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DiOrGiRLy · 05-11-2005, 06:57 AM

Here's my story:
A few months back I was having baby fever before I got my yorkie TinyBaci.
Although I have two daughters I was obsessively wanting a 3rd child since my girls are older and not dependent on me (you would think they still would be they're only 3 and 6) I wanted a baby so badly. But after careful consideration my husband and I weren't ready financially or mentally and I also just started a great job about 9 months ago. My daughters and I have been wanting a puppy for a few years and didn't know whether we wanted get a Maltese or a Yorkie. We were pestering my husband for a while but he didn't want the responsibility of watching after a puppy if we didn't keep up with it .Then by chance before my 3rd daughter's birthday party, we were by the mall and had some time to kill so we went into the Pet Shop to pet some puppies.... The littlest dog there caught our eyes (me and my 6 yr old) so we asked to sit in a booth to pet him. He was such a well tempered cutie! He was giving 5 with his paw and would constantly turn over so we would rub his belly. My kids and I were in love. My husband saw the joy in our eyes and surprisingly asked the sales associate if there were payment plans available since TinyBaci was $1,500. My older daughter started first asking if we could take him home and already naming him Tiny b/c he was the smallest in the shop 12weeks 2lbs7oz. Then my 3yr old took my BabyPhat tote and put it on the floor demanding that her dad put the puppy in there for her to take home. We talked about it and decided to sleep on the idea since we weren't sure if the kids were ready for a puppy. Then my husband said, "Well they love this puppy they wouldn't be happy with any other puppy later on" We filled out the necessary paper work for financing and I made sure he was not from a puppy mill since I heard rumors of pet stores using puppy mills as a supplier. The great news was that Tiny was from a Breeder in Missouri and was all up to date with his shots and micro chipped. We went to celebrate my daughter's 3rd birthday at Fun world and returned the next day to pick up Tiny. Luckily b/c a man was there to purchase his second dog (a smaller dog for his wife) and was pestering the sales person for Tiny although his Kennel was marked "Sold". We took Tiny home and now we are living happily ever after.... = )
Thanks for listening!!!
How and why Did you guys get your doggies?

red98vett · 05-11-2005, 07:15 AM

I got mine cause they are THE CUTEST little dolls !

I fell in love with a co-workers yorkie and switched from cocker spaniels to yorkies...I waited 3 years before finally getting Chanel and it was a whole new life !!

I think once you've had a yorkie - you never go back !

jbarile · 05-11-2005, 07:31 AM

My Older yorkie Tilly has cushings and is not in the best of health

and being that I am so attached to the point I treat her like my real baby, fearing the lost of tilly is so devasting for me, and she always just seemed so alone I felt That maybe she would mother a new baby, since she never had an opportunity to be a mother maybe he or she (new baby) would be good for her & make her happy

and bringing home a new baby was like therepy for myself as well! Well for about a year I have been looking.
I went to see some pups that were advertized in the paper, but when we arrived and I saw them(they were cute!!) but I just had to find one with that face

that would just make me love at first glance! and I didn't see it those babys, Im strange I know.

so since we live in a small community I had to wait! san francisco, sacramento for some reason had a shortage of yorkies or they were not for sale! well My husband and I went to the wine country calistoga for our aniversary and I was checking the local paper to see what activities were going on & for some reason I was checking out the classifieds, and saw the ad for two adorable yorkies for sale, so we made an appointment for the following day, and when we pulled up to this cute little cottage of a home I could hear little babys barking

once we were in the puppies were so excited playing with one another and stoped when I sat down on the floor to play with each one and I picked one up and held it up legs dangling, checking the puppy out (female) the other one just sat up and looked at me with his head tilted like saying what that heck are you doing we were playing! that look on that little face and the curiosity he displayed I knew I had found my baby

And an additional baby to love

Biddy's Mom · 05-11-2005, 07:40 AM

My mom bought Biddy from a breeder and was totally in love with her. She lives in a condo that doesn't allow pets, but decided she was small enough to try to sneak around. She has Biddy for about 5 months before the condo committee told her she had to get rid of her. I had recently moved in my boyfriend & my mom called me crying asking if I could take Biddy since she couldn't keep her. I loved Biddy, but wasn't really thrilled about the responsiblity of having a dog. For about 5 minutes. The first night Biddy jumped in bed with us & we (my bf and I) totally fell in love with her!!! She became our world! We had her for about 6 months and were constantly fighting with each other for her attention!! I want to hold her - No I want to hold her! Let me give her her treat!! Let her sit on my lap for a while! etc.. So we decided to get another puppy in March (Tucker). We've been living happily ever after!!

