[lynzy420]

Having raised and cared for 27 (including the 2 I have now) St. Bernard, Sheepdog, Pointers, Bloodhounds, Coon hounds, Black Labs, Pit Bulls, German Shepherds, and Yorkiepoos, I can honestly say there is no comparison between a Yorkie and any other dogs I've ever had, ever. Yorkies are different in so many ways.

Unless you fully educate yourself and really dive right in to a committment of training and caring for your Yorkie, you really should give it to a rescue.

I am an excellent trainer, infact I once got a call at work from my neighbor because my poor Black Lab was crying in the yard....problem was: when feeding them that morning and cleaning up after them, I told him to sit and stay.....I forgot to "release" him!!! He was not tethered, he was just very obedient. I left work, pulled up to the house, "come Shine" and gave him a kiss and hug and a treat...I felt so bad. With that said, My Yorkies will laydown, stay, roll over, give paw, give five, give kiss, go in your house, and hand signals with my deaf one, they listen almost all the time....however; not all the time. There are days when I can't get them to do a single thing I want, when litter box training goes right out the window, when hurt feelings make them stop eating and get sick. When I just don't know where I went wrong....Come here now...and they both go running under the bed...arrrghhhh, I just clean up, and start over again...they drive me crazy....but I long ago decided this is just the way they are! They are very different then other dogs, very....

When I read this thread my first thought was that you think of all dogs as "animals" and I couldn't help but think a Yorkie just may not be for you.

They are so different. I am not criticizing, I am just letting you know that you are in a whole different league with a Yorkie...everything you know about dogs does NOT pertain to a Yorkie...Word.