I too very much agree, the advice you have been given is very good advice!! I wish you the best whatever you decide.:)
Welcome to YT!!:welcome4:

What kind of THINGS do you mean is sad, that sounds like a good thing to me, no pee on the carpet?

we have a chorkie, a little girl called Bobbi, she's 3 years old and didn't take long to toilet train. Chorkies are very intellegent and have a good memory. They have all the best bits of both breeds. I'm sure that if you get one you will cope fine just remember that cos they are so small they are very fragile and don't do well if kids handle them roughly. Good luck.

I agree, no one wants their carpet messed up, but what if the dog wakes up in the middle of the night, jumps off the bed (assuming you let him sleep with you, most of us do) and pukes on the carpet. It happens. Carpet with a toddler is going to get messed up too :)

Anyway, I just wanted to suggest that you train your dog to only potty outside and not litter box or pad train. Many dogs that are pad trained mistake the carpet for the pad. Mine only go outside - they ring a bell - and while they might have an accident if left home too long or sick, they do not seek out spots on the carpet to go.

Okay so maybe I'll give some advice after all. I hope I'm not being rude or offensive - I just want to make sure you understand where we are all coming from.

The reason why people are concerned about your husband feeling the way he does is because you really should NOT get a dog if your husband doesn't want one. If he said absolutely not and then only said yes once he found out that they "came potty trained" then you have you understand that he will not be happy when you get a dog. Mainly because they do not come potty trained and they WILL pee on your carpet. There is no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Yorkies and toy breeds are notorious for being tough to potty train and I know does who are 3, 4, 5 years old who STILL are not potty trained. It will not be easy.

If your husband does not want a dog he will not feel comfortable with a dog in the house and the dog will sense that, making it both uncomfortable and unhappy leading to even more problems with training. It's a cycle. Dogs are extremely sensitive to our emotions and a HUGE investment of time, money, and energy. It is a BIG decision and you should not get one unless you both are completely ready to have one. I know it seems like it's "just a dog" but it's not just a dog. They are living, breathing beings and they require a lot of effort. Too many dogs are in shelters because of this VERY reason.

You sound upset, I did not mean to put you on the defense and I don’t think anyone else here did ether. I was just telling you what I would have wanted someone to tell me, they can make great dogs and I was not trying to talk you out of it, if you have done your research and so has the breeder and this is what you want then go for it. Just make sure to see proof that the breeder has done his health research. I hope you like it here on YT it is a great place to get knowledge and make friends:D

I plan to have him in a crate while I am gone if he doesn't go with me and he won't sleep in the bed with us until he is completly trained.

And with my toddler when he colors or anything like that he is in his high chair off the carpet and he uses the color wonder markers now anyways. I am not saying it will never happen but just like with the dog in close supervision it will be WAY less likely!

My hubby had never had any pets growing up as a child, now we have had 2 cats, three guinea pigs, and a pair of old birds. The cats we still have. The guinea pigs grew old and passed away as did the birds. After all of this hubby put his foot down and said no more pets. He wasn't onboard when I found Wednesday but as soon as he held her in his arms he was hooked. Now he pulls out his phone and shows off her pictures to anyone who will listen. Get your hubby to spend time with the dog before you bring it home, it may make all the difference in the world.

My husband did not care either way when I got Lily now he is as much in love as I am, he is so crazy for her, he is like a new dad LOL he calls lily his daughter.

I have a chorkie, Banjo- he broke his leg, and undr sedation they heard a heart murmur, but I think he is just fine- no one had heard it before- so I am thinking it was the sedation!
Check out the parnets health, are thy giving any kind of a guarentee??

Banjo was 1.6 lbs at 8 wks- he is 9 lbs now- but that still is not a big dog!
Really around small children- tiny tiny'a are not the best- alittle bigger dog is much safer for all!

Good Luck- I love my chorkie!
but yorkies or yorkie mixes are not the easies to housebeak!

Yeah the people on here dont realize or even ask so far how he is reacting to the fact that we are getting a dog now after i have found one. He took pictures when we went to see him and he does the same thing, he couldnt wait to pull out his phone and show off the pictures!!

Well, I currently live in a house with 3 animals. A new house too. lol. With a 2 year old cat, a 10 pound little male dog that happens to be a chorkie, and I just got a tiny little yorkie puppy girl who is now 4 1/2 months and is just barely over 2 pounds.

