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Originally Posted by bdb5853

I've never heard of a dorm allowing dogs. If you don't mind, what college do you go to? I can't imagine a dorm environment with people constantly running in and out, doors open, music playing and the social aspect of a dorm being a good place to have a dog. Especially a young puppy.

Are you going to leave it in the dorm room when you go to class? Do you have a job? I can't see a college kid, living in a dorm, going to class and possibly a job, not to mention going out with friends (which is a HUGE part of college life) and having time to train and care for a new baby puppy.

Most dorms have pretty strict rules about what they do and don't allow. My daughter's dorm won't even allow you to hang a poster on the wall unless you use double stick tape and even then, if there's any damage to the paint, you pay for it. I have NEVER heard of a college dorm that allows dogs? Can you imagine the chaos of dogs and college kids in a dorm environment, with dogs running all over, barking, pooping and peeing, etc? It just sounds like a disaster to me.

Not to be harsh, I'm just trying to understand.

You're not being harsh, you're trying to make sure a Yorkie is right for me, which is exactly what this thread is for!

I just call it a dorm but it's actually an apartment. The location is extremely quiet too, so no worries about no noise level except from the dog itself.

Yes, I'm going to leave it in my dorm when I go to class, but most of my schedule is "go to class, come back for an hour, go to class, come back, etc. etc." I'll be at the dorm constantly throughout the day. I'm sure that's more than anyone with a job could be at home.

I have a semi-part-time job but it's online, which means it's at my dorm. And my friends come to my room sometimes and othertimes we go out to dinner, but not on the level of what you see on TV or anything. Maybe once every two or three weeks.

Originally Posted by Britster

If you read some of her previous posts, she states that she is the only one living in the dorm, nobody else. And I think she said small dogs ARE allowed.

I'm actually a boy, haha.

Originally Posted by bdb5853

I just re-read your notes to see if I could find where you said that dogs are allowed in the dorm. Now I see that you have said that dogs are NOT allowed in the dorm, but as long as they aren't constantly barking, they unofficially allow it.

I absolutely made sure they did not care if I had a dog and checked with the manager twice on two different occasions. It's one of those things they have on the books but that is never reinforced. They said they were "kewl" with people having dogs as long as they didn't cause any trouble. Believe me, I wouldn't be buying a dog at a place that doesn't allow it if it meant I would have to take it back home.

I'm afraid that if you do get a yorkie, you will be back on here after you get him asking how to get him to stop barking and then in a few more days, you will be asking how to re-home or that he's now for sale as it didn't work out. I've seen it happen and would like to prevent it.

Well of course I will want it to be the barkiest dog, but the noise thing probably won't be too big of a problem since there will only be people living above me and no one around me. It's not going to be rehomed, but if worst came to worst (which I doubt), it would just go back home with my loving parents and brothers.

And I think a lot of you are going off of cliches about college students. Generally, the ones who perform well aren't out partying with friends every night or hitting the town. Me especially, as I am anti-drugs, smoking, drinking, everything. At the most I have a club meeting once a week at night and then go out with friends maybe once every two or three weeks. For me, it's work (school), eat, and sleep, so I'm only at school and at my dorm (apartment).

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Hey there, I am in Orange county, and I had a friend that went to UCI. She dormed off campus which was in reality an apt complex where people other than students lived. She still called this place her "dorm" even though it was off campus. So perhaps this place is not a dorm on campus?

To the OP:
You seem like an intelligent young person. The fact that you keep salt water fish and that they haven't died is impressive. My dad kept those for years and we always had some dying. He was obsessive about them as well. Who wouldn't be with a fish going for $40 or $50!

I think at your stage in life it would be ok to get a yorkie. I think they are easier to train when you don't have a 9-5 job where you have to leave them alone all day. Esp if you plan on getting one in Aug you have a few months of summer break with nothing to do but train it! I am fortunate enough to be able to be with my Uni all day, and we were able to get her potty trained and a couple of tricks under her belt by the time she was 4 months. We got her at 12 weeks which is about when you should get one, no younger than that.

Yorkies can be barky, but again, if properly trained, they will stop when you tell them too. They have a bad rep of being hard to train, but actually yorkies are very intelligent and get bored easily. You must always let them know you are the boss, not them.

I would also research a good breeder before you commit to buy one. There are lots of threads on here to help you find a good one. Also, make sure to go to their home, see the pup's parents or at least the mother, do not buy from a pet store, or off craiglist, online, etc. Be prepared to pay around $1000, but just b/c it's expensive doesn't mean it's better/healthier. Beware of breeders who use "teacup" "teddybear" etc to advertise their pups. There are lots of BYB here in OC that will try to rip you off, esp since most the residents around here are fairly well off.

There really is a wealth of info here on YT. You have some time, so read all you can on this wonderful breed before you get one. i am in OC like I mentioned, if you need help i would be happy to help you out, just PM me! good luck!

I go to UCI too and live (or will live) off campus. Yes, it's in reality an apartment complex but most people call them dorms just because. Did your friend have a Yorkie?

Yeah, I completely agree with your "at this stage in my life it's okay to get a Yorkie." Am I supposed to wait until I get a full-time job to get one? o_O I think now would be the best time, since I'm independent and have tons of free time.

So right now, I guess I need to find a good breeder then! Are there any well-known ones from OC on here?