[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by tmickle

We had to put our beloved Yorkie down recently, but she slept in our bed for nearly 13 years. (She was a real snuggler). When she was a puppy, she HATED her crate. She would cry all night long. She would also go to the bathroom in her crate and it just wasn't working for us. I was so upset by her crying that I put her in our bed fairly early and she spent the next 13 years in our bed. She never, ever, had an accident and after reading all of these posts, I can see that we were very lucky in her training. We never did pee pads and trained her to go outside. She could hold it forever and always slept through the night after around 9 months or so. Every once in a while, but rarely, she would get up in the middle of the night and bark to go out, but that wasn't very often. She would also go all day without accidents. We worked hard on training her to go outside and after much patience and peristance on our part, it paid off. We're looking at getting a new puppy and after reading some of these posts...I'm nervous about training again. But hopefully, we'll have similar luck as we did with our beautiful Lexy. I can't imagine *not* having my dog sleep with me after our first. It was never a problem for us.

I'm sorry you lost your beautiful Lexy. While no dog will ever take her place, sounds like you are ready to open your heart to a new friend. Good luck in your search and welcome to YT.