 Ok.....I am here too
Ok, I have to jump into this....mainly because I am .....ummmmm UNUSUAL. I am a little "older" Mom, having raised one son, who is 22. But, God brought me a pretty cool guy, after 13 years of fun, exciting and wild "single life". So, guess what.....he did not have kids, sooooooooooooooooo you guessed it we now have two boys........and believe it or not. who are 10 and 6......they have conformed to my crazy life.....moving 7 times in 11 years, job changes, etc.
Well, what do I have now??? those two little boys, love, love dogs. We have rescue/fostered several. In fact you may recall, the two Italian Greyhounds, just recently, who by the way are WAY MORE fragile than most Yorkies.... Well, they did the feeding, cleaned up after them and helped teach them tricks.....and more importantly learned how to love and lose.....(due to adoption). They had to be extremely gentle with these two IG's based on the fact that their bones are very thin and break easy.....but , my guys were perfect gentleman....
So, I guess the point of my post is........don't assume because someone has small kids that they are not "candidates" for Yorkie ownership......
As Becki alluded too, and others......it is what the kids are exposed to....and how you teach your kids about animals in general....
I do agree, Becki does have a much thicker skin than me too.......I told her once, that she was a "mature" person in a young body.....LOL
But, I will be showing soon hopefully..................and maybe even one of my two boys may be in the ring eventually too.....as a Jr. Handler......we shall see..... |