[alaskayorkie]

I've dragged my feet on that one. Obviously, my wife if I were to go first. The problem comes if we both go at the same time.

There's one couple I trust implicitly -- Nichole and Zach, our dogsitters. While I've never asked them point blank if they'd take them, I leave standing orders with my MIL that if anything were to happen to us that the Yorkies be placed in their care. If they couldn't keep them, I would trust her to find a good home for them.

When deciding that, it was important to me that I choose someone who really knows my dogs' personalities. Unless someone has cared for them, they don't truly understand what those issues are. Eddie can be snappy around other dogs when he's sitting on our laps or hoarding a toy. Jillie can be pushy and incite other dogs without realizing it. Nichole knows that, and I would trust her to explain it clearly to anyone who she placed them with. Obviously, I'd want her to keep them, but she has three little ones already. Five would probably be too many.

Lucy would return to the woman who rescued her originally, Robyn, but again, I've never asked her either.

But you've shamed me into following up. I'll see if I can formalize it!