[Jeanne]

Hello to you all! My name is Jeanne and I am so new to this forum, that I do not even have my Yorkie yet! I have always loved Yorkies, but never had the opportunity to own one. I will try to give the condensed version, but recently, my golden retriever of 14 years had to be put to sleep, my 18 year old daughter ran away with her boyfriend days after turning 18, and now my 20 yr old daughter is leaving for college in Italy for 3 months! I have been very emotional and decided it was time for me to get the Yorkie puppy I have always wanted. Soooo... I got on the internet and found a puppy that looked so adorable and perfect, trusted the breeder I was emailing who told me she was a "teacup" and should weigh between 2 and 3 lbs full grown, with a very sweet personality (which was so very important to me...) and, here goes... I bought her without even seeing her in person! Was that a crazy thing to do??? Even though I am so excited for her to arrive (she is being shipped to me in 4 days, flying 3/4 the way accross the county)... I have been reading so much in your forums that now I am a little apprehensive and hope I did not act too spontaneously! I learned from your forums that there is no such thing as a teacup... (I have always wanted he smallest little Yorkie I could find) and now I am wondering how can the breeder predict her size? I was told by the breeder that she is a little over a pound at 3 months, with a baby doll face (is that a certain kind of face?) and will grow to be 5 inches to the shoulder and 6-8 inches in length. Is it possible to predict that at 3 months? And, I am hoping she really does have the sweet personality I was told she had... I have my 9 and 10 yr old children still home with me, and my 12 yr old baby Smudge (my shoodle, 1/2 toy poodle and 1/2 s**tzu) so I hope she loves childen and other dogs too... I am so excited for her to arrive, but scared too... I hope I did the right thing! Sorry if I rambled on so much, I just have so enjoyed reading all your entries and thought some of you might be able to relate, although I guess that even if you were to tell me I did make a mistake, I guess it is too late now! 4 more days till she arrives... Thanks for listening...