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04-20-2008, 02:50 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member | Are you a Yorkie lover ??? Are you a Yorkie lover ??? You own sweatshirts as well as tee-shirts, key fobs, coffee cups, ties and tie-pins, refrigerator magnets, stamps and figures showing the pictures of the Yorkie breed and at least one of the hedges in the garden is cut in the shape of a Yorkie. You have been saving money for months, just to get some more of the articles as mentioned in 1. at the next dog exhibition. Your Yorkie gets expensive premium food, as well as fresh meat, but you live on fast food and frozen pizza. You have much more dog baskets, leashes and collars than Yorkies. When you meet nice people during a walk you will firstly introduce your Yorkie. You take your Yorkie, immediately to university hospital when he's got a little scratch, but when you break your own toes you glue them together with some insulating tape and take some aspirin to alleviate your pain. You use the same dog shampoo for your Yorkie and yourself. You would never forget your Yorkies birthday (unlike to your partner's birthday). You justify buying a big car by the thought that it provides enough room for your Yorkies. You prefer working at night in order to spend the whole day with your Yorkie. You know your vet's phone number by heart. You find dog biscuits in every pocket of your trousers as well as jackets. You own second-hand furniture, but your Yorkie has the most exclusive dog bed. When having a bad day you will only talk about it with your Yorkie. Your only friends are people owning a Yorkie themselves. You are always ready for Yorkie-sitting, but never for babysitting. The distant whimper of your Yorkie being two rooms further away makes you jump out of your bed at 3 a.m., but you won't hear the alarm clock ringing right beside you. You know more about dog food than about people food. (which shows your own look). You only have photos showing your Yorkie (sometimes even a human being). You have collars and leashes hanging on the walls, dog cleaning products standing on the television set, dog bones and toys lying everywhere round. From the water bowl water traces lead in every direction and the print of your dog's nose can be seen on every piece of furniture, but you don't change anything, even if you know that guests will arrive soon. When your Yorkie gets ill you will be ill, too. You buy a caravan while taking into consideration that the Yorkie must have his own bed in there. You lie in bed crooked to make sure your Yorkies have enough room. When you can't lie any longer you move to the couch and your Yorkies, of course, too. You moved away with your Yorkie. But to make sure he can still play with his best dog friend, no distance is too far for you to take him there. As you take your Yorkie with you everywhere you go, if possible, you make neither your appointment and dates such that your Yorkie is disturbed at any rate while sleeping nor will he miss a walk or a food. You look for a new house, but only one with a garden to make your Yorkies feel more comfortable at home. This takes longer, as you cannot pay such a high rent and besides you are a single parent. Everybody says "Give away the dogs, then you'll find a flat much faster". You would nearly live on the streets, but you keep on searching until you find something. By now the Yorkies are 15 and 13 years old, but still with you and this is all that counts...... You give friends being afraid of dogs a warm welcome and prevent them, just in time, from falling down the stairs backwards. After that, you persuade them that they offended your Yorkie by their reaction. You will be in a huff, if guests do not appreciate your Yorkies expressions of sympathy. As the Yorkie is an animal with a very good nose you let him sniff deliberately what you've eaten - and as he is intelligent you explain to him that it would be too spicy seasoned for him. You like those letter, fax and e-mail writers most who do not only send greetings to you, but also give the paw to your Yorkie. You will be jealous if your Yorkie - whatever the reason is, pays more attention to other people than to you. You no longer like Goethe, as he did not like dogs (and even barking disturbed him). You admit that you need your Yorkie as much as he needs you. You sometimes feel like licking him, too. You don't buy a car (a big one, of course, see above) with air conditioning, but one with parking heater for your Yorkieto be able to come along in winter, too. It tears your heart apart if you sometimes have to leave your Yorkie at home alone, after all. You show a positive attitude towards holiday resorts (for example with a dog beach) and hotels offering dog service, either as an enthusiastic customer or with highest praise. If you are travelling, your Yorkie's luggage is in principle bulkier than yours. Your Yorkie has his own mailbox which is always full of messages.... You have baby fencing at all appropriate places in the house, but not a single baby can be seen. You can neither look out of the front passenger's window, nor of the rear window, as they are completely smeared with nose prints. You have 32 different names for your Yorkie, most of them not making any sense, but your dog understands all of them. Your Yorkie eats a lot of strange food (you know what I mean), but he is after all allowed to kiss you. You like people who like your Yorkie and despise those who don't like him. You talk about your Yorkie like other people about their children. You sign and send postcards, e-mails and greetings on every occasion also in the name of your dog. You have an extra cover on your bed to make it most comfortable for your Yorkie ( or should I better say, for you having cover on your own, too.... )) ) You prefer staying at home on Saturday evenings to cuddle with your Yorkie, instead of going out with your girlfriend and/or boyfriend. You get an extra large shower pipe installed in the bathtub, to be able to wash your Yorkie in there. On your desk there is a picture of your Yorkie and no other picture. You always inform other people wherever you are what it means to be a responsible Yorkie owner. You are the only person in the pouring rain, as you want to go for a walk with your Yorkie. You don't use "Happy Hours", as you prefer going home to your Yorkie. Your weekends are strategically planned to be spent in places and with activities being relevant for your Yorkie. You dig a zigzag path through the snow in the garden to make it possible for your Yorkie to go to all his favourite places. You find a dog hair in your food, but go on eating as if nothing had happened.... You have pictures of your Yorkie, instead of pictures of your parents, siblings, partner or any other human being in your wallet... And the reason #1 for you to be a Yorkie lover is that your Yorkie is the star of your website!
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04-22-2008, 01:16 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: WA
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| OMG Too true! I was showing a friend some pictures I took at a concert recently and we continued to look through the rest of the pictures that were on my phone...after about the 12th one of Xavier she looked at my husband and asked "Is it okay that she has way more pictures of her dog then you?" He laughingly replied "You should see the actual camera!"
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04-22-2008, 02:37 AM | #4 |
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| lol.. |
04-22-2008, 03:18 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida
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| [FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="3"]How true it that!! We can hardly walk in the house because of all the beds and toys. We have 8 beds in the living room alone. Also, there are baby gates in 4 doorways. There is a playpen for the puppies in the dinning room. We have stacking crates in our RV so we can travel. (They use pads in the shower there. They just hop right in.) We have 7 yorkies and 3 yorkie puppies and I see us spending the rest of our lives in just this way and I am SO happy!
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04-22-2008, 04:02 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| I loved your post because it hit home so well; the toys, beds, pics everything you said. Isn't it amazing how they control our lives instead of us controlling theirs? I wouldn't change a thing!
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04-22-2008, 04:10 AM | #8 |
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| While I am not quite 100% as described in the post, I am well on my way! lol!
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04-22-2008, 06:32 AM | #9 |
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| Very cute!
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