

| Male Yorkie vs Female Yorkie Many people feel that a female yorkie will make better pets than male yorkies. This conclusion is usually based upon inaccurate information. We will take some of the common misconceptions of male and female yorkies behavior and discuss what we have actually experienced. In discussing these differences we will be speaking in terms of generalizations. These generalizations of female and male yorkies traits are like that of generalizations of female and male human traits. For every generalization there are always exceptions. Male yorkies are sweeter and more affectionate that female yorkies. Our experience is that male yorkies are usually more affectionate, exuberant, and attentive as compared to females. They seek your attention and are very attached to their people. They also tend to be more steadfast, reliable, and less moody. They are more outgoing, more accepting of other pets, and take quicker to children. When we have company we invariably have to put the females in another room until the company leaves. The female yorkie may be less likely to wage a dominance battle with you, but she can be cunning and resourceful in getting her own way. She is much more prone to mood swings. One day she may be sweet and affectionate the next day reserved and withdrawn or even grumpy. (Sounds just like human females.) Most females will usually come to you for attention, but as soon as she has had enough, she will move away. Males are always waiting for your attention and close by. Male yorkies are more docile as compared to female yorkies. In the dog pack framework, females usually rule the roost. Therefore they determine pecking order, and compete to maintain and/or alter that order. The females are, as a result, more independent, stubborn, and territorial than their male counterparts. Most fights will usually break out between two females. Male yorkies are easier to train than female yorkies. Because female yorkies are, more independent, stubborn, territorial and male yorkies are easily motivated by praise, and are very eager to please, training a male can be easier than training a female. However, a male yorkie can be easily distracted during training, as they just want to get to playtime! Female yorkies DEFINITELY do display alpha behaviors such as “humping” and/or “marking”. Females are much more intent upon exercising their dominance by participating in alpha behaviors such as humping and in fighting. The only yorkie we own that humps is a female. Just as males will urinate on top of where another animal has, so as to mark, the female will follow this same pattern. Neutered males rarely exhibit secondary sexual behavior such as humping, or marking or lifting their leg. Males that are neutered at an early age usually don't ever raise their leg to urinate. Some of the behavioral traits that we have discussed above are a result of having multiple yorkies. In a household that only has one pet may never experience these behaviors. In our opinion, female yorkies don’t make better pets than male yorkies nor do male yorkies make better pets than female yorkies. One has to understand the differences and decide which sex better suits their lifestyle. The other factor one should take into account is that male yorkies tend to bond to the woman in the household and female yorkies bond to the man in the household. We have talked to other breeders to see if they have experienced this same phenomenon and many have replied with stories of women who have bought female yorkies for themselves only to have the female yorkie bond with their husband. Many of these women end up buying a male yorkie for themselves. |
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| A GUEST ARTICLE ON PUPPY CARE You have just purchased a new Yorkie puppy. Now you have a new "baby" and of course your want that baby to grow up to be a healthy playful little bundle of joy. BUT there are certain things that you need to know and do to make this happen. In the following paragraphs, I have tried to cover the basics of how to care for a new puppy and some information that may save your baby's life in an emergency situation. I will also try to educate you to be observant so you may meet the needs of even the tiniest of our little puppies. TAKING YOUR PUPPY HOME One of the biggest mistakes I have observed when some people purchase a new puppy, is they immediately have to take it visiting to show it off. NOT A GOOD IDEA!!! Take your puppy straight home and try your very best to keep it there until it has adjusted to it's new surrounding and it's new "parents". Don't do anything that stresses the puppy out. If it is put into some sort of pen and allowed to "cry itself to sleep", you may awake to a dead puppy. If possible before you go to pick up your new puppy, take along some sort of stuffed toy or just a baby blanket and ask the litter owner to let the other puppies from that litter or at least the puppy's sleeping partners, to play on the toy and leave