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Originally Posted by AMD

I've been trying to decide between a Yorkie and a Havanese. I just cann't decide and need to do a little bit more poking at everybody. I'm convinced I love the yorkie, but I don't wanna get a dog that's not gonna fit in well. (being too small and compact, even though that's what I love). I'm just afraid that what I love isn't gonna fit in well. Am I just being way to Paranoid??
I just cann't decide, and its' driving me crazy.

Rascal, our lab (female-60lb) is very mellow, and I wouldn't doubt she will be gentle with a yorkie. I have two older brothers in college, so they're not home much, but when they are, she sometimes playes rough with them. otherwise is plopped on the floor chewing something or of course slepping. When they're not home, all she does is sleep on the floor and never gets up. Personally, to her, I think a yorkie would just be a little squirt roming around the house. I doubt if she'll even care.

one of my moms friends knows someone who has a yorkie, and they say it's kinda "snotty". I've never heard that before, and that's what's kinda turning me off about the Yorkie, plus it's tiny size (which is what I like, but maybe it would be just too small). But with the Havanese, it's a little bit bigger. I just love tiny dogs, and that's where the yorkie fits in, but it seems like the Havanese more "stockyness" might be a little bit better for living conditions.

What do you think?....I feel like my heart falls for the yorkie, but somehow I feel like it wouldn't work out right. I have no idea why I feel that way. I know Rascal is gonna be fine, and I know that I'm gonna love having an adorable little dog to love.

Maybe by spring, when I'm planning on buying, I'll have made up my mind, which one I really like and will work out well.

Thanks everybody for the replies, I'm just not sure where I'm going yet. I've been meaning to get to a pet store **just to look**at the two. I know it's easy to fall in love with puppies, but I just want to see and get to know them both before making my move.

contacting breeders and going to shows are also something I might try.

Neither of my yorkies are snotty. They are fun loving little dogs. And if you are wanting bigger why not get a yorkie that is on the bigger side. My male is 10 lbs and he is very sturdy and I know he would be fine with a lab but I also know there are people on here with little ones that alsoo have big dogs. I would go to pet stores and look at them and spend time with them. Of course I am a yorkie owner so I favor yorkies but they really are a special breed and usually once someone has one they say they will never not have one. Anyway best of luck with your decision