Get excited to see a healthy dog eat a meal.

Bath a dog in the kitchen sink.

Get excited over dog poop, especially the normal ones.

Great thread! I can relate to all of them especially the clothing and rearranging my entire life so they can go, or I stay home because I don't want to leave them.

How about...

Buying them a stroller so they can go more places with me and if they get tired they can ride. I never thought I would see the day when my hubby (who made fun of me when I got the stroller) takes the stroller from me and pushes the babies all through the park and he doesn't care who sees him or what they think. lol I love it. If *I* try to push the stroller he will step in and push right on ahead of me so he can push them.

I saw that pumpkin and must say it was exceptional! It was one of the photos I really admired. This is the first Halloween that I didn't dress up because I was too busy orchestrating a matching costume for my fur kid and Fizz and...spending a whole day sewing a banana hat when I DON'T EVEN SEW!!! I do many of the things above and Fizz also loves playing chase and hide and seek. I once popped her out from under my pajama top and said the delivery was a breeze! :p Great thread.

My husband has never been much of a dog person. And when we would go to our camp in the summer and our neighbor would always bring their little dog with them. They take him everywhere. My husband would always laugh and shake his head when he would overhear the guy saying Daddy's baby this and Daddy's baby that. My husband would remark, "If I ever say such things or act that way, just shoot me" Well, now we got 2 yorkies and all he says is Daddy's Babies this and Daddy's baby that. He hands feed them. They refuse to eat theirselves because of this:rolleyes:In fact now as I type he is hand feeding them their dinner which is chicken,sweet pototoes and rice:rolleyes:I always laugh at him and ask him if he wants me to "shoot" him yet for acting this way:pHe says he just never would have believed that he would love them and be so attached to them like he is.:D

I love this thread!!! I brings back a lot of smiles, and memories.

Honestly, I am here at home alone laughing out loud and grinning from ear to ear, this is the CUTEST thing OMG.

My heart is melting

Oh my I wanna playyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy toooooooooooooooooooo

I'd Never Have Believed My Husband Would . . .
 

My husband ran a squad of homicide detectives in the 5th largest city in the US. So, he has seen it all. He WAS NOT a dog person. He looked at others with their dogs and their emotional attachment with disbelief and disdain. Then, we rehomed Bella. How he has changed. I can't believe he:

1. Sings the "potty song" to her whenever he takes her out to do her business. He made it up and I've heard him singing it to her outside at 11:30 p.m. in the wind and pouring rain.

2. Gives her a "Greenie" by holding it between his teeth and having her jump up on the back of the chair to take it from his mouth. (yes, we give her Greenies, never hand any problems)

3. Takes her in the car whenever he has to run errands.

4. Warms towels in the dryer for bathtime.

5. Gives her hour long "puppy massages" while he watches TV.

6. Warms her crate with a heating pad before he places her in it for the evening.

7. Picks her up, holds her out in front, makes eye contact and dances around the house calling her "Doggie, my little doggie".

8. Ask for "kisses" when he holds her up to his nose (at least 50x per day)
9. Doesn't drive to our summer home cross country anymore, flies, so she won't have to spend 4 days in the car
10. Always goes out in the dark with a flashlight so she doesn't have to potty in the dark

I could go on and on , but I think you get the idea. There are times when I wonder if he loves his furbaby more than his wife. Tee-hee! Remember he was NOT a dog person. Oh, how my life and his was changed forever by a 3.5 lb. Yorkie.

I Think the ones I like the best are when the men act a nut over the dogs. Maybe it is because on his way out of the door X past recent boyfriend told me "You know you are going to have trouble finding a man with those two little dogs don't you?"

It ...not I.

i cannot tell you how many guys i have gone out on dates with that i meet at the dog park.
i had a guy i go to school with pretend to like me so he could come over and play with my dog. Guys love dogs.

I never thought I would feed a dog on my bed, pack a bag for my dog, have clothes for my dog, 20 plus toys, have insurance on a dog, think about constantly when Im at work, rather spend time with him than most of my friends, take him on 3000 plus mile road trips. They steal your heart in a very big way, I would die to protect him, he is my life my baby dog

What an awsome thread this is!! I loved reading each and every post made so far and would like to add a bit of my experience to it....

Until i got a Yorkie (and a Maltese too;)) i never thought i would see my hubby (who was in no way a dog person) sit on his recliner at night and the little ones jump up on it with him and he covers them up like babies and tells me "shhhhh dont wake them!"

until i got a yorkie i never thought i would stand at the door to the garage and explain to them that mommy and daddy will be back shortly and that they should just be good and be nice to each other and that we will miss them too!!:D It takes an extra 5 minutes just to get out to the car!! lol

Having them in our lives has done crazy things to us!! (but we love it!!) :D;)

Allow a dog to use a potty pad IN MY HOUSE!

I am too and I think that's what I really love about this site.
I'm so glad I came across it when I was researching Yorkies.

Lots of info, lots of nice people and lots of laughs.

The crappy part is, when you haven't got your dog yet, you start pining for one and torturing yourself looking at all the pics.

awwwwwww
I was at my mum's and was walking around soothing him in my arms cos he was sleepy and not really even realizing what I was doing.
I believe it was my sister who said oh my god that's too cute.