their scent. Usually placing this toy in the bed with your baby at home makes it feel secure enough to sleep without crying. You can also put a plastic bottle of very warm water securely sealed so as not to leak into a soft blanket or towel and allow the new baby to cuddle up to it at night. This simulates the body temperature of another puppy in the bed with your baby so it doesn't feel abandoned. If you are required to have the puppy checked out by a Vet within a certain length of time, use some common sense. Keep your puppy in a crate or in your lap when visiting the Vet's office. Do not let it romp on the floor or furniture and most certainly do not allow it to socialize with other animals that also may be in the office at the same time. Where do all people take sick dogs? To the Vet!!! Where is the best place to pick up germs or contract disease? Naturally, it's where everyone takes sick dogs. TO THE VET !!!!! Now my Vet is my best friend and ally. But then he also knows what is best for my animals. But please note: ALL VETS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL !!!!!!! All of them do not have the welfare of our animals as their number one priority. If they are pushing you for this shot and that worming all in the same visit, run out the door very quickly. Yorkie puppies should never be given shots and wormings at the same time. Remember, the dog is yours and the Vet is supposed to be working for you. You ALWAYS should have the right to say "NO" if you think anything they suggest doing is unreasonable. Some of them are more interested in how high they can run that bill instead of what is the best thing for your animal. More than one shot should never be given within a 3 week period. Nor should there be multiple shots given on any one visit. You little Yorkie's immune system just can not stand it. Remember, you can always make another trip later. Find out what shots your puppy has been given before you picked it up and what shots will be due to come later. If the Vet you chose says your puppy will have to be started on it's shots all over again even after the breeder has told you they were already given,---run, don't walk as fast as possible for the door. There are many other Vets out there that puts the welfare of your animal before the lining of their pockets with your money. If in doubt, ask around until you find someone that you feel comfortable with taking on your new baby. DIET AND FEEDING: If you were caring for a human baby you would be feeding it every few hours and constantly changing it's diaper and keeping the environment clean. Same thing for a new Yorkie puppy. Whatever food was recommended to you by the breeder at time of purchase should be fed for at least the first week so as not to "stress" the puppy any more than necessary. Depending on the age and size of the puppy, it is wise to keep food and clean water for it 24 hours a day until it shows signs of being capable of going longer lengths of time without being fed. It may be necessary to wet the food and add baby food for added flavor to encourage the puppy to eat better. Some breeders may be feeding the puppy canned foods along with dry kibble or alone. The main subject here is: DON'T change the puppy's diet or eating routine too abruptly. The smaller the puppy, the more times a day it has to be fed. You have to remember that because of the small stomachs, they have to eat much more often just to sustain themselves. NEVER confine a small puppy for any length of time with no food or water. I've heard horror tales where new owners thought they were keeping their puppy safe by putting it in some sort of soft crate or bed and putting it on the bed with them with no food or water to sleep through the night. Puppies also have to eat and drink during the night time hours just to sustain themselves. If you feel it necessary to confine a small puppy, leave it on the floor beside your bed in some sort of pen with sufficient room to sleep, eat and drink and relieve itself. Yes, they also have to go potty during the night. So do not put very small puppies in the bed with yourself or your small children. They will attempt to move as far away from where they have to sleep to relieve themselves and could fall off the bed and break bones. Puppies have no concept of heights. They will walk right off the edge of any furniture if they are left unattended. So please warn Children not to play with them on the sofa or the bed. Play with them in the floor for their own safety. YOGURT---The miracle drug for puppies. Plain yogurt can literally save your puppy's life. We recommend to everyone that takes a new puppy home to make sure you have a supply of plain yogurt on hand for several days. This should be fed to your puppy a couple of times a day along with it's normal diet. Please check the label and make sure it has the acidophilus culture and not the aspartame. ASPARTAME IS PURE POISON for humans and should not be fed to small dogs. Stress occurs when you take a new puppy