[Rachael1983]

I find this thread interesting and as a young single parent of a child under 10 when started my hunt for a furever pet I got many of No because you have a small child.

My daughter was 6 when Troy came home. There were breeders who didn't even talk to me after I mentioned I had a 6 year old. There was a poster who mentioned that young families are often very busy and I couldn't agree more with this statement. My daughter has extracurriculars and I work full time. But Troy goes to many of these places with us and he is only home alone during the work day.

Troy goes to my daughter's gymnastics practice and there are kids there. I lucked out because he's got a great temperment and literally loves little kids over adults but I have to WATCH my small dog with ALL kids.

I think that families can do well with yorkies but I also think that a total evaluation of the situation needs to be done before placing a smallish yorkie in that home. I don't agree with the close mindedness some people have about children and yorkies but everyone doesn't have to have the same opinion.

Anyone can come to our home and realize that our yorkie is loved, cared for and has no greater risk to injury or harm in a household that has one older adult or family with older children.