hello everyone. this will be one long story as I am a first time dog/yorkie owner. I recently purchased a 3 month male Yorkie.
I really thought i was ready to have a dog since I've always wanted one since I was a kid (i'm 26), and I have my own condo, have a job, was/am pretty sure I was ready. anyway the first night i got him he did well, slept all thru the night until 5am, which i thought was pretty good.
anyway the second day I had to crate him because I had to leave to work in the morning, went home for lunch to play with him and feed him and make sure he did his business (trying to crate train). But when I came home I burst into tears because he was frantic when i got home from work
. I felt so bad putting my yorkie in a crate. my parents (also have 2 sisters and a neice that live with them) (my little sister watches after him) then offered to take him until i figure what i'm going to do with my kitchen ( i have an open space) i'm thinking that i'm going to get an xpen of some sort. anyway, today my mom called me to tell me they they placed Rocco in his crate while they went to church (they were gone for about 1 1/2 hour) and when they came back he figured out a way to get out of his crate and made a mess with toilet paper in their bedroom.
My mom started to question if I was truely ready for a dog. She kept saying "its alot of work and he's smart enough to try to do what he wants and I know that you would not want a mess of any sort at your place" "you need to figure what you're going to do." in a way I feel like she's right, but I at least want to try. He's a good boy, very smart too. but sometimes I feel like "what was I thinking? who am I kidding? I dont think I"m ready for this?
ANyway, I just feel kind of lost right now.
I apologize for this long post. I just needed to vent and hopefully get some words of wisdom (or maybe critism) from all of you Yorkie owners, especially the ones that work 9-5. Thanks and God bless.