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Kathleen R · 08-07-2013, 04:53 PM

Greetings!
We are new to the Yorkie world. Our Yorkie appeared at our door this summer looking forlorn and disheveled. My husband let him in and fed him and then I gave him a bath, which he appreciated. We put flyers around the region to find his owners, but no one came forward to claim him. We were glad because we'd already fallen in love with him -- and named him Roscoe Liam. A visit to the vet revealed that he is 9 years old. He'd been "fixed" and was already well trained. Our 2 cats even accepted him. He is very well mannered and rarely barks except when he needs to go outside. He loves rides in the car.
We feel very blessed that Roscoe chose us for his home!!

dinolover · 08-07-2013, 06:38 PM

Here I am crying and laughing reading everyone's stories! This is such a great thread

Mom to Hot Rod · 08-07-2013, 08:03 PM

I love all the stories!!

Mine is not so poignant a story but a cute one. Hubby and I had sister cats that were getting up in age and I made a comment one day that when the day comes, could we look at maybe getting a dog for companionship. He'd had dogs before where I didn't have any of my own, but had, had roommates with dogs. We toyed with the idea and actually visited some dogs. Well, the dog I picked up was very aromatic and when we left, I had gotten over my curiousity of dogs and kinda gave up the notion of having one.

Long story short, 2 weeks before Christmas hubby came home and had me sit on the couch while he handed me my Christmas present early - a big bag and told me to be careful. I had no idea of what it could be; all of a sudden I saw something move and I screamed. lol When I was able to focus, I saw that it was a tiny little thing with the sweetest face. I was in love.

Hot Rod was so fuzzy, lol. His hair was so ragged that he looked like an ewok. I haven't stopped loving on him since and Maggie May just completes out little family.

celstu1 · 08-08-2013, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by MandiesMom

Ok, that is just no fair. I am sitting at work bawling my eyes out now. I love your love story!

Oh my gosh, me too! This brought tears to my eyes..... and I'm at work!

dinolover · 08-08-2013, 05:48 PM

I just found an hold hard drive that had pictures from when I first got Mr. Bucket. I thought I would share the progression. The first picture was when we first brought him home, the second after his first grooming, the last one is a few months ago.

yorkiefan_ · 08-08-2013, 08:21 PM

We were offered an incredible pet yorkie for free. Her owners left her to die in their backyard when they moved, and a neighbor rescued her when she found out they weren't coming back. But Minnie kept attacking her other dogs, so she was about to take her to the pound. Instead we took her and got the most loving and fun dog in the world. Minnie loved us so much that when one of us would come home she would jump on the couch, run across the top of it, jump over to the recliner and run on top of that, jump over to the loveseat and run on top of that, turn around to finish the lap (all in full running speed), then jump down from the couch and jump up at our legs. One post is way too short to go into all the things Minnie did to make us fall in love with yorkies, but that was one of the things we really loved that she did. It made her death so hard to deal with back in May. Thankfully my yorkie love story continues with my pup Cookie who runs at rabbit speed and just loves giving yorkie kisses. If I'm taking a nap with her on the couch she'll eventually jump up on my chest and start kissing me over and over again on the face to wake me up and tell me it's playtime lol.

chestermama · 08-08-2013, 10:54 PM

I was going through alot of stuff back in 2002, and I was going th therapy, and my counselor called up one day and said I want you to research on what kind of dog you are going to get and I said what, I had always had dogs growing up. I had a yorkie who stole my heart, he came running to greet me and the rest is nothing but love. I had a fellow coworker who happened to have yorkie puppies, I had never liked small dogs. I cannot imagine my life for one second without him, he is truly the love of my life and hes almost 11 now

