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[quote=Anonymous]We have a little Yorkie, and we adore her!  She's now 10 and we adopted her when she was 14 weeks old from a shelter (long story).  She's just lovely, 7.5 lbs., with a great personality.  We have a 5 yr. old and she has snapped at him but with good cause, as he was in her face bothering her, which I repeatedly asked him to stop (more like begged).  We adopted a Treeing Walker Coon hound mix last year from a different shelter, and I had hopes they'd bond, but haven't though they tolerate each other.

It took me 9 months to housebreak her, and as much as I hated to do so, she had to be crated until we could trust her.  The only time she's crated now is when she eats something she shouldn't have and gets an upset stomach, that leads to nasty shit problems.  She takes long walks, but will eventually tire, and will ride in the jogger's stroller.  I typically have her groomed every 3 months with a puppy cut, as her hair can get matted, especially around her eyes.  She also has throat issues and tends to HONK, a lot, so freaking annoying, and also has hip problems.  She most likely came from a puppy mill, and she's the result of bad/over breeding.  For this reason, we have VPI health insurance for her, though they don't cover breed specific ailments, it's still a peace of mind given her history. Honestly, caring for her is much easier than caring for our large hound - she eats less and requires shorter walks.

She's smart as a whip and is a master manipulator.  I'd adopt another Yorkie in a heartbeat, and we've often talked about fostering if a dog was in need.  You don't see Yorkies in many shelters, and in rescue, they're usually older or were used for breeding.  Please don't adopt from a pet store!  I can tell you, first hand, that pet store dogs CAN have signifigant health problems, as puppy mills are hell on earth for any dog, puppy or adult.

As a little girl, I had always wanted a Yorkie and when we had the opportunity to adopt her, as a puppy none the less, we jumped on her adoption.  I would never have bought her from a pet store or breeder, as I've been in rescue and have witnessed, first hand, the sadness and despair of dogs and cats so "buying" a Yorkie was never an option.  She sort fell into our hands and lives :)  Great little dogs, with a lot of love.[/quote]

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