What was your first impression of your dog?

[kalina82]

Originally i wanted to get a male tri colored cavalier king charles spaniel. They are just so stinkin cute with their big eyes and little round faces. Plus i loved the hair. Problem was, I lived with my parents who were not dog people. As a kid, my sister and I were not allowed to have four legged pets. We had parakeets. Anyway something had happened in our lives at that point and my mother agreed that I could finally get a dog ( I was 24 LOL) but she had requirements. Small, non shedding, quiet, small, and non-shedding. So there went my CKC wish.

A friend of mine had two little yorkies that I loved so i figured hey why not? they were cute, i'd get a dog, and they fit my mom's requirements. So i did my research, found YT, then found a breeder. I was still set on a male dog for some reason and i wanted to name him Finnegan. The breeder had a few 8 -10 week old puppies that would be ready to go at 12 weeks and she had a hidden 4 week old litter. after spending a while at her house she finally showed me the 4 week old litter. there were 4 of them, 2 girls, 2 boys. 1 of the girls was taken but that was ok since i wanted a boy. Well she randomly picked up one of the pups and placed it in my hands (hand i should say, it was so small). there the pup sat, curled up in my palm, and i knew i was done. Turns out the pup was the little girl that was available and i didn't care. she was mine. i mean, just look at the picture. how could you NOT fall in love? the breeder saw the dopey love struck look on my face, sighed, and then said "so whats her new name?"

[LuvTaycieGirl]

Well.. to start off with about a year ago I asked my landlord if I could adopt a cat from the animal shelter. It was an immediete NO so I was a little sad about the entire thing. I am single and I wanted a pet so badly. Living on your own gets SUPER lonely and I just wanted something to come home to besides my empty apartment.

Well since I was about 19 I saw a little yorkie puppy and fell in love. I thought to myself someday I will get one. For the next 6 ys. I had many friends who all had there little yorkie, except me. So this February I couldn't get the thought out of my head. I wanted and needed a friend so badly and I would sit for hours on my computer looking up puppies and pet supplies, food options, watching youtube videos of yorkies, hoping someday my dream would come true.

About the end of March I became Yorkie Obsessed. All I could do was talk about yorkies. I even dreamed about them. My problem was my living situation, if I couldn't have a cat, how in the HECK would they let me have a dog?... Needless to say, I was scared to death to ask and I didn't want my dream to be crushed. Well about 2 weeks later it became evident to me that if I didn't ask I truly would never know if I could have one. So I decided to try and make a deal and I typed up a "pet proposal". I typed up facts about yorkies, along with offering a 200 pet deposit and an additional 25 dollar pet rent monthly.

Well the next morning after I dropped it off, my landlord called me and told me YES.. of course I started to cry! I was soooo happy! 3 days later I drove 3 hours to meet my new girl. There was 3 in the litter 1 boy and 2 girls but the boy was already gone when I got there so I got to choose between the 2 girls. The minute is saw Taycie I knew she was mine! Her sister was adorable but Taycie was quite and shy. My heart reached out to her because I am the same way. My friend drove with me and actually held Taycie first. The entire time I kept looking at her thinking she is it I KNOW IT!

So that is how I got little miss Taycie.. and the the best part of this story. My landlord has a yorkie puppy now too... named Tuff! How funny is that?!

[talkalot]

I was very sick and depressed and my husband did not know what he could do to help me through my illness, he saw yorkies on the internet, made an appointment with a breeder and we went to pick my dog. As it turned out my precious little Barney fell in love with my husband and went right to him. It was meant to be. He is six years old now and has been the best investment in life that we ever made. PS I am better now.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by kjcmsw

Gracie picked me. I sat on the floor and the only quiet shy puppy came and got and my lap and stayed there, while her siblings ran off to rough house with each other...

This was the same thing that happened to me! The boys in Uni's litter were hyper cute little fluffballs. Uni was the runt, ignored by her brothers. But it was when she came up to my lap and tried with all her might and pulled herself up into my lap. She chose me! She was so quiet and calm the first few days bf said he thought i picked the sick or stupid one. She was merely getting settled in.

We even went to lunch to a noisy chinese restaurant afterward and she slept through it all in my purse.