LILYgirlandTAKA · 08-08-2013, 11:26 PM

My love for yorkie's started in January 2012...growing up i wasnt allowed to have any animals but i always love both cats and dogs. I moved to NC with my nubby and got a cat! it was amazing and my hubby really really wanted a husky so we started looking for one and found one while we were visiting at home in FL in October 2011(Skye) and a few months later we just went to the pet store in NC (at the time I didn't know about pet stores) to look for another kitty for me and I noticed the cutest little puppy that could barely see with all the hair in her face. so we asked if we could play with her and i fell in love instantly as she peed right in front of me with no shame

and thats how we got Lily girl. I was so in love with her as soon as I saw her then we brought her home...our husky and Lily played like they were sisters instantly and i was soooooooo happy since skye was 10x her size. but the most gentle big girl ever! my hubby also fell in love with her and we just keep falling more!!

we found out we were moving to Japan late last year but a week before we had to fly out we found out Skye's microchip stopped working and they couldn't "prove" it was the same dog so we didn't have time to put another one in and do all the rabies titers and health cert for her to fly internationally. we had to leave her in the states and it broke our hearts, especially my hubby since she was his husky that he always wanted! (she is staying with my sis in law until we can go back to the states) so when we go here in January 2013 we decided we needed another puppy to fill the void and also so Lily had someone to play with and thats how we ended up with Taka!

we didn't want any other breed except a yorkie or morkie for our 3rd puppy!!!

thats my story of yorkie love! hope you enjoyed it, i know it was really long lol. heres some pics!
the first pic is Lily at 2 months the day we brought her home, second is her with her best friend skye, third is lily and taka the day we brought him home and last is taka now

celstu1 · 08-09-2013, 04:48 AM

Such sweet love stories! I love reading all these stories!

jeane · 08-09-2013, 05:02 AM

I love these stories

SophieKatesMom · 08-09-2013, 05:03 AM

Sophie Kate was a puppy who I watched for a week to help a girl who worked for me. According to her Sophie Kate was not trainable however when they dropped her off she had no harness, leash, collar, crate or food. After an immediate trip to my Vet (since they had not records) I brought her home and she has been here ever since.

Attached is a picture from one of the first days she was with me, I love the picture but it makes me sad. Sophie Kate was so afraid of humans ant being touched she would cower down. Boy have things changed, Sophie Kate expects everyone to pet her an love her the way I do.

When I look at that picture now all I can think of what a little scuffy muffin, she was so greasy and actually kind of funny looking.

celstu1 · 08-09-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SophieKatesMom

When I look at that picture now all I can think of what a little scuffy muffin, she was so greasy and actually kind of funny looking.

I think she's a DOLL! Notice how most Yorkie pups look a little greasy looking in pics if they haven't been bathed like everyday? I know my boys would look 'greasy' within 3-5 days of a bath... but as they got older, they seem to be less 'greasy'! LOL That's a funny word to describe the shiny coat!

yorkiefan_ · 08-09-2013, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by KimInMD

True Story
I was helping out at an adoption event at PetSmart, and told the director of our local rescue group I fostered for, that I would take home a little male Yorkie they just got in from a PA. puppy mill. Awhile later, a lady came to the event looking for a companion dog. Sadly, she had lost both parents and her husband within 3 weeks of each other. Her only son lived out of state, and she was alone. She chose my Yorkie pup. She snuggled him and cried. He licked her chin. I wasn't sure who needed who more. I knew in my heart she would check out fine and that they were a match. The director said she was sorry. I told her if she ever saw a little female at a mill or a shelter, to pull her for me. She promised she would. That was at 6pm on March 26th, 2011. I went home, showered, and took the family to dinner at the local pizza joint. It was bitter cold that night, and it began to snow. At 10pm, we were headed home, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw a little Yorkie running down the 4 lane road we were on. I hollered "stop the car", jumped out, stopped traffic, and went running down the middle of the road in the snow. It took some help, and when I finally scooped her up, a dry crust of bread fell out of her mouth. I took home this matted, flea infested, stinky little dog, and cleaned her up. Her toenails were so long they were embedded into her footpads. Both ears were full of infection. Her rotten teeth were impacted into her sinus cavities, she was full of cancerous tumors, she had kidney disease, dementia, and she was deaf. Of course, no one claimed her. I came here to Yorkie Talk for the first time, asking what I should do. That day, I got the best advice I've ever been given in my life. I adopted Lucy, patched her up, and she became the love of my life. My husband, who was always indifferent to dogs, fell head over heels in love with her too. We were the most blessed couple in the world for God to have loaned us that beautiful little girl for 22 wonderful months. Sadly, we lost our sweet Lucy on Jan. 9th of this year. We miss her more each and every day, but our home and our hearts will never be without a Yorkie again. Now Mia and Allie have stolen our hearts, and every day is a new and wonderful adventure. When people ask where we got our Yorkies from, I always tell them "God sent us our Yorkies". To me, it's so much more than a coincidence. That's my story, I firmly believe it, and I'm sticking to it!

