Thank you all for such kind words. Some made me cry but most said the same thing as my kids and my husband. I need a dog to love again. My son, who was the only one of my children left in the house when we got Barkley and who loved him as much as I did, keeps sending me rescues of Mini Pinchers, terrier mixes, anything but Yorkies. He knows me well enough to know that any dog I get will be compared to "The Barkman". Probably true, but I have fallen in love with the breed and unless some other poor soul falls into my lap, I will get another Yorkie. We all have Yorkie stories to tell, but I found that this dog had the uncanny ability to know when we needed him most. He laid his head in my husband's lap every day, twice a day for 30 minutes while I ran an IV on him after a very serious illness. He did this for 6 months. The joke was, after I disconnected the IV line, he bolted. He was a terrier first, and a lap dog second
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Yesterday I received a sympathy note from my vet with a paw print of Barkley. What a wonderful gift.
Thank you all for your support and kind words.
Ronnie