For me my Daughter had a 1 yr old yorkie and she was expecting her first child, but her husband got deployed to Afghanistan for 17 months. I told my daughter to come home and live with me during her husbands deployment. I got very attached to my Daughters yorkie Gidget she was one of a kind! I also was able to share the pregnancy and be their for my Grandsons Birth.
When Anthony turned 7 months Mike (my Daughters husband) came home and they moved back to SC. That was the saddest day of my life. I finally had the empty nest syndrome and Yorkie Fever.
I would visit them every 3 months and it was very difficult to say goodbye every time. 2 years have passed and our 30 wedding Anniversary came up and when my hubby asked what I wanted..........I said a Yorkie!! when I got the answer ok it was one of the happiest days of my life!!