Make homecoming small, warm, and quiet
A Yorkshire Terrier settles back home fastest when everything about arrival is scaled down to her size. Carry her in rather than letting her be mobbed at the door, set her down in one familiar room, offer water, and take her straight out for a calm toilet break on her harness before she meets visitors or other pets again. Boarding is a larger sensory shock for a Yorkie than for a big dog: kennel sounds carry, neighbouring dogs tower, and being handled by strangers can leave a tiny, people-centred dog shivering and watchful even after she is safely home. Let her choose whether to explore or go directly to her blanket-lined bed, keep the house warm and voices low, and postpone baths, haircuts, and enthusiastic guests until she has had a full night of sleep in her own spot.
Restart tiny meals and close observation
A Yorkshire Terrier who ate reluctantly at the boarder's needs her normal feeding pattern restarted gently, not a banquet. Offer a small portion of her usual food first and the rest once she shows real interest, because a Yorkie who has under-eaten for several days can look wobbly and weak if meals stay missed, while a sudden large meal on an empty, stressed stomach invites vomiting. Take her out more often than usual on the first day — small bladders plus boarding excitement commonly produce accidents in a house-trained Yorkie, and a clean, unpunished restart rebuilds the habit fastest. Note how much she actually drinks and eats, and weigh her if you can; on a dog this small, even modest weight loss across a boarding stay is worth noticing and mentioning.
Know which homecoming signs need a vet's input
Some Yorkshire Terrier tiredness and a day of picky eating can follow boarding, but small dogs have less margin when something is wrong. Contact your veterinarian promptly if your Yorkie refuses food across a whole day, trembles with weakness or disorientation, vomits or has diarrhoea repeatedly, strains to urinate, coughs persistently, or seems painful around her neck, back, or mouth when handled. Ask the boarder specific questions before you leave the pickup: how much did she eat each day, did she toilet normally, did she sleep, and was she kennelled near large dogs. Those answers tell you whether to expect a tired dog who simply needs routine, or a stressed dog whose appetite and toilet habits deserve closer watching through the week. Photograph her coat and check for matting or skin irritation under her harness and around her ears once she has rested.
Rebuild her confidence at Yorkie pace
A Yorkshire Terrier who follows you from room to room or barks at ordinary sounds after boarding is re-attaching, and she settles when her people behave predictably. Keep cuddle times, play, and bedtime in their familiar order, let her ride in her usual carrier or sit in her usual lap spot, and avoid passing her around to visitors until her tail and appetite are back to normal. Gentle grooming in short sessions — a few brush strokes, a paw handled, a treat — reconnects her with home handling without overwhelming a dog whose long coat may already have been pulled by kennel bedding. If her anxiety seems to grow rather than fade across the week, raise it with your veterinarian rather than simply waiting longer. Keeping every helper on the same page about her tiny meals, toilet breaks, and bedtime ritual matters, and KinsLe Family Sharing puts that shared routine on her profile so each person caring for her follows the identical plan.