[JadeD]

Welcome!

I hope you find lots of information about the breed on here.

I have 3 Yorkies. I got my first one in January when I was given a 9 year old old Yorkie, whom I absolutely adore.

Then I was given a free Yorkie mix puppy, but ended up taking home 2!

The first puppy we were getting was for my 17 year old daughter. I would like to say that if this puppy/dog is for your 12 year old that I have kids too. Even if she promises to feed/care for this dog the responsibility will fall on you, so do make sure you are prepared for that. My 17 year old is very responsible, but the first 3 weeks I found myself doing all the care for both puppies! She is stepping up now and doing more, as they are more and more trained. I adore the puppies so I do double the work, although some days she has both of them all day long and gets a taste of what I deal with daily with them.

I hope you find the right breed for your family. Yorkies are curious, fun and get into lots of mischief.

I was trying to type an email yesterday and one of them pooped on the couch, then I had to jump up and take something away they were chewing and then they got into something else, all in a 3 minutes time span. They are a lot of work, but the rewards are amazing. These little loyal and fearless monsters are worth all the work!

Good luck finding the right dog for you. You can look into a rescue dog too. My 9 year old is the best dog in the world! Him and I are very close. A lot of love and patience with a rescue and you can have a dog that will love you for the rest of their life. It took him over a month to learn to play but he does. It just takes lots of patience. Puppies are great that they can be brought up with your children though.