[slimem2003]

I had always wanted a yorkie ever since I was little, But I never thought I would actually own one. I always thought they would be to expensive and I wouldnt ever be able to save enough to have on of my own. I graduated Nursing School and got a job at our countys Hospital and was saving money up to buy a house. When I woke up one morning and looked in the news paper and saw that a breeder had two males for sale. I thought to my self.."yeah right, thats to good to be true" I gave the paper to my boyfriend and never said anything about it. After about a hour my boyfriend knowing I always wanted a yorkie, said to me "I'm suprised you didn't go crazy about the yorkie in the paper. and I thought.. he must want one or he wouldn't brought it up. So I told my BF that I would just call out of curiosity to see if they had any left. a hour later We were on the road on the way to the breeders house to look at the pups. lol.. There were two boys. The bigger pup had the prettiest face I think I had ever seen. His coat was so soft. But he was a little rough with the little pup. he had started chewing the little ones hair on his head off. The little one had some silver already growing on his head and was a little smaller than I wanted but his ears were already standing up. I thought the bigger one was prettier but maybe a little two bossy. So I chose Chipper (the smaller one) and after I picked him the breeder said that he was more laid back and a cuddler. Just what I wanted lol .. So we went to just look and ended up bringing him home.. He fits in great with my other dog and cat. But boy does he have attitude lol .. he thinks he's the big dog in the house and hes my little cuddle bug.. Mommy is his favorite lol

[kdhawks]

These stories are so cute!

Levi and I met by chance. My friend's aunt was Levi's foster mom. She just happened to bring Levi with her to my friend's house while I was also there visiting. It was literally love at first sight - Levi was so friendly, perky, and funny - he ran around my friend's house like mad and kept jumping up in my lap to kiss my face.

I had been looking for a dog, originally thinking that I wanted a Maltese puppy. Levi proved me wrong. I filled out an adoption application, was approved, and my sweet, wild boy has been with me ever since.

[celstu1]

I had just gone through 2 months of personal H*LL b/t a broken engagement, my first Yorkie died suddenly at only 5 months old and selling my house and buying a townhouse. My life was going to settle and I was going to move into my townhouse Nov 1. A coworker saw an ad in the paper for 2 male yorkies and brought it in to me. I could not pick them up for another week but thought, what the heck I'll go see them. I really wanted another boy. When I got there, the woman showed me the pups, there were 2 girls already sold and 2 boys, neither sold. I held them both and TRIED to decide. In the end, I could not and ended up buying them both. I'm so glad I did. My boys are 5 years old and were born together and never separated for more than 1 day at a time. (neuter surgeries) I put them in the crate and took them home a week later. Well home to mother's house. When I got home, they crept really slowly out of the crate and started romping around. We had already picked names for them in the week between when I saw them and when I picked them up. We decided who got which name right away. These little ones are my healing angels and my babies. But my Fletcher... oh boy ... That boy is my heart and soul. I love my Dex and treat both of them equally... but Fletcher, he has those eyes that scream I LOVE YOU MOMMY! He stole my heart a million times over!

[trin7]

I live in a small town and was going to Vancouver, BC, which is a two day drive for me. I decided I would finally look for my Yorkie - there was no way I wasn't going to meet the dog, see where the pup was from, see at least the mom of the pup, etc - no puppy mill dog for me. We went around looking at a few different litters. Finally I went to this home and saw this Yorkie and there were a couple of other breed puppies - AND NO MOTHERS. This little pup came to me and I picked him up and while I was talking to "this lady" he fell asleep in my arms. Then she announced she was taking the puppy down to a town fair to try to sell him. I went out to my truck and sat there for about 10 minutes - this pup was exactly what I had been looking for - except for his upbringing. I paid a $75 deposit on him and left and was to pick him up in about 5 days when we were heading home. For the next five days , I felt really sick knowing I shouldn't get this puppy. I didn't feel good about this situation at all. I decided to lose my deposit and continue looking for a Yorkie puppy. I met cute ones and hyper ones but I couldn't get this little puppy out of my mind - I was in tears over him. It was the day before we were going home and I had to make up my mind - and beyond all thoughts on what to avoid when looking for a puppy, I went back to this lady that I'm sure was a broker and did something I thought I would never do and I ended up leaving with Darwin. I still have guilt over him but he has brought so much joy into my life I do not regret getting him. When I got Mabel, I phoned first and made sure the mother was a family pet first, asked about the pedigree, and the father, etc. Sorry this is so long but thought it might give a bit of advice of what not to do - PHONE FIRST TO AVOID FALLING IN LOVE!!!!