That's an awesome story about saving Lucy.

lexi43 · 08-10-2013, 08:27 AM

The story began because stupid me got mixed up in a scam. We saw these cute yorkies on line and we fell in love. Long story short it was a scam and we ended up losing about $3200 but by then I was in love with yorkies. One day I was walking by a pet store and something made me go inside, This was before I knew about puppy mills and things like that. Well there was this little yorkie and the owner took the dog out and I fell in love head over heels. To this day Zach is the love of my life and as strange as it seems, I feel grateful to the scammers because if it wasn't for them I would never have Zach in my life.

T-Lynn · 08-10-2013, 03:02 PM

I'm new to the forum so here is mine:

I never thought I would love another dog again once I lost my shih tzu, Misty, right before my divorce. I met a guy and his family had lil' Lily who was 6 months at the time. She would be the first thing I grabbed when I walked in the door and try to steal (in my purse, up my shirt, etc) when leaving - LOL. Grew to love her so much that I kept telling her she was going to be my doggie someday and provided his family with fake custody papers, hahaha.

After 4 months, I knew the relationship wasn't working but it was hard leaving cause I loved the family & dog so much. I even went back a couple of times in the year to visit.

With my current boyfriend, I would even show him pictures of Lily and tell him how much I wanted her! He thought I wanted a dog like her but I said "no, I want LILY".

Fast forward 3 years and Lily's owners couldn't take care of her like she wanted as her health was getting worse (in & out of the hospital all the time & even ended up losing her leg). She send me a message one day saying she knew how much I always loved Lily and if I would be interested in adopting her.

I went into tears as my dream came true. God works in mysterious ways and lil' Lily is now my precious little girl. The day I picked her up was one of the greatest moments of my life. She remembered my truck when I pulled in and started hyper ventilating when she saw me. She was going absolutely crazy that my friend even stated that this confirmed she was making the right decision and how it was obvious that Lily still remembered me.

To this day, I even have the fake custody papers that I typed up and continuously tell Lily that I kept my promise that she would be my doggie.

I love her with all my heart!

08-07-2013, 04:53 PM	#31
Kathleen R YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Corning, Ohio, USA Posts: 7 Blog Entries: 5	Roscoe adopted us! Greetings! We are new to the Yorkie world. Our Yorkie appeared at our door this summer looking forlorn and disheveled. My husband let him in and fed him and then I gave him a bath, which he appreciated. We put flyers around the region to find his owners, but no one came forward to claim him. We were glad because we'd already fallen in love with him -- and named him Roscoe Liam. A visit to the vet revealed that he is 9 years old. He'd been "fixed" and was already well trained. Our 2 cats even accepted him. He is very well mannered and rarely barks except when he needs to go outside. He loves rides in the car. We feel very blessed that Roscoe chose us for his home!!

