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Originally Posted by celstu1  I work full time and have 2 yorkies. I have no husband or roomie or anything, just me and them. They do fine when I am not home, but I do contain their area to the kitchen during those hours.
If I were you I'd research, research and research more for the next 6 months. Learn all you can about yorkies, ask questions here, get books on training puppies, on yorkies specifically and read up on them. Then after you are settled from your move, THEN get one. 6 months is not that long of a time to think something this big through. Dogs are a committment. Yorkies can live up to 20 years. Noone wants to ever have to rehome their dog and noone wants to hear about someone irresponsibly getting a dog only to find out it ended up in a rescue or shelter bc the new owner knew NOTHING about dog ownership. 
Make sure you find the right breeder (NO PETSTORES!) and ask all the right questions. You don't want a pup with potential major health problems. (luxating patella, collapsed trachia, etc...if you dont know what those are, then you definately are not ready and have lots of research to do!) Also ask yourself if financially you are ready for this. Noone expects a dog to get hit or need major surgery immediately and has up to $5000 on hand for those expenses, but you need to be aware, it CAN happen and what will you do?
As for training, as with any dog and children too, you need to blame yourself if your dog destroys something around the house. YOu left it out for him/her to get at it. So many people get angry at the dog. Its a dog. Its up to you to keep things out of reach, cords, shoes, etc...
All pups go through a chewing stage, I highly recommend an indoor xpen instead of gating them into a room. This will protect your walls and baseboards from being chewed up. (Ive had holes in walls, chewed cabinet corners, chewed baseboards and sliding door molding cuz I didnt know to put them in a indoor pen!) and Ive lost shoes from not shutting my closet doors and my laptop cord from leaving it on the floor, etc...
If you think you can handle it all ... not just a yorkie but any dog will need training and time/attention from you... then Id say after your move go for it! You won't be sorry... the unconditional love of a dog compares to nothing in this world! Its wonderful
Good Luck with your decision and welcome to the board!!!! |
Welcome to YT - do your research - this is a good place to start. I would wait at least until you've moved & settled in at your new home. Then reassess & reassess as you learn more about the breed.
If your hubby is gone fewer hrs in the day than you, does that mean he might be available to spend time with the pup while you're gone? As students you also should consider, not just the time you are away from home, but how disruptive would a puppy be to the time you need to be studying?
Also, I know as a newlywed, it is impossible for you to foresee what will happen when you have a yorkie & then have a baby. But you need to think about this. I owned 2 bichons, & then I had my daughter, it was hard - and even though I hated reducing the time with my dogs, it has to happen with a baby. I think I made it work well. But we frequently see families looking to rehome their yorkies because of new babies, more babies in the home.
So ask yourself, can I get a yorkie & provide a forever home? I have 2 yorkies - and I adopted them from a gal who chose to rehome them because she was too busy with the new baby & didn't have the time needed to give the yorkies.
Yorkies can be wonderful. YT is wonderful too. I hope that you won't run off when you may not be getting the response you want.
A yorkie may be right for you, but is the time to get a yorkie right?