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Originally Posted by yorkiefan_  Are you going to be able to provide your pup lots of time outside? Cookie loves the outdoors and she really needs the outside time to get exercise chasing squirrels and lizards and such. Minnie was like that too, always wanting to hunt outdoors. If I don't take Cookie on walks and/or give her lots of time to chase things in the back yard she gets some real cabin fever. I mean she won't pee in the corner or start biting at me or anything if it's a really rainy day, but she will do zoomies through the house and try to kill her toys with extreme prejudice. Though this is exactly what I told my breeder (Deb Sillers from Amazing Yorkies) what I was looking for: a high energy pup, and three years in Cookie is exactly that.
YorkieMom1 is right about finding a good show breeder. I never had any confidence problems with Cookie, she has been a love bug since the day I got her. I always hear pups can be pretty scared for a while, but Cookie wasn't. And the only costs after getting her have been for shots, food, heartworm and flea prevention, checkups, and of course lots of toys and clothes! Getting a healthy pup from a great breeder doesn't just make sense moneywise though, I mean do you want to give your heart to a dog and then have it ripped apart as she is battling health problems due to poor breeding?
You might look at the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America to find good breeders near you, and then maybe you could meet them at shows. |
Hmm I do have a backyard with a fence and all.. but I was honestly wanting a dog that if I <ever> had to move out of my parents and had to live somewhere like say.. an apartment.. well they wouldn't have trouble living there either.. As well as their exersice needs could be met with either vigorous indoor play.. or walking outside for an hour or less. (walking not running- lmao I cannot run for my life + I am not in proper health either to do so)
I just want a dog that I can cuddle with for long periods of time.