Hello all, My name is Kizzy. I am proud Mom to Roxy Divine. We mostly call her just Roxy along with many variations for short (Roc Roc, Rock N Roll, Rocky Road, Rox, etc..) She is a little over 1 year old, born January 14, 2007. She came to live with us on March 17, 2007. We love her dearly. We have always had big dogs, our last being a 125 lb White German Shepard named Louie. Louie died about 5 years ago. Unfortunately while we had Louie I got very sick and ended up becoming a double below-knee amputee. When Louie died and it was clear to me that it was time to get another dog, we knew I could not handle a big dog anymore. So I researched several small breeds and decided on a Yorkie! I'm so glad I did. We (my husband, me and our 2 teenaged sons) are just thrilled with her. We are having just 2 problems with her that maybe along the way here we can get suggestions from some of you. One is that she is not quite all the way housetrained. She still uses puppy pads and often has accidents of both kinds on the floor. We take her out regularly but sometimes she just won't poop outside no matter how long we're out! Anyway we're working on it. The other issue is her slightly excessive barking. She doesn't always bark but when she decides she wants to it is sometimes hard to get her to stop. Does anyone know a Yorkie who barks alot?
So any suggestions from you on either or both of our issues will be much appreciated. We truly adore Roxy and she brings such joy and light to our daily life. I would love to get a second Yorkie sometime but talking my husband into it will be the big hurtle with that one. Anyway enough outta me. Take care and you'll see me again soon. Thanks! Kiz