Do I like my yorkies? No. I dearly love both of them more than I do most people!
They are always soo happy to see me when I come home, even if I was only gone 5 minutes! They are lovable, and great lap dogs! Don't get one if you don't want them to sleep in the bed with you though. Sleeping in the bed with you, is almost mandantory! My 2 are so entertaining too! The things they'll fuss over.
Also when I go out of town, nobody ever mind Adonis coming too. He's no trouble at all. I haven't been out of town since I got Venus though.
I can't think of much I dislike about either. But I do get aggitated trying to train my new one. My 5 year old is an angel. Now my 5 month old has chewed a lot of things, I wish she hadn't. And like any dog, till you get them trained like you want them, it will be aggitating at times.
Time spent grooming...one my older one about 5 minutes a night. I've kept his body hair short. Most of the 5 minutes is redoing his top knot.
Now the baby, since I got the cowboy magic, about 20 minutes a night at the most. She's got to where she falls alseep when I comb her matts out.
Can you do it yourself? Sure, but some is trial and error, and it takes buying some stuff to get started with. I know if I took my baby to get groomed, they'd shave her before they'd take time to get the mats out. Using the stuff that was recommended here, I get them out easy! They look impossible, but a little cowboy magic goes a long way! I'd never take either of mine to a groomer, I trust nobody cutting my babies hair!
I can't say whether she'll get along with your lab or not. My sis has 3 larger dogs. Adonis knows which ones are freindly, and he does tend to stay away from the yellow lab, who's been known to growl at him. My older yorkie, loves all dogs, and is a very friendly dog. So is Venus but she's a little young to socialize a whole lot yet. |