08-07-2013, 06:38 PM	#32
dinolover Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Miami,Fl Posts: 823	Here I am crying and laughing reading everyone's stories! This is such a great thread __________________ Proud Mommy of Dino & Mr. Bucket Check Out Dino on Sabado Gigante: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcqSCUsPpxI

08-07-2013, 08:03 PM	#33
Mom to Hot Rod Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MD Posts: 10,908	I love all the stories!! Mine is not so poignant a story but a cute one. Hubby and I had sister cats that were getting up in age and I made a comment one day that when the day comes, could we look at maybe getting a dog for companionship. He'd had dogs before where I didn't have any of my own, but had, had roommates with dogs. We toyed with the idea and actually visited some dogs. Well, the dog I picked up was very aromatic and when we left, I had gotten over my curiousity of dogs and kinda gave up the notion of having one. Long story short, 2 weeks before Christmas hubby came home and had me sit on the couch while he handed me my Christmas present early - a big bag and told me to be careful. I had no idea of what it could be; all of a sudden I saw something move and I screamed. lol When I was able to focus, I saw that it was a tiny little thing with the sweetest face. I was in love. Hot Rod was so fuzzy, lol. His hair was so ragged that he looked like an ewok. I haven't stopped loving on him since and Maggie May just completes out little family. __________________ www.kissecollar.com Soft Cone Collars for Post-surgery and much more! 10% (non-food) - Discount code YT10

08-08-2013, 05:48 PM	#35
dinolover Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Miami,Fl Posts: 823	I just found an hold hard drive that had pictures from when I first got Mr. Bucket. I thought I would share the progression. The first picture was when we first brought him home, the second after his first grooming, the last one is a few months ago. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Proud Mommy of Dino & Mr. Bucket Check Out Dino on Sabado Gigante: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcqSCUsPpxI

08-08-2013, 08:21 PM	#36
yorkiefan_ I ♥ my Cookie Monster! Donating Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: South Texas Posts: 3,007	We were offered an incredible pet yorkie for free. Her owners left her to die in their backyard when they moved, and a neighbor rescued her when she found out they weren't coming back. But Minnie kept attacking her other dogs, so she was about to take her to the pound. Instead we took her and got the most loving and fun dog in the world. Minnie loved us so much that when one of us would come home she would jump on the couch, run across the top of it, jump over to the recliner and run on top of that, jump over to the loveseat and run on top of that, turn around to finish the lap (all in full running speed), then jump down from the couch and jump up at our legs. One post is way too short to go into all the things Minnie did to make us fall in love with yorkies, but that was one of the things we really loved that she did. It made her death so hard to deal with back in May. Thankfully my yorkie love story continues with my pup Cookie who runs at rabbit speed and just loves giving yorkie kisses. If I'm taking a nap with her on the couch she'll eventually jump up on my chest and start kissing me over and over again on the face to wake me up and tell me it's playtime lol. __________________ Cookie ;;; RIP Minnie

08-08-2013, 10:54 PM	#37
chestermama YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: washington Posts: 3,383 Blog Entries: 1	I was going through alot of stuff back in 2002, and I was going th therapy, and my counselor called up one day and said I want you to research on what kind of dog you are going to get and I said what, I had always had dogs growing up. I had a yorkie who stole my heart, he came running to greet me and the rest is nothing but love. I had a fellow coworker who happened to have yorkie puppies, I had never liked small dogs. I cannot imagine my life for one second without him, he is truly the love of my life and hes almost 11 now

08-08-2013, 11:26 PM	#38
LILYgirlandTAKA YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Japan Posts: 306	lily girl's story My love for yorkie's started in January 2012...growing up i wasnt allowed to have any animals but i always love both cats and dogs. I moved to NC with my nubby and got a cat! it was amazing and my hubby really really wanted a husky so we started looking for one and found one while we were visiting at home in FL in October 2011(Skye) and a few months later we just went to the pet store in NC (at the time I didn't know about pet stores) to look for another kitty for me and I noticed the cutest little puppy that could barely see with all the hair in her face. so we asked if we could play with her and i fell in love instantly as she peed right in front of me with no shame and thats how we got Lily girl. I was so in love with her as soon as I saw her then we brought her home...our husky and Lily played like they were sisters instantly and i was soooooooo happy since skye was 10x her size. but the most gentle big girl ever! my hubby also fell in love with her and we just keep falling more!! we found out we were moving to Japan late last year but a week before we had to fly out we found out Skye's microchip stopped working and they couldn't "prove" it was the same dog so we didn't have time to put another one in and do all the rabies titers and health cert for her to fly internationally. we had to leave her in the states and it broke our hearts, especially my hubby since she was his husky that he always wanted! (she is staying with my sis in law until we can go back to the states) so when we go here in January 2013 we decided we needed another puppy to fill the void and also so Lily had someone to play with and thats how we ended up with Taka! we didn't want any other breed except a yorkie or morkie for our 3rd puppy!!! thats my story of yorkie love! hope you enjoyed it, i know it was really long lol. heres some pics! the first pic is Lily at 2 months the day we brought her home, second is her with her best friend skye, third is lily and taka the day we brought him home and last is taka now Attached Thumbnails