First, my moms chorkie looks basically like a yorkie and acts like a yorkie, he just has the sturdy little body of a chihuahua, so even though hes 10 pounds hes still pretty small. But he is stubborn! ok, this is going to be long.. lol

I just have to say that everyone is giving these bad impressions about animals and that makes me sad. So I am going to give a good one. I have not had these horrible experiences with my animals (the cat and the puppy). my cat does not pee around the house nor has she ever. i got her the day she turned 8 weeks, took her to the litter to show her where it was, and there she went thereafter. no mistakes! maybe females are better? the same goes for my little pebbles. maybe i am lucky...maybe the breeder just trained her well before I got her but she has only peed off the paper about 5 times in her almost 5 month life. she also holds her pee all night while she sleeps with me. since day one! she just likes the paper. I used a training spray with her and was very religious about taking her to potty during the correct times. I didnt want to crate train her and I am currently in the home so I have time to train her. She also does not chew on anything... but she does do the nuzzle biting of fingers and toes that comes with tiny breed puppies. I think knowing what to do and how to train the animal properly is important. With that said... My moms dog is a good example of what not to do! My mom did not have the time to train the chorkie. she was away at work and he had alot of time to himself. HE CHEWED EVERTYTHING. couch, fences, crates.. anything. She was also not religious with the potty training and he still to this day marks around the house if he does not have his potty pad on.

I remember there were small children next door when she got him.. there was this small 4year old girl and she would come over and play with him. SHE picked him up quickly one time and DROPPED HIM ON HIS HEAD on the CONCRETE! luckily he was fine...but if a 4 year old were to drop my 2 pound puppy on concrete she would likely be seriously injured or dead. And this is the size of the puppy you are looking at. So. I would always be supervised with the 2 year old, only play on the ground, on soft surface, etc.

Everyone seems to be discouraging you, but I KNOW there has to be families out there with small children that make it work for them and the animals end up ok. there has to be.

However, I do agree with everyone about your husband. it makes me uneasy. he kind of sounds like an "animal hater," a term me and my friends use to describe people who didnt grow up with pets lol. i mean it in jest but still, he does sound like he didnt grow up with pets. they will throw up occasionally, there will be accidents eventually. even if they were raised by CEASER the dog whisperer.. they will get old and probably start peeing around the house lol I ideally would like your husband to love the animal more than the carpet... maybe he will though. Sometimes those little animals melt even the toughest of hearts. I mean, Pebbles has got everyone I know cradling her like a BABY, singing to her and rubbing her belly! even the "animal haters." If shes doing this, anything is possible :)

a chorkie is probably too small to have with a 2 yr old. try to get a dog from a rescue site that is around 6 lbs, and one year old. be careful to make the right choice so everyone is happy and safe. and get a rug doctor especially
if you get a puppy. i also have a doggy door which goes out to a fenced in area. my dogs let themselves out.. and it does take about a year.. but, you could prohbably do potty training faster if you watch him constantly. very small dogs can get hurt too easily...:) good luck:aimeeyork:animal36
i love my yorkipoos. smart and cute:aimeeyork:animal36:animal-pa

well maybe the fact people react like this .. like me too,.. cause alot of people have had experience with dogs and people that said no in the beginning to have a dog for what ever reason...
Sometimes they are really happy with the new puppy after all.. but there are cases and i know those too that the wife want one and the hubby didnt want one.. and at the end the dog was stressed and the wife was upset cause they couldnt get the puppy housetrained fast enough.. and its not the dogs fault so thats what people are concerned about here..
We dont know your husband and we dont know your 2 year old and ofcourse we dont know you..
Its only that people are concerned about the dog ..
so its not a personal thing, but an overall thing the situation you explained the what and when .. and thats the only reason why people respond.

If you have uyour puppy already and you and your hubby is happy with it.. I can only say congrats and enjoy ! :)

love priscilla and snickers

Hi Heather :wavey: & Welcome to YT! I read yr post last nite & wrote you a long paragraph, but I arrowed back to read yr post again....then lost what I wrote originally.:( Anyway, I know you found YT because you are trying to learn all that you can & are asking for advice. I commend you for that! :thumbup: Honestly, I think some are a little harsh with opinions to newcombers because we aren't as experienced, but "wasn't everyone @some point". To judge someone that you don't even know "personally" is really harsh. It's not at all strange to me that your husband would want to take things into consideration first. It's a brand new home. Not everyone can just replace things as easily. I wanted to get one when my daughter got her little furbaby, but my husband wanted to wait because of traveling, thought we'd be moving soon, etc. A yr later, I wanted one soooooo bad, he came to terms with it. You wouldn't believe how much he loves And cares for her!! :p She is so spoiled by us Both!! We tease who she loves the most. ;) Timing has alot to do with it sometimes. It's possible that you need to wait a little longer for your toddler to get a little older first. But after you weigh all the pros/cons, you are really the only one to know if you can handle it all or not.
I did not have any problems potty training Bella. She uses puppy pads. It really works out great for me. The key is keeping them confined in small areas & it takes a while. They get confused & forget when they have full roam. Also, she slept all night long in a crate the first nite. She just wanted to be able to see Mommy so I elevated the crate on a small table right beside me.;) Praise, Praise, Praise is important! I will say, she did go through the "chewing phase", but that goodness, hopefully that's over. They are just like real toddlers in that you have keep an eye on them at all times!
I wish you all the best. Hope you get lots of advice that you can soak in. Hope you continue to tune in @YT no matter what yr decision for now!