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When adopting a rescue dog, any breed you have to keep in mind it's past, which 99% of the time is not known. With a rescue you need to spend time with them, so they gain trust in you and can bond. Yorkie breeds are very social babies, they NEED championship, especially in a rescue situation. I adopted a 2 1/2 y/o yorkie last year, I was lucky, I knew his back ground and he was NOT an abused dog. He was loved much but had to be surrendered. Again very lucky the bond was made with in a few days, however, I am retired, home all say. It was weeks before he had to be left totally alone. As others have suggested / advised, unless this baby will have someone with him while you are at work, I would not advise getting a dog that will be totally alone for 12 hours. Good luck.