HeatherW · 05-11-2005, 07:42 AM

I knew I wanted to get a dog...a small one...my friend breeds schauzers and I was going to get a toy schnauzer but he wasn't going to be born until this upcoming august...but I LOVE the pet stores and my boyfriend and I went into petland to look at the puppies. We were looking at all of them and this tiny little yorkie caught my eye...we asked to play with her and she was really sweet....and $2000!!!! I knew immediatley i couldn't afford that. So we went home and talked about it and i decided to look in the paper just to see...I found a breeder who had little pups ready to go...so i drove about 1hr to go LOOK only at the pups and they had two little girls to choose from and Gracie was the one i was immediatley drawn to. We were going to think about it but I just couldn't leave!! I had to have her...and now I am SO glad i did. I did have a little bit of buyers remorse though!!! for about 3 days i was stressed about the money but now she was worth every penny and more!!!

BeccaGA16 · 05-11-2005, 07:45 AM

I have had dogs my whole life. I have had a wide variety of breeds: A samoyed for 13 years, a mixed terrier breed for my first 6 years of life, a Jack Russel terier, and a part Blue Tick hound, with many short term strays in between.

I have been in college for three years and have lived on campus year round in the dorms, which do not allow pets! I was going crazy! I went home to visit Kimba (my family Samoyed) on a regular basis to get my doggie fix but he died last summer from old age.

I wanted a yorkie for a long time, I tried to get my parents to buy one while I was still at home but they got a Jack Russel instead... loved him but he was a handfull! I am now getting my own House or Apartment and decided now is the time! I hated not having a dog and so I did my research on Yorkies cause I didn't want to buy a dog just because they were cute. But as we all know I found out that Yorkies are perfect pets and began to investigate breeders.

One year later I finally got Maximus and I love every minute of being a mommy to my baby boy. It was worth all the work, research and waiting!

DiOrGiRLy · 05-11-2005, 07:56 AM

Thanks for the replies everyone!....great stories = ) I guess i'm the only one so far that filled my void of a human baby with a furry friend... LOL

Trish · 05-11-2005, 07:58 AM

My last dog was a border collie and died aged 12 years a couple of years ago and I said firmly that I would NEVER go through the heartbreak of losing a dog again so decided then not to get another.....then about a year later I started reading doggy magazines at the library and got some books on small breeds to read and then answered an ad in the local paper. We went to see Pip and fell in love with him and he came home with us. That was last August.

I love him to bits.

orinskye · 05-11-2005, 08:18 AM

my last dog died in september so after many months of depression (which coincidentally caused exsessive eating, migraines, ect...) i literally didnt smile for MONTHS, i was soooooooooo unhappy..... my fiance decided that it was allright if i got another one, because he realized after i watched my friends yorkie for a week how happy i was (even if it was only for a few days), we saved up and got toby (i ahd my doubts about wether he was the 'right one' but after hearing several horror stories about bathing, training, ect... i think i have my perfect match......... although no one can compair to my josie babY)

bchgirl · 05-11-2005, 08:22 AM

My neighbor breeds these little cuties

We got to enjoy playing with her first litter and my daughter asked if they had any more could we possibly get one. She constantly checked to see if they were having pups soon. I went over one night for another reason and just happened to ask if they had any more babies. Yep, just one. It was an accidental pregancy....sshhhh....Trace doesn't know he was an accident

Any way I started researching the breed, because although he was adorable, (what baby isn't), I really wanted to know more about yorkies before giving my heart to one. We visited him often. Long before we said we wanted him, the breeder's husband jokely asked...."do you have a name yet?" Guess what, we did....LOL. Now my daughter and I had decided we wanted him, but daddy had to "play" the tough guy.....yeah, right up until tiny Trace fell asleep in his lap

We've had him almost 4 weeks.

chachi · 05-11-2005, 08:38 AM

I really wanted a yorkie for a long time. When my daughter was born we started talking about getting one. After researching about the breed I discovered there was alot written about yorkies being too small of a breed to have with young children so we decided to wait awhile. My daughter was 4 going on 5 and we decided to go ahead and try to get one since she is a very calm child. We found a breeder and were very happy with her. We ended up getting Chachi and then a girl Jewels. It was a great decision they have brought so much happiness into our home. Our daughter does just great with both of them. Chachi is her run after her play buddy!!! Jewels is our snuggler. They were both worth the wait!!

