[Willow]

I hope this doesn't offend anyone, because I certainly don't mean to, but I do not feel that comparing owning a yorkie to having a child is a good one.


The reason I say that is because I do not feel that owning a yorkie is as exhausting as being a parent. Say you have a 2 year old yorkie and you bring a new puppy home??? There are no 2 am feedings (maybe potty breaks LOL) and you didn't just go through xx amount of hours to deliver the puppy.(unless you assisted in the whelp)..but with human kids sometimes moms are just tired because maybe Dad's work and mom's home with 2 toddlers and has just had baby 3 and she is exhausted....because she has cleaned the house for the millioneth time and she was up all night with a colicky newborn...I could totally see mom falling asleep and her two toddlers trash the house...does that make her a bad mom? No, that means she is just exhausted and hopefully there is someone she can rely on for help.

For me, parenting Yorkies isn't as exhausting as parenting skinkids...for one, my yorkies listen bettter...and another, my yorkies CAN do some things for themselves but with human toddlers they are pretty much reliant on Mom or Dad.

It is a HUGE gap between a furbaby and a skinbaby...now my furbabies are just like my kids, but they don't demand as much.

I am sorry if I offend anyone with this, as I said, not my intentions, but I don't think it is fair to compare yorkies to toddlers. BIG difference (and my kids didn't chew on electrical cords but they did chew on table legs LOLOL)

And if we stop and really think about it, alot of the extra care we put into our yorkies are by CHOICE. We choose to treat them just like children, because to most of us that is what they are, our children. But some of the things we do (clothes for example) are not necessities to their care, but with skinkids EVERYTHING we do for them is necessity.

Accidents happen all the time. If someone's dog is stolen that isn't the owner's fault...it is the crooks fault....Would you tell them they are to blame?

Would you go to a mom who's child was just snatched from her while she was in the bathtub or using the toilet would you tell her she would still have her child if she had taken him/her to the bathroom with her??? What if the child is one that is an escape artist...mom put him/her down for a nap..mom takes a nap...kid wakes up before mom and wanders out of the house...does that make her a bad mom??? I think it means she is exhausted and needs someone to give her a break.

It is inevitable that a toddler is probably alone for a few minutes everyday, as it is inevitable that a yorkie or any furkid is alone for a few minutes or more everyday.

And, once again, I don't mean to offend, but i would leave my furkids unattended before I left my CHILD unattended.