out of it's natural environment. This means that when you purchase a puppy and take it home, you are creating a stressful situation for this puppy. Stress kills off the good bacteria in the G.I. Track. When anything occurs out of the ordinary, it is stressful. Wormings, shots, shipping, riding - all create stress for small animals. Plain yogurt culture puts the good bacteria back into the system so you will have a healthy puppy. So feed them all they want for the first couple of days until they adjust to the new environment. Yogurt can be force fed with a syringe in situations where your puppy has stopped eating and shows signs of being hypoglycemic. HYPOGLYCEMIA This is the scientific name for a condition where the sugar level suddenly drops in a small animals system. The first signs of this problem is usually staggering and falling over as though they are drunk. Or they can be observed lying on their side paddling with their front feet as though they are swimming. If these symptoms are observed, you must act very quickly in order to save your puppy's life. YOU HAVE TO GET THE SUGAR LEVEL UP TO BRING THE PUPPY OUT OF THIS SITUATION. AND IT MUST BE DONE VERY QUICKLY. Usually you do not have time to get them to a Vet before they suffer irreparable damage. Honey is the best remedy for this situation. But if honey is not available, use Karo syrup or anything that is super sweet. If you don't have any of this on hand, then run about an inch of water in a coffee cup and stir in 2 or 3 teaspoons of sugar and stir quickly until it dissolves. Then you must get some of this mixture into the puppy. At this point, you will find the puppy clinches it mouth shut and will not lap it up on it's own. By inserting a finger in the corner of the puppy's mouth you can pry it open far enough to get a fingertip covered with honey into it's mouth. Or in the case of the sugar water, an eye dropper, straw, or even dropping it through the opening in the mouth one drop at a time from a spoon. Once the puppy gets a good taste of the sweet substance, it will usually start licking it's tongue out and will start to recover in a very short time. Please note that if it was necessary to use Karo syrup, this mixture is also a natural laxative. Do not be surprised if diarrhea should follow when relieving it's self. If your puppy is experience episodes of hypoglycemia, it is usually a sign that it is not taking in enough food or it has an underlying problem that may need medical attention. Sometimes, this problem can be corrected by just stirring in a teaspoon of sugar to the puppy's water supply daily until the episodes subside. COCCIDIA This is an "opportunist protozoa" that lives in the bowels of all dogs. Did you understand that? ALL DOGS carry coccidia. But something has got to weaken the immune system of an animal for the protozoa to have an opportunity to take hold and start multiplying. That "something " is usually stress of one kind or another. Coccidia is usually accompanied by a loose, stinky stool that can even have streaks of bloody mucus in it. Some Vets will explain coccidia to their clients by saying the animal is loaded with parasites. This is sometimes interpreted by that client that the animal has worms. Coccidia is not exactly a parasite but can be just as hard to get rid of . A daily supply of yogurt prevents coccidia from getting a foot hold as it keeps a good balance of bacteria in the G.I. Track. So long as good bacteria exists in an ample supply in the gut, coccidia can not grow. Coccidia is shed in the stool like a virus. If the animal is not shedding it when a stool sample is taken, the animal can be misdiagnosed as being free of the protozoa. If your puppy is put on antibiotics of any sort, feed yogurt to replenish the good bacteria that is killed off by the antibiotic. It will in no way affect the antibiotic from completing it's job but may save your animal from secondary infections caused by an imbalance of good bacteria. When coccidia does exist in the G.I. Track of your puppy, it can easily spread up through the system and into the lungs and if unchecked, it can cause pneumonia and eventually death. The first signs of coccidia is usually a lack of eating properly accompanied by a loose stinky stool and sometimes escalating into bouts of hypoglycemia. Coccidia can be transmitted to humans if hands are not washed and contaminated utensils are handled improperly. Coccidia should never be allowed to progress to a point that the puppy's life is threatened. If your puppy shows signs of this disease, immediately seek professional advice and treatment. HOUSE TRAINING Sometimes I think too much emphasis is placed on training a puppy not to urinate on the floor instead of making sure it gets proper nutrition. It is possible to train your puppy and feed it properly at the same time. Never withhold food from a very tiny puppy in an effort to teach it not to evacuate in the house. Feeding is and always should be your first priority in trying to raise a healthy puppy. Some people tell you to put your puppy on a "feeding schedule" in order to house train it. All dogs have regular bowel movements. If they eat, they will have to go within an hour afterward. But this should only apply to a puppy that is old enough and large enough to eat enough at one sitting to sustain it for several hours. This does not apply to the very small ones that have to eat several times a day just to sustain themselves. It is best to paper train these little ones at an early age and teach them to go out later when they are much older. |

