whispersmom2- I do respect your opinions. Everybody is entitled to their own. And I am so sorry to hear about the puppy. That is so very sad
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You are very correct when you said it is not fair for the kids not to have friends over. My son is never denied having his friends over. I do diagree with me being a doggy police. Amber loves her cage! I could put her in my bedroom where no kids are allowed. But she perfers her cage. I have her door open at all times and she goes in and out of there on her own when she wants to. Amber would not handle it very well if I did something different with her when my sons friends are over. And it is not like she is in there for a long period of time. She is only in there when the kids come inside for a potty break a drink etc. Then when they go back outside I will open the door and give her the choice to come out if she wants to. Sometimes she does and sometimes she chooses to stay in there. I have always said if any type of accident were to happen with Amber it will happen by my husband. I do not worry as much as I do with my own children as I do when my husband is home. He is more pron to step on her, sit on her or lay on her (and he weighs alot more than the children do to
) . And again I do respect your way of thinking. And I am sure others will disagree with me as well. But this is the way I feel. A yorkie is not for every household with children. But other houshold a Yorkie is a great choice. Mabie I feel this way is because my mom had 5 little ones (all really close in ages). We were grown up with Malteses. All of us had the most respect for those little guys. And out of 5 kids there were never any accidents with our dogs.