Hmmm...there are SOOOO many things, but here is my top 10 list:
1-Putting boots on a dogs because it was snowing.
2-Put a rain coat on a dog.
3-Expressing anal glands (still not a fan)
4-Excited over poop (when sick)
5-Excitement over food eating (when sick)
6-Doing a wash/massage of a doggie bootie (Meadow-see album about her sphincter)
7-Getting up in the middle of the night and rushing to an ER vet due to shaking and vomitting (of a dog).
8-Getting on my hands and knees and smelling the liquid on the kitchen floor to see if it was pee or a melted ice cube.
9-Buying only dog approved yard treatment
10-Fretting over vacation, work schedule, date nights with my beautiful wife, all around the kids schedule....(we don't have human kids--yet, but one is on the way!)
One more combo: Collecting poop samples, trying to get a urine sample and stick a tray under them while potty. :)

[QUOTE=Fizz;3322156]I saw that pumpkin and must say it was exceptional! It was one of the photos I really admired. This is the first Halloween that I didn't dress up because I was too busy orchestrating a matching costume for my fur kid and Fizz and...spending a whole day sewing a banana hat when I DON'T EVEN SEW!!! I do many of the things above and Fizz also loves playing chase and hide and seek. I once popped her out from under my pajama top and said the delivery was a breeze! :p Great thread.[


Thanks! I have to tell you, I think your avatar picture of Fizz is just about the cutest picture I've ever seen!

I love this thread! I really needed it. Since Halloween I've had so m:Dany people in my life tease me about my obsession with Beemer and Sadie. You guys help me realize I'm normal ha ha!

Salazark I think you just found a group as crazy as you. I swore he's never sleep in my bed or be allowed on the furniture.
My social life suffers a little because if he can't come I'm not going. Before I was never home, now I'm hardly ever out. I've gone dancing a few times but left early to come home to him and I didn't stay out all night at new year and get drunk because I wanted to be able to get up for his pee pee's in the morning and if I got drunk I might stomp on him

i used to hate it when people did all these cutsie things but i'm sold into it now. I'm guilty too .lol love this thread.

Oh , yes all of these things I swore I'd never do ......well look at me now, she's sleeping in the bed and on my side. I have moved to the middle which hubby doesn't mind at all:D Can really relate to morning potty before I do:eek: She thinks she's human , maybe because I treat her that way:D

I love all these responses! Most of which I do! Here's my top ones

Take more pictures of my yorkies than my human kids.

Not care if my son (23 years old ) says I'm moving out if you get one more dog!

Hold a little guy over a nebulizor for treatments for pnemonia

Give an injection to my little guy.

Wake up on demand to pick my little girl up in bed because she refuses to use the stairs.

Sit and watch the "Rutgers" football game and sing the RU song with my little RU (Named after Rutgers University)

Hold my little furbabies like babies in practice for Human Grandchildren.

and as said before I could go on and on!

I had that kind of moment. I was, excuse me, WE were at bf's house visiting. They have a mean pack of 5 little dogs. Sometimes the mom of them all is nice to Kaji. I was saying "hello" to bf's mom and sister, and Kaji wanted to say hello to the mom dog. She was really mean to him, barking and lunging in his face. Kaji ran to me and asked to be picked up. I immediately reach for him like you would a toddler and put him on my hip like you do a little kid. I whispered in his ear, "don't worry, I'll protect you" and Kaji put his head on my shoulder. I didn't realize what I was doing until I saw bf's mom and sisters faces. They both shrieked and said, "how cute! he's like a little person!!!"

My dad just pointed another one out to me. I went out of my way to buy Kaji a cake for his birthday. I also got one for Missy's birthday party. I love my munchkins!! (even though one isn't technically mine. :D)

I LOVE this thread! It makes me so happy to realize I am not the only crazy person that is head over heels in love with their dog!

I never thought I would be the psycho lady at the vets office bawling over a simple procedure! AND I never thought I would worry so much about my dog getting stolen by a human OR an animal (we live in the woods so coyotes or even hawks are a serious possibility).

Oh and the clothes thing is out of control. I cant even admit to how many outfits Zoe actually has, I seriously think it is over 100. Not to mention all her other stuff she HAS to have :)

Wow, I really didn't know that many of us got excited about poo!:D
It's just such a relief to know everything inside is working well.

I used to see people with 2 or 3 dogs and wonder, "Why in the world... who in the world would want more than one dog?"
Well, I retire in June, and we are getting Yorkie #2, if we can wait that long!

Ok here is a True COnfession (who on here is old enough to remember those magazines?;), all will admit they ever read them LOL)

When I first joined here I was a stauch NO CLOTHES on a dog person. Guess who just order 170.00 worth to add to the already ridiculous wardrobe we already have???

I just love this thread...

Things I never thought I would do

- Getting addicted to YorkieTalk
- Going to dog shows and loving every minute of it
- Making human friends over the computer, then meeting them later (in person) with their Yorkies
- Celebrating my girls' birthdays

Of course, this list could go on and on. ;)