I have always been an animal lover. Growing up my parents had dachsunds and we had puppies occasionally. When I married at age 20 we (my 1st husband) had Beagles so we raised a couple of litters of them (one we sold became a champion) and then we got into raising and showing St. Bernards (finished one champion). After divorcing and remarrying my wonderful current husband of 17 years, we had some friends that had Yorkies and they had a little 7 month female they wanted to sell so we decided to get her. Dixie was my first Yorkie and she is now 12 years old. After getting Dixie we just got hooked on Yorkies and added a couple more and it just seemed natural to breed them because I have always enjoyed raising puppies. To me raising Yorkies is very rewarding and it really makes me feel good when I get wonderful emails and phone calls from past puppy buyers telling me how much they love their babies. I will admit I have made a few mistakes along the way and I am still learning. I really love going to dog shows but I find showing Yorkies very challenging. I guess my ultimate dream or goal is to develop my own show line and finish my own home bred champion but I know that will take time. |