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Originally Posted by Holly_QD  Although I respect your reasons, I do believe it's a generalization. My son will be 5 soon and is very gentle and great with Holly. He even gets mad when I'm bathing her cause he thinks she'll get too cold. I believe that if you get them involved and help them understand how fragile the puppies are, they'll do just great. Both he child and the puppy are the parent's responsibility. It's just like an infant. I do respect those breeders that do not sell to families with young children, but I am also glad that there are some that are willing to observe the child first before making a final decision. |
It's just not about your child though, they have their friends, and children behave very differently when other children come over to play with them, i am not making a generalization, i have seen way to many seriously injured yorkies from young children all accidents, their is no way on this earth i would sell a yorkie to a child under 8 years old, 9 is even better, i have stated my reasons, i do know that children can be very gentle, but they can not remember things that are important in keeping yorkies out of harms way. Kids are always going in and out, leaving doors open, gates open, or slaming a door, and a yorkie could be in the wrong place at the wrong time, yorkies are a big fad now, and everyone wants one even though they are not the proper family to have a yorkie, talk to me in 3 years and tell me you have never had a problem with your children and your yorkie, and thier friends, it only takes a second to really do harm to a tiny yorkie, and they are always accidents, no one would hurt one on purpose, they are so easy to step on as they are always at your feet, wanting to be picked up, and children that are not used to small yorkies or small dogs, do not have the reasoning or understanding how important the rules are and how important it is to respect them, they get all caught up in the moment, and a door is left open, and that could be the end of your yorkie. I believe their are exceptions, however it is the breeders choice as to who they want to place a yorkie with, many people will sell a yorkie to anyone, i choose not to. I have seen it with my own eyes, and i have seen the parents who grive over their young dogs injury's, these are fragil, and delicate little animals, that have no business being owned with a family with young children. That is only my personal opinion, and i will under no conditions or promices, or for any amount of money place one of my precious little babies in the hands of young children. That is my choice, and only my opinion. I am firm and nothing in the world will change my mind. I have young children that are 7 to 9 that i will sell a yorkie to when i see how they behave, and the parents behave with their children, and interract with the young puppy, very few under that age could qualify, and i want my babies to be the babies, i don't sell yorkies so children can have a small puppy to play with, they are not a toy, they are real, fragil, delicate, and easily stressed, nothing about a small child is soothing to a yorkie. Sorry i can not agree with you. I sell my yorkies to people who do not have children and want to spoil a yorkie rotten, I don't sell to collage kids, i don't sell to couples that are getting a yorkie, then are going to start a family. I love the homes i have found for my precious little gems, and i know they will thrive and be out of harms way, and treated like a new born infant. They are my babies, and when i have to sell them to couples with small children i will be out of this business, because i do not have the welfare of the puppy in mind, i would only be in it for the money. I know what is fair to a yorkie and what is unfair, and i want the very, very best enviroment i can find where i know they will be number 1, and not just another toy for a child who wants a small pet. The danger starts when other children start coming to play with your children, and do not know or respect the rules you have set for your yorkie. Kids get wild and crazy when they have each other to play with, and that how it should be. But a yorkie does not belong in that evniroment, and can be easily injured, by an unaware guest of your child. I do have children over to socialize my yorkies, however they sit in an exercise pen, and are not allowed to stand up with a yorkie in their arms, they do not like that, but those are the rules, and i do not take my eye off them for even a minute, as i know when my back is turned they will do what i asked them not to, as they forget, and they live in the moment. I think i have stated my peace, i am sorry if i offended any one, that is not my intent, i just want all people who get yorkies to know how easily they can be hurt, lost, stolen, stepped on, hit by a car, etc. Even adults have to be very protective of these babies. When they come over, i make them sit on the floor to play with them, and get to know them, and even then the yorkies will surprise them and try to jump out of their arms, they have the reflexes to grab the little one before it hits the floor. Why even think of a yorkie for small children, when a nice golden, german sheppard, yellow lab, would be just as much fun for your child, would prothect your child and not be in any danger with your children.