[chattiesmom]

As a breeder, my concern is to see that my pups are placed in the best possible environment. I carefully screen each new puppy parent and evaluate each individually. I did place a pup with a college student, but the young woman's mother was just as much in love with the pup and was prepared to provide for the pup if her daughter needed help.

I am always cautious about college students. I am not worried about the present, as much as a few years down the road after graduation. The college years is a time of change - of transforming from a child to an adult. I worry about what will happen when the student graduates, finds a job, a spouse and has children. When I was in my early 20's, I never would have dreamed that at age 27 I would have married the man of my dreams had three children right away and move 10 times in 10 years (three times 1/2 way across the country while I was pregnant) as my husband "climbed the corporate ladder". The financial aspect of caring for a yorkie would not have been an issue, but having the TIME and energy to devote to one would have.

Because I can't predict the future, I tend to err on the side of caution - I generally don't place pups with young singles and/or young married couples UNLESS I interview the parents and they are a part of the "package deal".

I do wish you the best of luck in your studies and in finding the Yorkie of your dreams.