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Posted over 5 years ago
| Updated over 4 years ago
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My basic info
Breed
Yorkie, Yorkshire Terrier
Color
Silver & Tan (Yorkie colors)
Age
11 years 1 month old, Adult
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
7 lbs (current)
Sex
Female
Pet ID
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My details
Not good with kids
Good with dogs
Purebred
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
5/19/19 - I'VE BEEN ADOPTED!
Adoption Fee: $325
Fostered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Age: 6 years
Weight: 6.5 lbs.
3/13/19 - HAPPY EARLY EASTER EVERYONE! My name is Miss Tillie. It's really just Tillie, but my foster mom thinks it's cute to call me Miss Tillie. She says that I deserve to have Miss in front of my name because of all the babies I was forced to have in my young 6 years of life to make sure and keep the money flow alive in the breeding world. Even though I made some adorable babies, over and over and over again, foster mom says that I am in retirement now. She said that means that I will just be a loved baby girl now and will not make money for ANYONE and will not have any more puppies. I think I'm going to like this retirement thing.
When I first got to foster mom and dad's house, I was very shy, scared, skittish, deer in headlights, spooked dog. As most breeder dogs, I did not get continuous positive human contact and that learned behavior takes a while to get rid of and learn that it's a dog's world out here now and not everyone wants money and puppies from me. Foster dad said that my next humans will only want to give me love, patience and spoil me, not themselves. WOW! I sure did luck out. I pray that all my babies that I produced are as lucky as I am right now.
I am coming around daily, but still have some unpacking of my tangled baggage yet to dispose of. I'm a very good eater, I look at you every time you call my name and have learned to love sleeping in this big square thing called the "human bed" at night. When the humans and other dogs are getting in, I will go up to the side of the bed and raise up and let foster mom pick me up and put me in. I also let her rub my head and body at this time. It's the most contact we have. I go outside well and am learning to use the bathroom in the grass, but you must have a very secure yard as I'm still nervous and if there was an inkling of a way out, I would take advantage of it.
I love when foster mom and dad talk to me and when foster mom is in the tub (and I know she can't grab me, lol), I will even go up for a lick. Even though I have come a very long way in the three weeks that I've been here, I'm still very timid at times and I will not go up to my foster parents freely in the house and I will not allow them to pick me up. That still scares me. I just know that all of my fears will eventually go away. I will just need a home that understands what I've been through and isn't that eager to have me come out of my shell. These things take time and I have to do it at my own pace.
A home with no children of any age would be better for me since I cannot handle a home that is very active. I would like a fur-sister or fur-brother though. I don't want to play with them, but this helps me be more at ease with my humans. Breeder dogs like myself learn from watching and if you are nice and love your present furry companion, I will be eager to have that.
I may not be perfect right now, but foster mom says I'm pretty close and there isn't anyone out there that doesn't have some issues. I'm just upfront about all of mine. Refreshing isn't it?
