[MyPeanutAbbyGra]

Hello...I joined Yorkie Talk a few days ago and have already become hooked! I've learned so much in the short time I've been here.

Where to begin? Let's see...
For the past several years I had wanted a Yorkie, but was leary of the responsibilities. Hubby kept telling me that if I wanted one, to get one. I put it off thinking that there would be a better time. Then one day, my oldest daughter showed up with this poor little thing that she thought was a Yorkie. He was eaten up with fleas, had sores on his belly from the bites and basically looked pretty bad. He was found by a farmer in his cornfield near a river bottom. The farmer kept him for two weeks but never found the owners.

I thought, this doesn't look like any Yorkie I've ever seen, but there was no way I was turning him down. I took him in and gave him a bath, got flea and tick meds for him and fell in love.

We named him Peanut. We think he was about 1.5 yrs old. His teeth were beautiful white and he was so spunky! He ran like a deer. He loved other dogs and played with our 85 pound dog and held his own. Of course our bigger dog Misty was very gentle with him. Peanut weighed 4.5 lbs when he came to us and 5 lbs when he left us.

We ALL fell in love with Peanut. He knew several tricks, he went with me everywhere I went that I could take him. Even my extended family loved Peanut.

Sadly on Jan. 2 I took Peanut out to potty, he bolted and ran. Long story short, he was hit by a car and died instantly. My heart was broken and still is. I loved that little dog so much. Of course I can tell from all the posts here that I don't have to explain that to you.

As it turns out, I think Peanut was "mostly" Yorkie, but definetly not pure bred. It didn't matter. He was the absolute most adorable little guy.

So now I've put a deposit down on a little girl Yorkie that was born on Jan. 25! I've already named her Abigail Grace. We'll call her Abby. She cannot take Peanut's place in our heart, but I never want to be without a Yorkie again.
I'm home all day and will be able to spend a lot of time with her and my husband is a retriever handler and trainer and an all 'round animal lover, so I'll have lots of help with potty training etc..

I need to scan some pictures of Peanut so you all can see my little boy.
BTW, here are the only pictures I have of one of the puppies from the litter that Abby is in. I get first pick of the girls. There were 4 girls and 1 boy in the litter.
Beau is the Sire and Tootsie is the Dam....
What do you all think?