I saw a picture of a yorkie puppy in a cute little sweater about 4 years ago and at that moment I decided I wanted one and her name must be Riley. At that point in time I wasn't really allowed to have animals and if I was it definitely wasn't being paid for. As time went on I met my wonderful fiance. We got a few animals, but I kept telling him my home was not complete without this yorkie I've wanted for such a long time. Anyways, Valentine's Day rolls around and my finace takes me to a breeder and lets me pick out my little Riley. It was the best present ever. It might have been Valentines Day, but it was better than Christmas. :D

Ive always wanted a small cute dog since I was younger. I like the size and color of a yorkie and since i was 13 ive wanted a dog. My mom would never let me get a dog so for my 20th bday i got my first puppy. I got him from a breeder in TN. Didnt know much about breeders at the time, but i am happy with my doggie and wouldnt trade him for anything in the world.

I have always thought they were soo cute. Way back when I didnt know what breed they were, but as babies they were really cute. I then learned that they were yorkies and I saw them as adults, and guess what? They stay cute..lol

Back in Oct. I lost my father and my mother passed 5 years ago. My family and I live in Japan and I felt very isolated from the rest of my family and was very depressed. So, I thought a puppy would make me feel so much better. I told my husband, lets go look at puppies, he wasnt thrilled but went anyways. And there she was...I held her and begged my husband for her, but he didnt want to pay so much for a dog. A week later I went back and she was still there so I bought her. She has been an angel ever since. She has brought me so much joy, and she has my husband wrapped around her little paw too:)

Just wanted to add....I got her from a pet store..I know I know I know...I didnt know they were bad until this forum, but living in Japan, I wouldnt even know where to start to find a breeder anyways.

I didn't know much about yorkies specifically before I got Thor. He belonged to a coworker of mine, and we have a dog-friendly office, so she always brought him in. I didn't pay him much attention at first. He was just this annoying little dog who would occasionally stop by my office to beg for food or poop on the floor. Then one day I thought it would be fun to train him to Sit. Well, after I fed him, he decided I was his best buddy ever. Every time I came into the office, he would come rushing over to get a walk or a pet, or just a little one on one time.

Eventually he pooped in the wrong person's office, and he had to be put on a leash or be banned from the building. After that, every time I walked in, I would hear him crying his little doggie heart out to be allowed to come say hi. Once one of these animals decides to love you, you have no choice but to love them back. :D

As a little girl ,I remember looking through my grandparents set of encylopedias at the different dog breeds and the yorkie was my favorite.
After my father passed of lung cancer I quit smoking and on my 3rd month of being smoke free my hubby surprised me with a yorkie........

How Mia came to us...
 

Oh boy.....How Mia came about.
We own an apartment. Our new tenants moved in with this little dog Diggy. She was a 6 month old yorkie. She would come over quite often and play with our (much bigger) dog Ozzy. My kids and I started getting attached. Then Diggy would come over and have sleep overs, I would bathe her, feed her and basically do everything her family should have been doing all along. She became my new found friend. My daughter (mind you was only 4) completely fell in love. Until the bleak morning in December. Diggy got out of the apartment one evening. They chose not to go looking for her. (If I would have known I would have gone looking for her, in which I did numerous times.) On my way to take my kids to school the next morning my daughter saw Diggy's Little pink collar on the side of the road. (yes she was still attached) She was hit by a car not even 50 feet from our house. We were devastated. I was devastated. She is now at rest in our back yard. :(
On a lighter note..... My husband made it his mission to find me a Diggy. We looked and looked. We found a puppy. We were in the process of going to go pick her up. Then the broker emails me and tells me he sold her. We had already named her Lilly Rose. But.... He had another female for me.... We drove 2 hours on a Sunday to go get her. When I got to the house he told me all of the puppies were stolen. Once again.... devastation.....I cried all the way home. Then he emailed me... he had a male. I told him I couldn't have a male, we already have an "alfa" male. I didn't want any problems. So he said ok he had a female. We met halfway, hoping we weren't getting duped... again. Any ways.... That is how we ended up with Mia Rose. I don't know if anyone will read this. But it was nice to be able to put my experience down in type.... I love to read everyones stories and look at all of the pics...Mia is my little angel....:p

I read your story I know how it feels to put it in writing. I had to put our Lhasa Poo to sleep and had a horrible broken heart. I truly feel my Lhasa Poo lead me to our Yorkie. She knew we needed eachother.

