My husband and I have been dog sitting a neighbor's Yorkie off and on for the past six months or so and have fallen in love with her and the breed. We are both animal lovers, but neither of us had any prior experience with Yorkies.
Trupa is seven years old and currently 15 pounds, though she probably should weigh around 12. She's a big girl and we like that. DH always says that when we get one, he wants a "big Yorkie."
We have two cockatiels who are 20+ years old (one was hatched in our apartment), a youngish budgie who flew into a neighbor's window a couple of years ago and an 11-year-old European starling. We also have a six-year-old guinea pig. We don't want to get a dog right now, because of the birds, who come out to play on a tree in the living room a couple times a day. Trupa tries to catch them when they fly courtesy of her strong prey drive. We don't think she wants to hurt them per se, but we obviously can't take any chances. So keeping them safely away from her is a task. And I'm sure that it's stressful for the birds as well.
I'm here because I have gone Yorkie crazy. I love Trupa so much and am very much looking forward to the day when we can have a Yorkie of our own. I am also looking forward to learning from everyone here.