[salazark]

I did research and picked out a breeder in Atlanta (about 4 hours away). I knew I wanted a little girl and she had two available (twins). She really felt that the other one was the one for me but while I was sitting on the floor with them the other one took a little tumble and ran to the breeder. Sadie climbed up on my lap and stayed the whole time. I've always said that she picked me. A year later when we decided to get a little boy I went back to the same breeder. She had two. One was going to be bigger and more outgoing, the other was smaller and more laid back. She and I talked and I decided over the phone that I wanted the laid back one so that Sadie could still be the "queen bee". It was different with Beemer because he was already picked before I got there. He was such a calm puppy but so cuddly. He is soooo different than Sadie and I love it. They are inseparable now and I just love the differences in them.

[jojomima]

I had always loved Yorkies. My son has a Black Lab and my husband has a Viszla. I had been looking on the internet, breeders, everything I could find for several weeks.

When my 17 yr old cat Torie died, I was at a loss. I was used to having her on my lap in the evenings just cuddling. Can't do that with a large dog. I was also looking for a "larger" female. I couldn't see putting a 4 lb dog with the large dogs even though they are both gentle.

We actually went to the breeder the week after we lost Torie. I found her on YT!!! She had a female that would most likely be around 8lbs. Her ears did not stand up straight, but that didn't bother me. We drove down to Maryland (3hrs) and spent a good hour and a half with the breeder, and she had weekend company!!! She had planned on keeping her, but could not put in the time. We met the mother and grandmother and she was fostering 2 rescues also. Shadow was 14 weeks old and she climbed right on to my lap and started licking my face. They were surprised, it seems she didn't usually do this.

Needless to say we took her home. She is loving, playful and pretty laid back for a little dog. She slept through the night from the beginning. And she sits with me in the evenings, just to cuddle. She's now almost 6 months and everyone falls in love with her. Even my husband and son with their "real dogs". They tease, but I seem them cuddling her and talking "baby talk". Honestly!

Didn't mean to get so wordy!!

[pimpmamalana]

I don't even want to admit how Zoe came into my life. I didn't even tell this story to anyone in real life, besides my parents.

There is a lot of background info that goes along with how I got Zoe.

I have wanted a little yorkie since I was a little girl. My parents always said no. They are "big" dog people.

When I got married, my husband and I decided to get a dog. He has always wanted a Bull Terrier. I didn't put up much of a fight, I just wanted us to get our first dog together. He came home one day and said "guess where we are going?". We went to the breeder's house and got our first Bull Terrier, Moose. He was my baby, loved him so much. He died while we were on vacation just one year later. The kennel had somehow let him out and I think he got hit by a car. We found his body by the road the day we got home from Hawaii. That kennel is now closed for good.

As you can imagine I was devastated, I couldnt eat, sleep, or even talk for weeks. I finally called the breeder to let her know, since we had been updating her regularly on Moose's progress. She informed me that she had another litter from the same mother and father, but that this was the last litter she would do from the mother. I wasn't totally ready to get another puppy but I the idea of having another puppy from the same parents really appealed to me. So I picked Bruce out when he was just 3 weeks old. When he finally got to come home at 8 weeks, he was just so precious. We babied him so much since we had lost his older brother. But it was nice to have a dog in the house again.

About 6 months later we thought it would be a good idea to get Bruce a playmate. I brought up the idea of a yorkie again but my husband thought it would be better to get another Bull Terrier. And so we got Lily, a brindle female. I never liked her from the start. She was just not right and I think she was inbred. She was from a BYB, not like the great breeder we got Bruce from. She as extremely hard to train and never really bonded with us or even Bruce.

Anyways, about 7 months ago, I started having really bad baby fever. When I told my husband I wanted a baby, he was like deer in headlights! He said he didnt feel quite ready to be a dad. We made a list of things we wanted to accomplish before we started a family. I was happy with that and it made a lot of sense. But it didnt help the baby fever. My husband was actually the one to bring up the idea of a yorkie instead of a baby

I was thrilled! I was finally going to get my yorkie. I was stupid and didnt want to wait another second to get a puppy. I went to a pet store and they had 2 little girls. I spent the entire day there and I finally picked one as they were closing. I was so happy!