Brett · 05-11-2005, 08:52 AM

We got Bentley because Kelly wanted a yorkie. Kelly first asked me if we could get a dog. I had actually tossed around the idea of getting a dog for a long time. I wanted something that wouldn't be too big to ride around with me in my Camaro. So I told her yes. Then she said she wanted a Yorkie. "Ok, no problem. What's that" She showed me a picture and I agreed that they were really cute. Then, after agreeing to getting the dog she disclosed the price to me. I should have known that she would want the most expensive thing on the market

I was saving to do some performance work to my car. I will let you guess where the money for my new car parts went.

centralnewyorki · 05-11-2005, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Brett

I was saving to do some performance work to my car. I will let you guess where the money for my new car parts went.

Awww... what a good guy!! Good choice- car parts aren't nearly as cute and cuddly!!

She-ra's Mama · 05-11-2005, 09:19 AM

My hubby's aunt breeds them and wanted me to come see her new litter of pups, we went put $100.00 down. Came back 2 weeks later to pick out. I sat in the floor and she put them down to walk so I could see them, and a little female walked right up to me...That was all she wrote!!! Picked She-ra up a week later!!!! So, technically, she picked me!!!

Sidney · 05-11-2005, 09:28 AM

Started bugging my husband in the mid 1980's that I wanted one... I had yorkie posters on our bed-room walls, yorkie pictures on the refridgerator...I think I wore him down and he finally bought me one in 1990. (he had never spent that much on a dog , $300. and it was hard for him) He's in love with the breed now. We can't imagine not having a yorkie.

05-11-2005, 06:57 AM	#1
DiOrGiRLy YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusettes Posts: 547	How/Why did you get your Yorkie? Here's my story: A few months back I was having baby fever before I got my yorkie TinyBaci. Although I have two daughters I was obsessively wanting a 3rd child since my girls are older and not dependent on me (you would think they still would be they're only 3 and 6) I wanted a baby so badly. But after careful consideration my husband and I weren't ready financially or mentally and I also just started a great job about 9 months ago. My daughters and I have been wanting a puppy for a few years and didn't know whether we wanted get a Maltese or a Yorkie. We were pestering my husband for a while but he didn't want the responsibility of watching after a puppy if we didn't keep up with it .Then by chance before my 3rd daughter's birthday party, we were by the mall and had some time to kill so we went into the Pet Shop to pet some puppies.... The littlest dog there caught our eyes (me and my 6 yr old) so we asked to sit in a booth to pet him. He was such a well tempered cutie! He was giving 5 with his paw and would constantly turn over so we would rub his belly. My kids and I were in love. My husband saw the joy in our eyes and surprisingly asked the sales associate if there were payment plans available since TinyBaci was $1,500. My older daughter started first asking if we could take him home and already naming him Tiny b/c he was the smallest in the shop 12weeks 2lbs7oz. Then my 3yr old took my BabyPhat tote and put it on the floor demanding that her dad put the puppy in there for her to take home. We talked about it and decided to sleep on the idea since we weren't sure if the kids were ready for a puppy. Then my husband said, "Well they love this puppy they wouldn't be happy with any other puppy later on" We filled out the necessary paper work for financing and I made sure he was not from a puppy mill since I heard rumors of pet stores using puppy mills as a supplier. The great news was that Tiny was from a Breeder in Missouri and was all up to date with his shots and micro chipped. We went to celebrate my daughter's 3rd birthday at Fun world and returned the next day to pick up Tiny. Luckily b/c a man was there to purchase his second dog (a smaller dog for his wife) and was pestering the sales person for Tiny although his Kennel was marked "Sold". We took Tiny home and now we are living happily ever after.... = ) Thanks for listening!!! How and why Did you guys get your doggies? __________________ DiOrGiRLy tiny's dogster page Tiny Piccolo Baci's Fotki Album

05-11-2005, 07:15 AM	#2
red98vett Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston TX Posts: 33,590 Blog Entries: 1	I got mine cause they are THE CUTEST little dolls ! I fell in love with a co-workers yorkie and switched from cocker spaniels to yorkies...I waited 3 years before finally getting Chanel and it was a whole new life !! I think once you've had a yorkie - you never go back ! __________________ Villette, Chanel & Cheri www.DesignsByVillette.net Custom Address Labels and Note Cards using YOUR Photos! Just Click HERE!