| Steve, Bella and Freddie. |
| Color: Almost all of our puppies are born black and tan with an occasional white patch on the chest. They usually lighten some as they grow. About one in three lightens enough to be called silver blue by age 2 years. |
| Old Robles Ranch Kennels 13 Santa Cruz Lane, Sunizona, Arizona 85625 866-462-8757 Steve@ArizonaYorkies.Com GUARANTEE AND RECEIPT |
| Our kennel is located in Sunizona in the Chiricahua Mountain foothills of Cochise County, AZ Puppies delivered in TUCSON or PHOENIX with deposit ! |
| Purchasing A Puppy from ArizonaYorkies.Com If you see a puppy on our site that you would like to have for your new pet/companion, please email me at Steve@ArizonaYorkies.Com or call 866 463 8757 for more information Your puppy is being sold as pet quality but you will receive standard breeding rights American Kennel Club registration papers. PLEASE NOTE: We do not "bob" or cut out puppies tails because we adore the complete Yorkie. If you want this procedure done, please consult your vet. We are often asked about expected weight of the puppies when they are grown. I can estimate its weight based on past experience with other puppies, but this prediction is only an estimate with the best information and past experience and not a guarantee of size. We have seen adult differences of 100% in similar sized puppies from the same litter, depending on feed and health care. Once we changed our Yorkies diet to Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul , our puppies are growing 20% larger that their parents. The only way you can know 100% what a puppy will weigh as an adult is to buy it as an adult, which isn’t desirable for those wishing to bond with their Yorkie. After we have talked (or emailed) and you have decided which puppy you want, a NON-REFUNDABLE reservation fee will hold the puppy until it is old enough to be delivered to you. This is usually 10-12 weeks, depending on size and progress of puppy. The balance of must be paid in cash on receipt of puppy. Once the reservation fee is received, the puppy will not be sold to anyone else. If you are not able to take your puppy home with you when it is ready to go to it's new home, please let us know. A $3 per day boarding fee will apply unless the later time is agreed to when the puppy is reserved. Your puppy will be current on their worming and vaccinations for their age when you get it. It will have had its first vaccinations at about 7 weeks. You will receive a copy of the puppy's shot information, ACK Registration Papers, Pet Guarantee. Our guarantee provides that if your vet finds a serious health problem at your initial vet check (within 2 days of receiving the puppy) you can return your puppy for a different puppy or, if no replacement puppy is available, you money back. Please read the information on this website on hypoglycemia, house training, puppy development, and puppy care before taking your puppy home so that you will be better prepared to take care of the puppy. Yorkies are wonderful pets and companions. You will enjoy their sweet disposition, spunky attitude, unquestioning love, and a lifetime of their companionship. The only problem is - they are like potato chips - you can never have just one ! |
| ArizonaYorkies.Com We are a small Yorkshire Terrier Puppy breeder, specializing in breeding and selling quality "Great King Freddie" line of Yorkshire Terrier Puppies. The "Great King Freddie" line is most known for very affectionate personality and large, healthy litters. All of our Yorkshire Terriers and Yorkie Puppies are bred and raised in a loving home located in Southeastern Arizona. Our litters are normally born in a basket in our bedroom and then spend their first 5-6 weeks there as our babies. We play with and socialize with all of our Yorkie Puppies on a daily basis. All our Yorkie Puppies have first vaccinations and are wormed prior to going to their new home. Please explore this site to learn more about our Yorkie Puppies. Call or email us to learn more. |
| Steven Washington adores his Yorkies and strives seriously to give his friends a quality life and share their love with others. |
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| Steve, Santa at 1 |
| Freddie 2 years |
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| Freddie at 2months |
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| As of January 30th, 2012, we have two males left, Hardy and Theo. |