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Originally Posted by misilmisil  Morning Everybody,
I am about to have a nervous breakdown and I need all your great advise and suggestions. I have been dying to have a Yorkie ever since I was very little and now on April 4th I arranged to pick up my first Yorkie. Sounds cool right?
Everybody around me is trying to talk me out of getting my baby and making me so nervous by telling me that it is too much responsibility, too consuming, too much work, too much this and that.
Could you please give me your honest opinion if a 25 year old full time working female can handle a Yorkie? What would be the pros and cons? How much time and how much money would a Yorkie consume? For how long could they stay on their own? Would it be too hard to train? Would it be too needy?
I will need to make up my mind soon and inform my breeder but I really need to talk to people who understands me. People around me just dont get it!
Please help me out before I lose it! |
Only you can decide if you can handle it. No one else can decide for you if you will be responsible and willing to spend the time that they deserve.
Are you willing to spend approximately 15 years loving and caring for a yorkie? Or will the newness wear off after a year or two? It depends on the amount of social and night life that you have outside of work. No puppy deserves to be left alone all day and then at night, too.
It takes longer for people who work to housebreak a yorkie. If you rent, then you also must consider whether or not pets are allowed in your building and the urine damage or chewing damage that is possible to carpeting, woodwork, and built-ins. Yorkies left alone sometimes experience separation anxiety and can make quite a noise barking. These are serious considerations and as I said only you can decide if you are willing to make some serious changes in your life to housetrain, socialize, and spend time caring for a yorkie. Good luck.