I introduced her slowly to the other dogs, only letting them see her for a few minutes at a time. Bruce loved her right away. He was gentle and curious. Lily didnt pay any attention to her. Well when I was at work, my husband put the new puppy down and was playing with her and Bruce. They were having a great time until Lily came up and attacked the puppy. She killed her instantly. My husband and I were devastated. We only had her for 5 days.

It was like when Moose died all over again. I couldn't eat, sleep, or even speak, again. I couldn't look at Lily. I told my husband she had to go. He ended up finding her a great home and he told them the whole situation. They loved her regardless. She is actually doing a lot better with them than she ever did with us.

I still wanted another yorkie puppy but I was terrified to loose another dog. I found a really great breeder in the area and contacted her about a puppy. I went to her house "just to look". There were 7 puppies but there was one that just really stood out to me. Most of them were already spoken for, but it just so happened that the one I liked was the one the breeder planned on keeping. She wanted to keep her as a pet because she knew she would be too small to breed. She saw the look in my eyes when I held that puppy. I was totally head over heels in love. She let me put a deposit down on her. I was the happiest I have ever been in my life! But terrified at the same time.

I picked her up at 12 weeks. She was perfect. I loved her so much already and I vowed to never let anything happen to her. I chose the name Zoe for many reasons, but one was that the meaning is "life".

I didn't even let Bruce see her for 2 weeks. When I did introduce them I was so scared. But he was so gentle with her. So I let him see her more and more over the next 6 weeks. They became best friends. And now, at 8 months, I don't have a single worry in my mind when they are together.

It makes me sad to write this long story, but I truly believe that Zoe was meant to be in my life, as well as Bruce. I acquired both of them through tragedy but they have truly been the light of my life. I love them both with all my heart.

[Donnainohio63]

Sophie was owned by a woman that I cleaned for. She has three yorkies...Spike was 2 pounds, Bently was 5 and Sophie, who she thought was a yorkie was a whopping 9 pounds. She was very quiet and shy. My firiends husband got a job offer in N.C. and that meant she could only have one dog since she was moving from a huge house to an apartment. She gave Spike to her son , that way she still gets to see him and she asked me if I wanted Sophie. My heart melted the first time I met her so of course I said yes. She quickly became my dog. I remember one time Cathy, my friend who owned her, came to visit from N.C. and Sophie was so excited she kept running and jumping on her lap and then she would come back to me to let me know that she was still my baby. It was so cute. I miss her so much.

[celstu1]

Originally Posted by Opimama

from the moment i saw her picture, it was love at first sight! when Opi came home, i couldn't let go of her. still every morning when she wakes up and every day when i come home from work it is love at first sight again!

Awwww thats how I feel about my boys. Love at first sight every single day that I get home from work, or each morning I wake up, or each night when I go to bed with them.

[MidnightUnicorn]

The first time I laid eyes on Tatiana was here in this forum. She was listed for sale on a thread by the breeder Natalie. Natalie posted a couple of pictures of Tatiana. I thought Tatiana looked very pretty. I sensed I could love Tatiana, and take good care of her.

Incidentally, I have always wanted a Yorkie. It was a dream of mine.

When I first saw in Tatiana in real life, it was love at first sight. We picked her up at the airport. Tatiana was exquisite in person. As nice as the pictures were, they did not capture how darling she was.

For the first week, I could not believe she was my dog. I wanted to pinch myself. Also, I've come to learn that Tatiana had a precious personality, too. She was pretty on the inside.

Tatiana is my first dog. She's my dream dog. I cherish her.

[Bentleys Momma]

Originally Posted by YorkieZoo

Well 10 years ago I was a "big dog" fan. My wife an I lived in an apartment and I said that we should wait until we got a house because I felt bad for the dog not having a yard to play in. She wanted a "little dog".

One day she came and picked me up from work. I should have known something was up because she was on the passenger side waiting for me.

I got in the car and halfway home I could see something moving out of the corner of my eye. She was wearing a black dress and had her left arm over her chest towards the door.

I said "Well hon, unless you have learned how to make your pecs move up and down, I suspect you got that da**ed dog didn't you? Because normally your bust doesn't move on its own"

She then held him out and said "But isn't he cute!"

I didn't tell her, but it was that moment that my heart melted....10 years later....he's still my baby boy.....along with 4 other brothers and sisters (all Yorkies).

What happened to that big dog thing? Well, you can have more little ones and they still weigh less!

What an awesome awesome story!!!

Peggy, Monkey & Maddie