College student seeking yorkie

[monkeyandpenut]

Intrestingly enough also, i have seen plenty of these...Im a college student looking for a free Yorkie..... I dont know...Yorkies can be a little pricey...I doubt anyone gives them out for free....if so let me know! Cause i have paid a pretty penny for all of mine.

[Bizzymammabee]

Originally Posted by monkeyandpenut

Intrestingly enough also, i have seen plenty of these...Im a college student looking for a free Yorkie..... I dont know...Yorkies can be a little pricey...I doubt anyone gives them out for free....if so let me know! Cause i have paid a pretty penny for all of mine.

I thought the same thing but I didn't want to think negatively..lol.

[xtine]

Hey

I was a college student once.. but what I did instead of looking for a free or really inexpensive yorkie.. I saved a lot of money and waited till i could afford the perfect yorkie and i did!... it took a lot of time, but i think it's the same thing if your trying to look for a free yorkie ...

i think what you should do is save up some money aside for your yorkie again and this time since you know a little bit more now about those nigerian scams you won't get scammed..

if you could save $2,000 once, you can do it again best of luck to you.

[chewysmom]

Free is rare, you even have to pay for rescues. I would check with rescue groups in your area. Isn't Admin doing something where YT is raising $$$ for the united yorkie rescue? You could probably find a pup thru that thread!

Good luck.

[monkeyandpenut]

Hehehe...very true...thats why that college add sounds strange to me!

[YorkieGuru]

Originally Posted by Bizzymammabee

Sorry that you got scammed. Can I give you a bit of advice..I would wait on the pup until you finish school. You are going to be way too busy to want to house break a puppy. Not only that you are not sure where life is going to take you once you finish. I would recommend 1) saving up, 2) searching out breeders and 3) generally waiting until school is over. These small breed dogs can run you as far as care so you might want to hold off a bit.

Sorry Hon...I dont' want to rain on your parade. Be very wary of sending anyone cash via western union. If you do still want to buy look around locally so you can see what you are going to get and see how the dog is cared for.

Good luck.

I kinda agree, even though I hate to say it. Wait til you have time for that baby. Going to school is rough enough, let alone trying to potty train, groom,care for, and spoil, through out the day.

[Tophersmom]

I hate to be negative as well, but this hopefully will be taken as informative rather than negative

Though I paid a relatively reasonable price for Topher, and his health is excellent (thank heavens), I've paid more in vet bills in the past four months than what I initially put out to purchase him. And these aren't bills for illnesses...just bills for shots, regular check-ups, neutering, (oh, and one accidental stubbed toe that cost us $250.00!...his toe is fine now )

So the initial cost of the pup isn't the most important money that you have to come up with...it's the money for the good, ongoing veterinary care that follows for the next 15 plus years! (with all of those litte unfortunate emergencies that usually come with the territory)

I hope this doesn't upset you, but helps you to understand that alot goes into raising these babies....and the financial part is a big one!

[alisonJ]

Keylabelle,
I recommend you wait until your life is a little more settled before taking on the responsibility of a Yorkie. Nothing personal, but I don't know ANY college students with the time, money, housing, etc. who are able to properly take care of these little ones. I know I wasn't ready for it at that time in my life.

Oh--and the costs--the initial purchase price is just a small FRACTION of what you will be spending on a Yorkie. There are so many other expenses.

my advice: WAIT

[Bizzymammabee]

You know when I first started looking I ran across two seperate people in different areas of NY that were trying to resell yorkies. It seems that in the first case the son had purchased one in his junior year of college and come senior year couldn't take care of the dog and his parents ended up having to take it in. The second case the daughter of the person was given the dog by her boyfriend and with everything going on and getting ready to do an internship she also couldn't keep the dog.

So from what I have seen and honestly what I know of just generally rearing a puppy I think that a busy college student would be doing him/herself and the dog a disservice by getting one. College is full of hard work and changing schedules to think you are going to be able to give the right amount of attention to anything other than your studies.

[topknot]

I agree with you all. I had to help take care of my daughter's yorkie because she was in college and between school and working she was never home. When she finally moved into her own appartment recently - I was totally taking care of her yorkie. Don't get me wrong - I really liked the guy, but not my choice - one too many males then here. We ended up selling him to a retired couple and now he his spoiled every day!
T.

[gutu28]

I kind of disagree with yall..there are plenty of college students on this forum (myself included) that own yorkies and do it wonderfully so the stereotyping isn't very fair. I make sure that the time I spend at home, I spend with Cali playing and running around. And when I go run errands around town, she comes with me and she loves it. Yes, I have to go to classes for a couple of hours in the morning and I sometimes have to work at nights, but what the difference between that and someone who has a job and is gone from 8-5? So just because someone is a "college student" doesn't mean that they'll be horrible yorkie owner..IMHO

[Bizzymammabee]

Originally Posted by gutu28

I kind of disagree with yall..there are plenty of college students on this forum (myself included) that own yorkies and do it wonderfully so the stereotyping isn't very fair. I make sure that the time I spend at home, I spend with Cali playing and running around. And when I go run errands around town, she comes with me and she loves it. Yes, I have to go to classes for a couple of hours in the morning and I sometimes have to work at nights, but what the difference between that and someone who has a job and is gone from 8-5? So just because someone is a "college student" doesn't mean that they'll be horrible yorkie owner..IMHO

No one thinks that a College Student will be a horrible yorkie owner. It's just a bit easier for a college student to not have as much time because quite frankly you are not sure as to where life is going to lead you. When you are out of school and start your career that beginning is usually a deal maker or breaker. You tend to have to work hard to prove yourself and depending on what sort of job you take you might have to travel and then what? There are always a ton of variables...for instance does that person "have" to work to support themselves or do they have financial support from their parents. Each case should be evaluated on an individual basis and see where it goes from there. Fortunately for you you only have to work sometimes. what if that person that posted has to work full time in addition to school? People were just putting it out there that it should be a consideration. No one was trying to stereotype or hurt the posters feelings. But owning a pet is not an easy thing and with these small breed dogs that may need more care and attention it's good that everyone speaks up and offers her some advice.

[gutu28]

Originally Posted by Bizzymammabee

No one thinks that a College Student will be a horrible yorkie owner. It's just a bit easier for a college student to not have as much time because quite frankly you are not sure as to where life is going to lead you. When you are out of school and start your career that beginning is usually a deal maker or breaker. You tend to have to work hard to prove yourself and depending on what sort of job you take you might have to travel and then what? There are always a ton of variables...for instance does that person "have" to work to support themselves or do they have financial support from their parents. Each case should be evaluated on an individual basis and see where it goes from there. Fortunately for you you only have to work sometimes. what if that person that posted has to work full time in addition to school? People were just putting it out there that it should be a consideration. No one was trying to stereotype or hurt the posters feelings. But owning a pet is not an easy thing and with these small breed dogs that may need more care and attention it's good that everyone speaks up and offers her some advice.

You're right, nobody knows where the OP stands, and I know nobody wanted to hurt anyones feelings.. I was trying to bring the other side to the table

[Bizzymammabee]

Cali is very fortunate to have a caring mamma that has a full plate that still finds time to love and spoil her.