[DBlain]

yorkies are normally energetic playful dogs, but like all breeds they do vary dog to dog. I just had a meetup at my house and some dogs just wanted to sit on their owners lap while others romped around like crazy and some were in between. Others may disagree but I feel 2 years old is to young to be around a small dog, I even know a few breeders that will not sell a yorkie into a home with a toddler. I realize your intentions are to be supervising them but in the long run that is not practical since no one can be expected to see everything in all corners of their home at all times. Also if you go out and leave the kids with your husband or a sitter they will most likely not be as careful as you. Kids leave small toys around, drop things, drop food and some foods are deadly for a small dog. A small piece of chocolate or a grape or two while not good for a larger lab or golden retriever type dog could be deadly for a small dog. Little kids stomp there feet, grab the dog without understanding that they should not, they will even put things in the dog mouth. When I had my first yorkie puppy, I lived next to a family with two young girls around 2 and 4, my dog was afraid of them and would nip them as a form of self defense because they would grab him by the neck, or get so excited they would start stomping their feet, or chase him. Once when my dog was outside one the girls grabbed a fist full of sand from her sand box and ran over and dumped it on the dogs head. It happened so fast I could not get out the door in time. These were not bad kids, just kids being kids and not fully understanding how easily a small dog can get hurt. Yorkies are not like Golden Retrievers many are not gentle when they feel threatened and unfortunately a lot of them feel threatened by young kids. That being said there are always exceptions, and I hope you are one of them. As mentioned you must give them time and explain to your kids that if they were sent to a home without you they might not be playful at first so they need to take extra special care about how they act around the puppy. Also most yorkies bond to one family member a lot more strongly, I have a feeling you will be that person, this will make it harder on the kids to get that playmate they are hoping for. I remember we had a small poodle when I was a young kid, I was probably around 5, the poodle would not play with me very much and kept it's distance from me, all it wanted was my mother, I wound up not liking the dog very much and was sort of happy when he died at a young age. My mom said the poodle didn't like me because he was afraid of me, and that even though she watched me sometimes i would grab him to hard or play to rough. I think it wasn't until my teens that I started liking dogs again.