this feat, dogs really enjoy it – perhaps because it attracts so much admiring attention and praise. Usually, a dog carrying something in his mouth will prance around proudly.
The most obvious starting point is to simply get your yorkie to hold something in his mouth without spitting it out. To start off, ask...
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In training a yorkie to come when called, you could theoretically train him to come to you on any signal – a whistle is a perfect example.
To do this, however, he first has to be trained to respond to the word command ‘come’. After that, you can set up all sorts of secondary signals, simply by giving the sound or signal, following it immediately by saying ‘come’.
Then eventually eliminate the word ‘come’ and just give the secondary signal.
Thus, to teach your yorkie to respond to...
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Bathing dogs is not something that needs to be done too often. In fact, too-frequent bathing may be harmful because it removes the natural oils and encourages a variety of skin problems.
Three or four baths a year are probably more than sufficient, depending on the kind of life your yorkie lives. Frequent brushing is more important.
Without veterinary advice, don’t bathe yorkie puppies, bitches more than four weeks pregnant, ill yorkies, or yorkies with any skin problems. However, an...
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A Yorkshire terrier dog, coming as a raw recruit to a new home and master, requires considerable patience and understanding. Left to himself, he will develop under the influence of his subconscious instincts, many of which are undesirable under domestic conditions.
Some of these instincts have to be suppressed; others can be made use of and guided into special channels.
The master and yorkie attain something like the status of deity in the doggy mind, and that implies considerable...
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