[JadeD]

My first Yorkie went like this....

I brought home a 9 year old Yorkie who needed a home. I pretty much beg my husband to forgive me for not really asking permission, but he would have gone to the pound if I hadn't brought him home with me. My husband looks down at this little dog that is standing up and pawing at his legs for attention and says to him "You are cute, but you are her new dog, so go bug her." He looks at me and says it is fine that I brought him home but he is NOT sleeping in our bed. I agree to his terms. That was a Thursday night. Thursday night into a crate (large enough for a 50 lb dog) he went and he slept without a peep. Friday night, same thing, not a peep out of the yorkie, in fact by this point we were questioning if he knew how to bark as all he did was squeal when I would come into the room. Saturday night my husband says he is tired and going to bed at like 8:30! He left me with taking out both dogs, my new Yorkie and his 80 lb dog. Left me to turn everything off, lock up, etc. I go down about 9:45 to find him playing a video game. I go and get my Yorkie and put him on the bed with me so I can check facebook and stuff and then I get tired and I tell my husband "When you go up to the use the bathroom when you are done playing, put the dog in his crate for the night." The crate was right outside the bathroom.

I wake up at 9:30 the next morning with that Yorkie still curled up against my leg!!!! My husband said he was so cute curled up asleep with me that he just couldn't pull him out of bed to put him in a crate. He still sleeps with me a year later!

Then we bring home the puppy (Yorkie) and my husband wanted to put him in bed with us the first night! I told him when he is a little more house broken he can. He spent about 2 weeks in a crate next to our bed and my husband loves it when he curls up with him instead of with me. He is warmer at night so he has an advantage over me to get the dogs to go cuddle with him.

Yup, let them sleep with you once and they will sleep with you forever!