hello. i am in the chicago area as well... have you searched on petfinder at all? also on the ebay classifieds i see several shelters and owners looking to rehome yorkies... sometimes the shelters do take time to get back to you so try not to get discouraged! back in october i adopted a 5 month old female puppy from a humane society in corydon, indiana. it was about a 6 hour drive from my home, but she is well worth it. she is absolutely perfect! her adoption fee was $450, she came to me spayed and had all vaccines except rabies. took to her to the vet the next day, she had kennel cough, fleas, tapeworms, and coccidia (parasites). had to recheck stool samples several times to ensure it was gone, give her several meds for it to go away, heartworm test/meds, frontline for fleas, then get her rabies vaccine. now she is almost 9 months old and is retaining her baby teeth and has to have them removed under anestesia. the dental itself is only around $150 but when you add in the preop testing, pain meds, iv fluids, etc i'm looking at around $350. so my 9 month old puppy has cost me all together around $1,400 and i've had her since october. yikes! they are so worth it though. there's no better companion than a yorkie!!! maybe you would be better off with an adult dog and could skip most of the puppy costs??? i really wish you all the best of luck. the right little girl is out there somewhere! i can't wait to hear that you found her. be persistent! i was the 10th person on a waiting list for pixie and was told several times not to get my hopes up that i probably wouldn't get her, but she was meant to be my little girl and i called every day to check if they had her and eventually i was next on the list! so don't give up! |