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Originally Posted by MauiGirl  Again, I want to commend you on doing the homework first. So many problems could be avoided if more people took that approach. I am totally guilty of not knowing much about Yorkies until after I got one, so I've been doing on the job training. Thank goodness I found YorkieTalk early on cause so much help and information has been available here.
We are all so excited about you planning for your Yorkie, and can't wait for that time to come. I admire your long term planning in both your weight loss, and getting that furbaby; both are wonderful goals and will be life changing rewards.
I truly wish you all the best, and didn't mean to come off lecturing in my previous post. And, I sure hope you get your hands on some Yorkies just to play with while you are waiting. They are so darn addicting, you are going to be amazed as we all are. You are going to be a great Yorkie mom too. |
I'm almost scared to be around them right now since I want one so badly...LOL I've never done very well with the "delayed" reward. However, since I've wrecked the budget buying so many doggie things, I need to save for the actual puppy...LOL
Having never had children, I can still definitely tell you that I would have been a broken record during the pregnancy. My poor husband hears puppy talk every night as I tell him something else I've learned. He is reading one of the books I bought (and has ordered one himself) so I know he is interested, too. He did tell me he didn't plan to read all the books I bought though...LOL
It seems like the perfect time in our lives to be "owned" by a Yorkie. One of the conversations we've been having each night is when I relate the stories I read of Yorkies on here. They can do some of the most amusing things...LOL but what I'm learning is ignoring them is the best way to stop a bad behavior. Seems like my career teaching junior high math will come in handy...LOL
I think I understood that our breeder will be sending us pictures as our little one grows and I want to make at least one trip to visit her. It's only about 7 hours away. I'm going to take a blanket with our scent to her just as I want to have her Yorkie mother's scent on blankets I bring home with her. Whoever invented ziplock bags is going to become my new best friend...LOL
This is the best place I can imagine to learn the down-to-earth, practical things I need to know. The books I'm reading are good, also, but obviously they are written to convince the reader that a Yorkie is the only dog there is.
My husband and I both had cocker spaniels as children but that breed has been diluted and altered since we had them so many years ago. We also had a Doberman that I absolutely loved and who (like a Yorkie) believed he was human. Our Yorkie will be a new experience for us because we have neither one ever had a pet in the house.
We are impressed with their intelligence. We also admire their loyalty and affection but with all the time we now have in retirement, we plan to see just how much our little girl can learn. We are already amazed at some of the anecdotes I've read here.