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Cody is adopted, his previous owner worked full time, the pup was gotten for their 8 y/o daughter. Cody was crated or x-penned the entire day. When family came home Cody had freedom of the house and the devotion of the little girl who carried him around like a baby in her arms, the child doted on this puppy, 2 years later mom had a baby, finances were limited and they were concerned the dog would be jealous of new baby getting lots of attention, so they surrendered him at 2.5 y/o. Cody came to me as a gift from my vet after loosing my 17 girl y/o 6 weeks earlier. I was home 3 weeks with my new boy, then my life got busy with my business, I had to leave him home alone, I didn't know how he would react to being alone, he was still adjusting to his new life. Well the first time went well. over the last 20 months I have had him there are many times due to business appoints he just cannot be with me, sometimes he's alone for max 8 hours and he does just fine. This is not an every day thing, I can be home for 3 weeks, then the next week out every other day. I think it depends on the personality of the individual yorkie. My passed 3 yorkies were left alone every day. My last two were alone for 15 hours a day due to having to commute to my job 2 states away.They did fine. But, when I came home it it was all about the pups, the few hours I had home before having to go to bed were devoted to my babies,weeks ends were for the pups. I believe you can own a yorkie and work full time as long as you give them the time, exerciser, and extra cuddle time. I can only tell of my experience with 5 yorkies I have had, Cody is #5. Maybe I was just lucky with my now 4 passed girls. I think when you get a puppy and train them to your schedule they adapt to your style of living. Cody came from a working family, then to me, I am more home then on the road due to business, but Cody handles being home alone just fine. But you are right when you say these precious babies end up in shelters when the owner sees they cannot give a yorkie all that it needs, again, IMO that falls on the owner not willing to sacrifice and make changes in their own life that will benefit the dog. These are NOT DEVOTED DOG LOVERS that are willing to put their dogs needs before their own. JMO