05-11-2005, 07:40 AM	#4
Biddy's Mom and Tucker's too! Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 2,134	My mom bought Biddy from a breeder and was totally in love with her. She lives in a condo that doesn't allow pets, but decided she was small enough to try to sneak around. She has Biddy for about 5 months before the condo committee told her she had to get rid of her. I had recently moved in my boyfriend & my mom called me crying asking if I could take Biddy since she couldn't keep her. I loved Biddy, but wasn't really thrilled about the responsiblity of having a dog. For about 5 minutes. The first night Biddy jumped in bed with us & we (my bf and I) totally fell in love with her!!! She became our world! We had her for about 6 months and were constantly fighting with each other for her attention!! I want to hold her - No I want to hold her! Let me give her her treat!! Let her sit on my lap for a while! etc.. So we decided to get another puppy in March (Tucker). We've been living happily ever after!! __________________ Jessica, Biddy, Tucker & Gertie

05-11-2005, 07:42 AM	#5
HeatherW Gracie loves Cosmo Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 755	I knew I wanted to get a dog...a small one...my friend breeds schauzers and I was going to get a toy schnauzer but he wasn't going to be born until this upcoming august...but I LOVE the pet stores and my boyfriend and I went into petland to look at the puppies. We were looking at all of them and this tiny little yorkie caught my eye...we asked to play with her and she was really sweet....and $2000!!!! I knew immediatley i couldn't afford that. So we went home and talked about it and i decided to look in the paper just to see...I found a breeder who had little pups ready to go...so i drove about 1hr to go LOOK only at the pups and they had two little girls to choose from and Gracie was the one i was immediatley drawn to. We were going to think about it but I just couldn't leave!! I had to have her...and now I am SO glad i did. I did have a little bit of buyers remorse though!!! for about 3 days i was stressed about the money but now she was worth every penny and more!!! __________________ Heather & Gracie Gracie's dogster page:http://www.dogster.com/?145965 See Gracie's Age http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt...k/4ac7/age.png

05-11-2005, 07:45 AM	#6
BeccaGA16 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 120	I have had dogs my whole life. I have had a wide variety of breeds: A samoyed for 13 years, a mixed terrier breed for my first 6 years of life, a Jack Russel terier, and a part Blue Tick hound, with many short term strays in between. I have been in college for three years and have lived on campus year round in the dorms, which do not allow pets! I was going crazy! I went home to visit Kimba (my family Samoyed) on a regular basis to get my doggie fix but he died last summer from old age. I wanted a yorkie for a long time, I tried to get my parents to buy one while I was still at home but they got a Jack Russel instead... loved him but he was a handfull! I am now getting my own House or Apartment and decided now is the time! I hated not having a dog and so I did my research on Yorkies cause I didn't want to buy a dog just because they were cute. But as we all know I found out that Yorkies are perfect pets and began to investigate breeders. One year later I finally got Maximus and I love every minute of being a mommy to my baby boy. It was worth all the work, research and waiting! __________________ Becca and Maximus

05-11-2005, 07:31 AM	#3
jbarile Tilly & Sami Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Syracuse, Utah Posts: 1,133	My Older yorkie Tilly has cushings and is not in the best of health and being that I am so attached to the point I treat her like my real baby, fearing the lost of tilly is so devasting for me, and she always just seemed so alone I felt That maybe she would mother a new baby, since she never had an opportunity to be a mother maybe he or she (new baby) would be good for her & make her happy and bringing home a new baby was like therepy for myself as well! Well for about a year I have been looking. I went to see some pups that were advertized in the paper, but when we arrived and I saw them(they were cute!!) but I just had to find one with that face that would just make me love at first glance! and I didn't see it those babys, Im strange I know. so since we live in a small community I had to wait! san francisco, sacramento for some reason had a shortage of yorkies or they were not for sale! well My husband and I went to the wine country calistoga for our aniversary and I was checking the local paper to see what activities were going on & for some reason I was checking out the classifieds, and saw the ad for two adorable yorkies for sale, so we made an appointment for the following day, and when we pulled up to this cute little cottage of a home I could hear little babys barking once we were in the puppies were so excited playing with one another and stoped when I sat down on the floor to play with each one and I picked one up and held it up legs dangling, checking the puppy out (female) the other one just sat up and looked at me with his head tilted like saying what that heck are you doing we were playing! that look on that little face and the curiosity he displayed I knew I had found my baby And an additional baby to love

