[baolinna]

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum as my husband and I just thought of getting a dog for the first time recently. We both work full-time and at first we were thinking of getting a puppy. However, one of the breeders I contacted told me she would not put her puppies in any home where the dog would be left alone for the whole day as yorkie is relatively hard to be potty trained. I appreciate her honesty and we for sure want to be responsible owners and definitely don't want the dog suffers a lot. Then I started thinking of maybe getting an adult from the retired dogs from the breeders but so far I didn't find anyone has one available. And I also searched for some yorkies available for adoption but found many of them are having some health issues and I am not confident to handle that since we never had any pets before. So here are my questions:

1. Is there anyone here has had their yorkie puppy while working full-time? What would be the longest time a yorkie puppy can be left home alone? (We live in the tri-state area and won't be able to come home during lunch break because of the commute and we don't have any family members living close who can check on the dog during the day)

2. How likely/often do the breeders have retired/adult dogs for sale/rehome? Or is there any other reliable source to get a adult yorkie?

3. Is it OK to leave an adult yorkie home alone during the day?

Any suggestions/answers would be appreciated and thank you all in advance!