08-09-2013, 04:48 AM	#39
celstu1 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 10,534	Such sweet love stories! I love reading all these stories! __________________ “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz

08-09-2013, 05:02 AM	#40
jeane Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: montana Posts: 2,945	I love these stories

08-09-2013, 05:03 AM	#41
SophieKatesMom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canton, GA Posts: 3,242	Sophie Kate was a puppy who I watched for a week to help a girl who worked for me. According to her Sophie Kate was not trainable however when they dropped her off she had no harness, leash, collar, crate or food. After an immediate trip to my Vet (since they had not records) I brought her home and she has been here ever since. Attached is a picture from one of the first days she was with me, I love the picture but it makes me sad. Sophie Kate was so afraid of humans ant being touched she would cower down. Boy have things changed, Sophie Kate expects everyone to pet her an love her the way I do. When I look at that picture now all I can think of what a little scuffy muffin, she was so greasy and actually kind of funny looking. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Cheryl,Mom to SophieKate Last edited by SophieKatesMom; 08-09-2013 at 05:04 AM.

08-10-2013, 08:27 AM	#44
lexi43 YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Deer Park New York Posts: 1,586	The story began because stupid me got mixed up in a scam. We saw these cute yorkies on line and we fell in love. Long story short it was a scam and we ended up losing about $3200 but by then I was in love with yorkies. One day I was walking by a pet store and something made me go inside, This was before I knew about puppy mills and things like that. Well there was this little yorkie and the owner took the dog out and I fell in love head over heels. To this day Zach is the love of my life and as strange as it seems, I feel grateful to the scammers because if it wasn't for them I would never have Zach in my life.

08-10-2013, 03:02 PM	#45
T-Lynn Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 32	I'm new to the forum so here is mine: I never thought I would love another dog again once I lost my shih tzu, Misty, right before my divorce. I met a guy and his family had lil' Lily who was 6 months at the time. She would be the first thing I grabbed when I walked in the door and try to steal (in my purse, up my shirt, etc) when leaving - LOL. Grew to love her so much that I kept telling her she was going to be my doggie someday and provided his family with fake custody papers, hahaha. After 4 months, I knew the relationship wasn't working but it was hard leaving cause I loved the family & dog so much. I even went back a couple of times in the year to visit. With my current boyfriend, I would even show him pictures of Lily and tell him how much I wanted her! He thought I wanted a dog like her but I said "no, I want LILY". Fast forward 3 years and Lily's owners couldn't take care of her like she wanted as her health was getting worse (in & out of the hospital all the time & even ended up losing her leg). She send me a message one day saying she knew how much I always loved Lily and if I would be interested in adopting her. I went into tears as my dream came true. God works in mysterious ways and lil' Lily is now my precious little girl. The day I picked her up was one of the greatest moments of my life. She remembered my truck when I pulled in and started hyper ventilating when she saw me. She was going absolutely crazy that my friend even stated that this confirmed she was making the right decision and how it was obvious that Lily still remembered me. To this day, I even have the fake custody papers that I typed up and continuously tell Lily that I kept my promise that she would be my doggie. I love her with all my heart!