05-11-2005, 07:56 AM	#7
DiOrGiRLy YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusettes Posts: 547	Thanks for the replies everyone!....great stories = ) I guess i'm the only one so far that filled my void of a human baby with a furry friend... LOL __________________ DiOrGiRLy tiny's dogster page Tiny Piccolo Baci's Fotki Album

05-11-2005, 07:58 AM	#8
Trish Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Leicester Posts: 166	My last dog was a border collie and died aged 12 years a couple of years ago and I said firmly that I would NEVER go through the heartbreak of losing a dog again so decided then not to get another.....then about a year later I started reading doggy magazines at the library and got some books on small breeds to read and then answered an ad in the local paper. We went to see Pip and fell in love with him and he came home with us. That was last August. I love him to bits. __________________ Trish & Pip Pippin's dogster page is http://www.dogster.com/?151870

05-11-2005, 08:18 AM	#9
orinskye YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Posts: 2,990	my last dog died in september so after many months of depression (which coincidentally caused exsessive eating, migraines, ect...) i literally didnt smile for MONTHS, i was soooooooooo unhappy..... my fiance decided that it was allright if i got another one, because he realized after i watched my friends yorkie for a week how happy i was (even if it was only for a few days), we saved up and got toby (i ahd my doubts about wether he was the 'right one' but after hearing several horror stories about bathing, training, ect... i think i have my perfect match......... although no one can compair to my josie babY)

05-11-2005, 08:22 AM	#10
bchgirl Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: at da beach Posts: 15,444 Blog Entries: 2	My neighbor breeds these little cuties We got to enjoy playing with her first litter and my daughter asked if they had any more could we possibly get one. She constantly checked to see if they were having pups soon. I went over one night for another reason and just happened to ask if they had any more babies. Yep, just one. It was an accidental pregancy....sshhhh....Trace doesn't know he was an accident Any way I started researching the breed, because although he was adorable, (what baby isn't), I really wanted to know more about yorkies before giving my heart to one. We visited him often. Long before we said we wanted him, the breeder's husband jokely asked...."do you have a name yet?" Guess what, we did....LOL. Now my daughter and I had decided we wanted him, but daddy had to "play" the tough guy.....yeah, right up until tiny Trace fell asleep in his lap We've had him almost 4 weeks.

05-11-2005, 08:38 AM	#11
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	I really wanted a yorkie for a long time. When my daughter was born we started talking about getting one. After researching about the breed I discovered there was alot written about yorkies being too small of a breed to have with young children so we decided to wait awhile. My daughter was 4 going on 5 and we decided to go ahead and try to get one since she is a very calm child. We found a breeder and were very happy with her. We ended up getting Chachi and then a girl Jewels. It was a great decision they have brought so much happiness into our home. Our daughter does just great with both of them. Chachi is her run after her play buddy!!! Jewels is our snuggler. They were both worth the wait!! __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

05-11-2005, 08:52 AM	#12
Brett Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 38	We got Bentley because Kelly wanted a yorkie. Kelly first asked me if we could get a dog. I had actually tossed around the idea of getting a dog for a long time. I wanted something that wouldn't be too big to ride around with me in my Camaro. So I told her yes. Then she said she wanted a Yorkie. "Ok, no problem. What's that" She showed me a picture and I agreed that they were really cute. Then, after agreeing to getting the dog she disclosed the price to me. I should have known that she would want the most expensive thing on the market I was saving to do some performance work to my car. I will let you guess where the money for my new car parts went.

05-11-2005, 09:19 AM	#14
She-ra's Mama Got Yorkies? Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: S.E. Mo Posts: 1,602	My hubby's aunt breeds them and wanted me to come see her new litter of pups, we went put $100.00 down. Came back 2 weeks later to pick out. I sat in the floor and she put them down to walk so I could see them, and a little female walked right up to me...That was all she wrote!!! Picked She-ra up a week later!!!! So, technically, she picked me!!! __________________ She-Ra Marie ~ 9-22-02 to 2-22-06 Dixie Belle ~ 10-12-2006 to 12-13-2008 You girls left us way to soon. I miss you both.

05-11-2005, 09:28 AM	#15
Sidney YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California Posts: 514	Started bugging my husband in the mid 1980's that I wanted one... I had yorkie posters on our bed-room walls, yorkie pictures on the refridgerator...I think I wore him down and he finally bought me one in 1990. (he had never spent that much on a dog , $300. and it was hard for him) He's in love with the breed now. We can't imagine not having a yorkie.