YorkieTalk.com Forums - Yorkshire Terrier Community


Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member!

Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us.

Go Back   YorkieTalk.com Forums - Yorkshire Terrier Community > YorkieTalk > General Yorkshire Terrier Discussion
Register Blogs FAQ Calendar JavaChat Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 08-08-2011, 04:07 PM   #1
YT Addict
 
Belle Noir's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Reading, PA, USA
Posts: 258
Default Pixie Says Hi!

About me... I am a former breeder/rescuer, and do to life circumstances, have been without a dog for far too long. I have two daughters that were raised with dongs, one with behavioral issues, that I truly believe were exacerbated by the lack of a dog in the house.
For the last year, I have been thinking about getting another dog. The problem is where we live, we're not allowed to have dogs. However, the last few months, I have seen numerous neighbors blatantly in violation, and with my daughters problems, I take the position is it is better to seek forgiveness than to seek permission.

That left dog breed. If we're going to have a sneak dog, we needed something small. While I am sure I could find a small dog from my former lines, (they were getting to the point where the litters averaged 25-30 lbs as adults), they would still be too large.
So I needed to get a toy sized dog. Frankly, I always wanted Chinese Cresteds, but I don't like the look of the powder puff, and my daughter wanted something soft.
I really have never met a poodle I cared for. And again, coat was a consideration. They're too wooly, lol. So there went any wooly, cottony, puffy breeds.
And I hate stains. So a white dog was out of the question. After having to clean grass stains off a 75lb white bitch the morning of the nationals (BAD Kona!! RIP), I refuse to have anything to do with white dogs. They are my bane.
I almost went with a long haired Chihuahua... But the good looking purebred tiny Chihuahua's all seem so skittish and nervous. Most of the snappy fear biter type dogs I have came across were Chihuahuas. And the more stable mutt type Chihuahuas didn't LOOK right.

Careful consideration lead me to the Yorkie. This is a breed that looks right in full coat and short. They are fun, and they're terriers, so they have that spark, that spunk that many of the little dogs seem to lack. And I'm a terrier lover.

Last fall, I almost had one, an impulse, that didn't work out, which was good. An online friend had a Yorkie that was suffering from fleas badly, and could not seem to get him flea free because of the feral cats that would roam the yard. I offered to take him in, and get him flea free, and even sent her some money to buy flea stuff, since she was broke, but she talked to the breeder, wanted to get the OK first, and the breeder wanted the dog back.
You know what? I respect that. It's what I would do.

At any rate, it didn't work out. And I went back to looking at pictures. Then one day, my boyfriend said, that's it, we're getting you a puppy.. after listening to me whine about missing my dogs.

Now, he is to be excused. He doesn't know the intricacies involved in making a puppy purchase, he's never done it, I know the dance, as a breeder, I have lead it, lol.
He found an ad that said Yorkie puppies for adoption. He contacts them. It was one of those Nigerian puppy scams.
We're Christian doctors and we have these puppies we have to get out of Ghana because of some stupid reason or another, and they have all their paperwork and something or an other, we just need 400 dollars and you can have the whole litter shipped to you.

We had a good laugh. You know, I told him.. you would have thought they would have found homes for the puppies BEFORE they went to Ghana.

Then he found out one of his co-workers had just gotten a Yorkie puppy, and got the number of the "breeder". I was sent pictures. Talked to the "breeder" myself...
And my boyfriend went to go pick the puppy... The smallest, calmest female. If none of the females were calm, I didn't want any of them.

He meets with the "breeder".. He offered for ME to come to his house, but wanted my BF to meet him some where.
Maybe because I live in PA and my BF lives in MD in the same town as this guy.
My BF is a sweetheart. He didn't realize what a red flag that was.

My BF looked over the papers, and everything seemed in order to him, and he picked out Pixie who was smaller and more quiet than her sister, who was literally climbing the grates of the carrier, yowling and yipping to get out. PLUS, he said Pixie was cuter than her sister.

