I grew up with German Shepherds. I would tag along with my mom to the shows and I always hung out at the Terrier rings. I wanted a small dog when I was little.....and my loves were Parson Russells (Jack Russells at the time) and Yorkies! I also had horses growing up so I was around Jack Russells a lot and ended up owning and showing those first, but I always still wanted a Yorkie. London was my first and she came to our family a few weeks ago and then went to heaven last week. I only had a short time with a Yorkie in my life but I will cherish every min of it! She was a very special little girl and heaven is very lucky to have her as an angel. Hopefully, when the time is right, I will find another Yorkie baby to join our family.

After my Cocker Spaniel died in January of '06, I swore that I would never get another dog even though I still had 2. When I lost her, I just couldn't bare the thought of ever having to go through that again with another baby other than with the 2 I already had. It was just TOO painful for me :cry: I was depressed for a LONG time.

But, being the dog (and animal) lover that I am, one day I was looking online at puppies just oooh'ing and ahhh'ing at them. I was actually looking at Dachshund puppies as I already owned (and still do own) a Mini Doxie. However, my cousin had been telling me for the longest that I needed to get a Yorkie and to be honest at first I didn't even want one :eek: And might I add in that the thought of NOT wanting a Yorkie now just totally boggles my mind :confused: LOL. Anyway though, my cousin had one and although I loved her baby, I was still wanting another Mini Dachshund. Well...somehow (I can't remember how) I stumbled upon baby Yorkie pictures and that pretty much did me in :rolleyes: LOL. Once I saw them I was looking at pictures of them online NON STOP and was BEGGING my hubby for one. For about a month or more all I heard him say to me was, "NO NO NO! No more dogs!" as he too had such a hard time when we lost our Cocker Spaniel. But eventually, after BEGGING him all day and all night, he said YES :D So, the search was on and it did take a month or two...but I finally found my little Stedman and boy am I soooooo GLAD I did! :D My best friend was buying her first Yorkie baby at the same time I was just about, so it was pretty exciting :D She and I both now have 1 boy and 1 girl - PERFECTION!! :D

When I was 16 my best friend's mom got yorkies and ever since then I always wanted one. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT...:)

My oldest son came home from NYC with a Yorkie he was babysitting for a friend. Hubby and I fell in love with the Yorkie and I was so sad when he went home. I don't know who I missed more, the Yorkie or my son... we had never had a small dog, or any animal in our house but we were so smitten with a dog that was really smart and would grow only to puppy size-less than 8 pounds! We bought Rusty and all books written about Yorkies ASAP! We are getting our 2nd, Cheyenne, tomorrow I hope.

Some friends of my parents had Yorkies and they were so sweet. I've just always had a soft spot for them so when I decided I wanted a small dog that didn't shet I knew it had to be a Yorkie. Now I'm hooked!:D

I am loving this thread....

When our Coca (siberian husky & old english sheepdog) passed away at 13 yrs. old. I wanted another dog. I wanted a little one. My mom was searching on the net through petfinder because she wanted a small dog also. She found one got accepted and then dad said NO. She emailed them back and said I was going to take her and they said ok. That was Celina and she was a Shih tzu. She ended up not being a good fit for our family as she HATED men so, we rehomed her. She constantly tried to bite my hubby and she did bite my brother in law. So, I have to have one that does not shed as my daughter has severe asthma and allergies. About this same time my girls decided they wanted to do 4H. My youngest Ru said she wanted to a pig and then the money she got from it she was going to buy a Yorkie puppy. My inlaws had someone living them that had one. She feel in love. We had a little poodle when I was growing up and loved the Maltese. I was going to get a malti-poo. I am bad about our girls come first. My hubby said we can only have one dog. I let Ru get Gracie as I was still undecided about what breed I really wanted. I love her to death and my hubby actually admits she is pretty cute and pretty good. He is not sure about putting clothes on her or her going everywhere but he is getting use to it. I keep telling him if we have a little dog I can mother then I will not ask him about having anymore children. ;)

I am loving this thread too!!! :) Ours was a pretty easy decision I wanted a little companion dog with alot of heart. My daughter has allergies so our list of breeds was very limited, one look at that adoreable face and that was it. I am completely addicted!

My girlfriend hounded me for over a year about getting a dog and I wouldn't budge. First of all I'm allergic to most dogs and cats. Since I recently got into saltwater aquariums we were in a pet shop together to look for coral and fish when I saw this little pug that I thought was really cute. Although I liked the pug, I didn't feel comfortable buying a dog from the pet shop and I knew I would be allergic to this breed. I did realize however, that I could easily grow attached to these little critters. I did some research and then surprised her about a month later by taking her with me to pick up Bernie this past Easter Sunday. We could not be any happier with him! :animal-pa

I have ALWAYS wanted a yorkie... when I was dating my hubby I was working at victorias secret and this one girl came in with a little yorkie boy! I was in heaven!!! I wanted him soooooooooooooooooooooo bad and she said that he was the last puppy left..:eek: so I begged and begged to get him... and nope nothing... so my hubby and I got married almost a year later... we have lived with my inlaws ever since... I unfortunately married into a family of people that hate pets... :(:thumbdown so... my inlaws are in Africa for the next year and a half and we are house sitting for them... so before they left I had been bugging them to let me have a yorkie here since I moved in... and we all sat down one night talking about all of the things that we needed to take care of while they where gone.... the subject of me getting a dog came up and they said that we where in charge and we could do whatever we wanted... so I got GRACIE!!!! :):D:cheer::cheer:

I saw a yorkie for the first time 12 years ago and from that day on I said I would get have a few once I had all the kids and they were older. Now, I didn'T wait until my youngest was "older" but I don't regret a thing! I definately would have a housefull...right after I pulled up the carpets and laid tile or laminate or any other wipeable surface...these two have ruined the carpets...that are either new or fairly new! :eek:

I have loved Yorkies since the first time I watched a dog show on tv I think I was about 5 years old. Then I saw Joan Rivers and she had her Yorkie and I still wanted one about 15years old, Then I got a job and moved alot and then in 1997 I ended up in Michigan and I decided it was time I got what I wanted. So I contacted a breeder and wasn't to particular on the gender but I did want a girl to make dresses for. Well the breeder only had boys left so I was gonna come look at them as it happened the day before I was going there she calls me and asks me if I still want a girl, I said yes and I asked her where the girl was from . Well I must've had an angel watching me because she told me it was the only female from the litter and a couple bought her because the wife was told she couldn't have kids then she got pregnant and they didn't want the girl anymore so they brought her back. I picked her up on my baby sisters birthday. Then came the boys a year later, and Now another year later and I will be adding a second girl to my ever growing four legged family.

I never even liked little dogs until last summer! My friend got a Yorkie cross and I thought she was the most precious little pup. Then she had 2 puppies and I joined YT to get information and advice. I watched the pups grow and checked out all the pictures of YT babies and I feel head over heels in love with the breed! In december a lady was selling 2 pups for a very reasonable price and I looked at them and feel in love with the female. Everyday since, I fall more and more in love with my baby Tessa and the Yorkie breed! I really wish I had know about them years ago!:)

I am actually a pit bull girl....but when we moved out nobody in San Diego would rent to us, so I had to find them a new home, they are doing great and although it broke my heart, I don't regret it....BUT when I was living in NY I had my pit, one roomie had a yorkie, and one had a doxie so I fell in love with the yorkie and said if I never had to get a small dog, it HAD to be a yorkie!! Ha Ha And here I am am with Maxx!!! :D