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AmyLeeWannabe · 01-22-2006, 08:07 AM

Hello.
I'm new to this board, I joined cause me and my family are planning on buying a little Yorkie puppy, I'm so excited. We are sure that a Yorkie is right for us as we've read all about them on various websites. I just wondered if you could all give us a second opinion since you all own one.

Our puppy will be with someone constantly for 2 weeks, in those weeks it'll be house trained etc.. hopefully by the end of those weeks it'll basically know right and wrong, we don't expect it to never 'do it's business' in the house ever again after the weeks. It'll be kept in the kitchen at night until we are certain it is fully house trained. (Are Yorkie's suitably okay with being left alone at night and during the day?) At this time it'll be able to sleep with me in my room.. me and my family have had a debate about whether or not to keep the bedroom door closed or open. My argument is that it may fall down the stairs in the middle of the night because it'll be dark whereas my dad says it should be free to roam. Any opinions on this?
We understand it will need constant grooming and stuff, but we've decided we're going to keep it's hair short. Do we need to groom whilst it's short, if so how many times a week? Is it true Yorkie's hardly moult?
Apparently, Yorkie's are quite obedient and loyal to it's owner.. is this true? I've always wanted to have a dog that depends on me, follows me etc etc.. and since we will be raising it from a puppy, is there a chance it will occur?
We've had a dog in the past who was a stray, we had difficulty with stopping it from running off.. Could we let our Yorkie off it's lead and be certain that it won't run away?
I understand that they don't need much exercise.. is this true?

Everyone here is so excited about getting our new little puppy (hopefully we shall have one in 20 days, yes I'm counting!) but we are apprehensive that we don't choose the wrong dog as we have in previous occasion.

Suggestions on training techniques will also be very helpful!
Thanks,
Emma. (newbie.)

01-22-2006, 08:07 AM	#1
AmyLeeWannabe Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Manchest-oh! (lol) England. Posts: 136	Planning on getting a Yorkie puppy! Hello. I'm new to this board, I joined cause me and my family are planning on buying a little Yorkie puppy, I'm so excited. We are sure that a Yorkie is right for us as we've read all about them on various websites. I just wondered if you could all give us a second opinion since you all own one. Our puppy will be with someone constantly for 2 weeks, in those weeks it'll be house trained etc.. hopefully by the end of those weeks it'll basically know right and wrong, we don't expect it to never 'do it's business' in the house ever again after the weeks. It'll be kept in the kitchen at night until we are certain it is fully house trained. (Are Yorkie's suitably okay with being left alone at night and during the day?) At this time it'll be able to sleep with me in my room.. me and my family have had a debate about whether or not to keep the bedroom door closed or open. My argument is that it may fall down the stairs in the middle of the night because it'll be dark whereas my dad says it should be free to roam. Any opinions on this? We understand it will need constant grooming and stuff, but we've decided we're going to keep it's hair short. Do we need to groom whilst it's short, if so how many times a week? Is it true Yorkie's hardly moult? Apparently, Yorkie's are quite obedient and loyal to it's owner.. is this true? I've always wanted to have a dog that depends on me, follows me etc etc.. and since we will be raising it from a puppy, is there a chance it will occur? We've had a dog in the past who was a stray, we had difficulty with stopping it from running off.. Could we let our Yorkie off it's lead and be certain that it won't run away? I understand that they don't need much exercise.. is this true? Everyone here is so excited about getting our new little puppy (hopefully we shall have one in 20 days, yes I'm counting!) but we are apprehensive that we don't choose the wrong dog as we have in previous occasion. Suggestions on training techniques will also be very helpful! Thanks, Emma. (newbie.)