I had had a bad couple days. I had been up all night, all day and all night again. Then to drive to Maryland?
That's OK, enter the back up driver!!! My brother, who lives in Philly, who use to be a long hauler. I went to Philly, picked him up.
I was good to drive and he'd had an all nighter, so the deal was I drive, he sleeps. Well.. we ended up talking the whole way down, lol.

I will freely admit, being tired, I was grumpy, and me and my boyfriend got into a bit of a tiff minutes from his house. (Grumpy is an understatement, I am one of the approach with caution types when I am irritable from lack of sleep).
I had my brother drop me off at a McDonald's to eat (did I mention I had also forgotten to eat since the night before, and it was getting on about 9 pm?), and he went to pick up the puppy.

He came back and told me, I thought I was picking up a puppy, not a ball of fluff. He'd brought his smallest puppy carrier, and Pixie was LOST in it, lol.

It was love! Absolute love!
I would have taken a picture, but it was too dark, and you couldn't see her anyway.
My brother drove, I cuddled puppy the whole way back.

I was given a whole lot of instructions. Some of them on paper, some which made sense, some which went against the grain. I was too tired to make sense of it at that point, I just took my brother home, and then went to where my mother was with a godsister, waiting with my daughters, who had NO idea I was bringing home a puppy.

Everything was worth it to see the look on my daughters faces when they saw Pixie.

So far just about everything has been perfect. Of course Pixie's breeder wasn't her breeder, he was her broker.. I pointed out to my boyfriend that the vet papers were from OHIO. And that the guy he bought her from was NOT the breeder of record, and that there was a supplemental transfer of the papers.

Last of which, the papers were limited, which annoyed me to no end, because we had wanted to show her, regardless if she came from pet lines or not. And the guy knew this. But my BF didn't know to look for that on the papers, lol.

I come from a different registry than the AKC, my view on showing is different than most peoples. I wanted to show her first for the experience of showing AKC, and for my daughters to also learn how to show.
I see the ribbons as something "extra". I believe FORM follows FUNCTION, and that dogs should be more than something pretty that fits a (usually) artificial standard to be bred.
BUT I also believe that a dog should fit the standard of their breed. Performance titles mean far more to me than conformation titles, but I think that any dog should at least be evaluated as to their conformational aspects, and those aspects should meet the breed standard to a high degree.

After she is microchipped and DNA'd, I plan on approaching the breeder to see if they would consider lifting the limited registration so that we can show her.
I don't plan on breeding her. She is charted to be too small for that (see, I HAVE been doing my research and learning the lingo, lol).
I do plan on doing EVERYTHING with her. And am especially upset that the AKC doesn't Earthdog Yokies, but they will Silkies.. NOT FAIR.

Yes, there is an image in my mind of Pixie doing dock dog competition, lol. And I am actually wondering how much it will cost to have a custom weight pull harness made for her, lolol.

Right now, we are raising Pixie as a therapy dog for my oldest child. Thus far she is everything I wanted and more than I expected, although "someone" got her bum padded for hand humping this morning. *Glares at ball of fluff, gazing back innocently*

I should warn, I am not a pet mommy, Pixie is not my fur kid, I am a believer in a dog is a dog, and she gets treated like a dog. A super extra special dog, but a dog none the less.
That being said, I respect everyone that sees their dog as an additional, or substitute child. It doesn't bother me in the least. But even if I tell Pixie "go to Granma".. There is still that line.
Even if I spoil her rotten, there is still that line.
I do what I want, even if I ask advise, I may not take it. I have about as much time in MY breed as some of you have had with Yorkies, so I'm not a noob right off the turnip truck. I have firm ideas, and I'm as stubborn as the pit bulls I used to rescue.
BUT I am NOT adverse to learning. If someone is so arrogant as to think they know everything there is to know, they should just curl up and die, because there is nothing in life for them anymore, IMO. Having said that, I plan on living forever, because I strive to learn something every day.
Now, my subject is the Yorkie breed. Pixie is my teacher. And with me joining this site, class is now in session

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/z.../Photo0136.jpg

If you look closely, you will see there are horns in that hair.. So don't let the angels face fool you.
Belle Noir is offline   Reply With Quote
Welcome Guest!
Not Registered?