I always wanted one, and there was an ad on the site for an only 150.00 with papers. It was the best investment I ever made.

Wow...You really lucked out..$150.00? Although it's not the $. But these days it's hard. I had alot of trouble with the scams and the bartering. I just wanted a baby to love. But all in all, we are very happy...:aimeeyork

I wanted a yorkie because my neighbor had one and she was so cool and sweet, but she was smaller then the one I got. Anyway yeah she was soooo cute and she wouldn't let you pick her up if she didn't like you and last but not least she was FIESTY and I liked that. I got mine from a breeder that had about 6 of them of her own.

I have always liked big dogs. I never liked small dogs until my sister got a yorkie 1 1/2 years ago. My Giorgio is the most gentle, loving, docile, sweet-natured dog ever. My Chanel is fiesty, fun-loving, playful, and incredibly loving. Neither of them are aggressive at all, and play well with my 2 and 4 year olds. I adore them, and don't believe I will ever have any other type of dog.

I'm so sorry about the disappointment you and your daughter experienced. I am very pleased to see that you finally got Mia Rose!!!!! That's great!!! :animal36

So, she gave him to you?

I didn't want another dog! When I lost my Pom of 13 years, it was like I lost a part of me, that was about 8 years ago.

My mother in law had cancer and was going through chemo and radiation and happen to live in the same town as my sister in law (about 7 hours away). My sister in law's Yorkie was going to have puppies and I said, "We'll take a female". I now know why I said it. My mother in law held Bella the first 5 weeks of her life and would let Bella fall asleep on her chest, Mom knew Bella was going to us. When Bella was 7 weeks my mother in law was admitted into the hospital where she died 2 weeks later.

Bella had a lot of meaning for several reasons. This tiny little Yorkie really helped my husband especially get through the death of his mom. Just knowing she held Bella, petted and even bought Bella a couple little blankets before she (Bella) was born, has so much meaning. I feel Bella is a little Angel. My DH held this little dog and cried! She (Bella) is special to us.

BTW, we knew nothing about Yorkies, except they are cute, until I found this site. Sorry, I didn't mean to ramble and make this long. ~Lori

It's a long story, documented right here on YT! Short version, yes, she sold him to me and moved to New York to go to school. She still visits here on a regular basis.

I bought Spencer, my first Yorkie, with my jack-pot bingo winnings...hubby told me I could spend it on anything I wanted and I wanted a Yorkie. We found him...or should I say he found us at a breeders home nearby. That was 17 years ago...Winston is my second Yorkie. You know the old story, once you have a Yorkie...you'll always have a Yorkie. I know I will never be Yorkieless.

So on Feb 20th of this year I brought Couver home and have been in love ever since! :rolleyes:[/quote]

Couver - I love that name - so unique! :)

I got "my" very first dog, a schnauzer mix, from a rescue right before my youngest daughter married and left home. Sadly, Toby was only with us 4.5 years when he became ill (seizures, blindness, tremors) and I had him pts. :cry: I decided to wait a bit before looking for another pet and didn't have a particular breed in mind, I just knew I wanted a small dog that didn't shed. About a month later, I was cleaning up around the house and began to toss our small, local newspaper into the waste basket, when I had second thoughts and read thru the Classified Ads. Lo and behold, there was an ad for an adult, female yorkie that "needs lots of love". I wasn't sure exactly what that meant LOL! But I called and spoke with a wonderful woman; it was her son's yorkie that she was rehoming for him. He had graduated college, acquired a gf and also a second job...hence the "needs lots of love"! Olivia was almost 8 yrs old, and had been a breeder for 5 years before being rehomed with her son. The lady wanted to keep Olivia, but her DH said their one yorkie was enough...so we went to "just see" her...and drove home with her on my lap! :D Just like with Toby, it was love at first sight. She is missing a few teeth (and maybe a few more after her dental tomorrow :eek:) and has a few quirky issues, likely because of her "previous life", but she is a doll baby, so sweet. Like another poster, I really didn't know anything about the yorkie breed until I came across this website - YT has been a huge help to me. I'm kind of glad I didn't research the breed too much before I got Olivia - if I had known how difficult they can be to housetrain...hmmm.....LOL

