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Some of you may recall me posting on here last fall. My ex's Yorkie was expecting a litter and my ex really wanted me to have one of the pups. She wound up losing two litters or going through two false pregnancies or some combination thereof so, after getting my hopes up, no puppy. Well, my son called me yesterday to tell me that their Yorkie had a litter. She'd really been pregnant this time and my ex had sworn my kids to secrecy so as not to get my hopes up.

The father is huge for a Yorkie. Easily the largest I've ever seen. The mother is fairly small. She had a litter of three, two males and a little female that didn't make it. That hurt as I had my heart set on a little female. I've always thought females had a much better temperament. Still, I've wanted another pup since our divorce and she really wants to give me one so who am I to be picky? I'm sure I'll love him as much as any other pup I've ever had.

Now the hard part is waiting to bring him home in twelve weeks. Do we really need to wait twelve weeks with Yorkies? One week should do it, right? Just kidding. Hopefully the three months will fly by quickly and my ex said I could come by to visit and bond. I've had a long list of names since last fall but I've narrowed the boy names down to Ozzie or Jackson. I'm really leaning towards Jackson.

I took a few photos of Jackson and his brother today. I got a little too close and most of them were a little out of focus but there are a few decent shots. I'll have to try to post some photos tomorrow.

- Byron Followell