Join today and remove this ad!

Old 08-08-2011, 07:06 PM   #2
Therapy Yorkies Work
Donating Member
 
Teresa Ford's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Central, Florida
Posts: 3,863
Default

Congratulations. Welcome to Yorkie Talk.
Teresa Ford is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2011, 07:22 PM   #3
and Khloe Mae's too!
Donating Member
 
CouversMom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 14,732
Default

Welcome to YorkieTalk.
__________________
Michelle- mommy to Couver and Khloe Mae!
http://yorkiehavenrescue.com/
CouversMom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2011, 10:34 PM   #4
Living In Paradise!
Donating Member
 
Ahis_Mama's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Ewa Beach on the island of Oahu
Posts: 3,588
Default

Aww she is cute! And welcome to the YT forums!
__________________
Aloha & Have a wonderful day!
Roni~ Ahi Shibi Roxie Heart
Alize & Prada
Ahis_Mama is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-09-2011, 01:38 AM   #5
YT Addict
 
Belle Noir's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Reading, PA, USA
Posts: 258
Default

I have been enjoying my time on YT. I read the site for about a week I think, before I joined.
It is a great pleasure reading about the different aspects of the breed, and the individual dogs.
Sadly, the YTCA site seems to be down, however, I am lucky in that there are at least three members in close proximity to me, one of which has been a great help to me. And were it not 5 am, I would remember her name, (which is why I was trying to peak/cheat on the YTCA site).
This lady in particular has a toy dog shop, where Pixie got her ears trimmed and screamed like she was being killed the whole time, and we also got her the most adorable dress that she hates and the cutest matching bow that she tries to lose at every chance.

Right now, I am just enjoying being having a new puppy, and remembering OMG it has been 20 years since I had to house break a puppy.. After that the adults trained the babies!! And playing, no, when I have food, WE do not have food games with Pixels who has realized she has the powas o de cutness. (BAD Motherling Person!!! Do NOT feed the puppy sardines!! It will give her fish breath!!!)

One thing I didn't realize is how much attention she brings. I have had people stop and ask me questions about her. I tell them what I have learned and have actually, even before joining, suggested to a few people that they check out the YTCA site and this message board.

I still haven't found the information I am looking for specifically on the board. I will eventually, or I will ask, but in the meanwhile, I am enjoying reading the things my searches has found.
As well as reading general information. Learning is something I love, and it was here I finally found what OFA certs should be done with Yorkies.

I have to upload more pictures. We just came back from almost 3 weeks at Granma's where Pixie learned that cats ruled, (according to the cats.. Pixels just barked at them until they bapped her for being a puppy), How to climb up on the sofa, and how to jump on low level items that make her look even more precious and adorable.
Sadly, in all that time, she didn't learn down, off, or speak... and she still things come is an option, not a command. I tell her if she were 5 lbs bigger she would know all this already, because I am not as immune to the powas o de cute as I pretend to be, but she gives me that look and say, but you love me anyway.
And she's right, lol.

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/z.../Photo0124.jpg

In which the Princess says, "We are not amused by this.. THING.. in Our hair. Remove it posthaste."
Belle Noir is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-09-2011, 05:30 AM   #6
Donating YT 3000 Club Member
 
MI Yorkielover's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Michigan USA
Posts: 3,317
Default

Pixie is adorableWelcome to YT!
__________________
Jackie Loves Sophie
R.I.P ."Baby" our little girl 1993-2009
MI Yorkielover is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks



Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off




Google
 

SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:24 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2003 - 2018 YorkieTalk.com
Privacy Policy - Terms of Use

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167