For many years, every time I would see a Yorkie, I would have to stop and talk to them and ask the owner if I could pet them. I loved their adorable faces and personality. One year after losing our 20 year old cat, I decided to start my search for my Yorkie. I spoke to a referred breeder and due to various circumstances was never able to meet with her since she lived several hours away from me. After sitting by a couple at a Little Richard concert in Mississippi and hearing about their Yorkie, I contacted their breeder. Well, it was meant to be. She had puppies that would be available in about 5 weeks. My daughter and granddaughter were going to be in that area soon. They went to the breeder and chose my JoJo. In fact, when they started to leave, he stood up on the side of the kennel and started howling. The breeder said the puppies had never acted that way before. We went back several weeks later and brought our baby home. It was love at first sight.

abbey adopting US
 

we had never had a dog..always cats. We had moved 8 hrs away from family and I was beyond sad..missed family and grandkids so much..could hardly get outa bed.one day hubby suggested getting a puppy..I said NO
then I started researching online..and decided I wanted a Morkiepoo. we went to the breeder's and he had morkie's and yorkiepoo's..I looked and thought..yeah theyre all cute abut didnt think I'd be able to give the love and attention a pup would need. started to go towards the car and this tiny little thing scrambled over all the puppies and jumped up crying and reaching towards us! Hubby picked Abbey up and hasnt put her down yet. she goes everywhere with us...love my cats but they are so independent where abbey wants 100% attention and gets it. she has helped me so much with my being lonely for family..she is my baby and I cant imagine life without her.

Great thread!
 

All my life I've had severe allergies. As a child I had a teacup poodle puppy (poor tiny thing died after a few months) and a shih tzu (purebred stolen from the backyard). As an adult I really wasn't thinking of ever having a dog again due to the extreme allergic reactions I had to my previous dogs. But I got married and my husband loves dogs and wanted one so I started researching less allergy symptom inducing breeds. I also wanted a small dog that I could take places with me. We both work full time and I didn't want to get a dog just to leave it home alone 8 hours a day. I have nothing against that. I just feel too guilty so I wanted one I could cart around. :rolleyes:

I narrowed the list down to a Yorkie, Poodle or Bichon. We really wanted to adopt one. So when 8 year old Teddy was surrendered to a local shelter we took him home for a week to foster him to make sure he would be happy with us. He was turned in on Monday, March 30 and I took him home on Wednesday, April 1. Of course we couldn't give him back. Hes too sweet. But we got more than we bargained for. Because I picked him up him so early he never got a proper Vet exam and we didn't know he had so many health problems.

We knew he was blind from a cataract in one eye but we didn't know he was developing one in the other eye and was almost totally blind. We also didn't know his teeth were a disaster. $600 later hes had 4 pulled and is on an antibiotic to clear up the infection around another molar. If the Vet pulls many more he'll be gumming his food. :( We go back this Friday to see how its doing and to get the referral for the Opthalmologist. I hope we can get his better eye checked out soon and that its not too late to save it. And I hope we can pay for the surgery in installments.

Still, we are SO happy to have the little love bug and wouldn't change a thing. Hes such a loving little (well, maybe teapot sized) boy and a joy to have around. The longer hes with us the more of his crazy personality we get to see. Funny boy! Sorry this turned out so long. Its so much fun reading everyone else's stories about their sweeties. Keep them coming please.

Well, ours is a pretty weird story. We had tried to adopt a mexican street dog months and months prior and that is when we found my husbandito is allergic to dogs (and cats). The kids (14, 13, 9 and 7 now) really wanted a dog and in the 3 days we had Luna (our attempt to adopt a Mexican street dog) we fell hard for her. I was shocked at how easy it was to fall in love with an animal. I looked a hypoallergenic dogs and found that not only was there no way we could afford one, but they really didn't exist here in Mexico. Last November some missionaries arrived at our colony and they were (hobby?) breeding Yorkies. My kids fell in LOVE with the puppies (they were born at the end of November) and visited them daily. The breeders wanted $1200USD for the puppies though and there was just no way.

The missionaries, however, were very intent on converting our family (we're athiest but honestly, I don't care what the kids believe, I'll support anything) to Christianity and decided in February to "infuse" one of the puppies with the "holy spirit" and gave him to us - thinking the dog would bring us around to Christianity. (where is that confused shrugging icon? :))

At any rate, we're still atheist, but very much in love with the puppy. We called him Kilo as he weighed about a kilo (now he's 2-3 I think) and while I always envisioned myself with a very short-haired street dog, much much larger than a Yorkie, we're all very much in love.

And so far dog ≠ god. :)