Do u have a morkie?

[AtlYorkie]

Congrats Make sure to put up some photos of your baby.

[SWHouston]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

I think that stubbornness is a yorkie trait because Callie certainly has it

Yes, a breed trait. The elevated level of stubbornness is generally an accepted issue. It's said that this comes from the intentional breeding of them in being very determined to catch their prey without Human intervention. I can testify to this personally, I don't have to say "sick um" when we're hunting, they're already on their way.

[MauiGirl]

I have 3 Morkies and 1 Yorkie, and they are all priceless and equal in my eyes. I can't imagine life without any of them.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by MauiGirl

I have 3 Morkies and 1 Yorkie, and they are all priceless and equal in my eyes. I can't imagine life without any of them.

I was never trying to say they are worthless or bad I just think buying a mix from a "breeder" is wrong and they should be rescued from shelters.

[DBlain]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

I was never trying to say they are worthless or bad I just think buying a mix from a "breeder" is wrong and they should be rescued from shelters.

I love that idea, but what if you want a puppy and there were none or for some reason like with me the rescue group did not like my home set up (no fence and lots of stairs off the back deck)

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by DBlain

I love that idea, but what if you want a puppy and there were none or for some reason like with me the rescue group did not like my home set up (no fence and lots of stairs off the back deck)

Rescues do get puppies. The thing is breeders breed to better the breed and morkie isn't a breed. Buying a puppy from a bad breeder is risky and most people don't get as lucky as you and it keeps the bad breeders in business.

[ColesMommy01]

Originally Posted by Rockienmilly

We are getting a morkie tomorrow she is all white with yorkie hair and i think favors the yorkie side. Her name is milly and shes 4mos old. Ive done my research but curious what other peoples experiences are with this breed and if they are easy to train (she already had some) and what type of activities they like to do.

We have a silky (for those that dont know its like a yorkie) hes 8mos n small for his breed but is so easy to train (i helped my gram get her yorkie that us a bit younger and hes another story but she wont listen to be more of a pack leader with him he listens but has some bad habits that when hes with us for a play date etc he never even tries to do lol) and enjoys his walk, play time in the yard, playing with the kids, and really just pleasing thats why i think hes so easy to train took me a day to teach him to shake and sit up.

Once we get her ill put up a pick with both of them together.

Have you picked up your morkie? I would love to see pics!!!!

[LMHamel]

I have 2 yorkies and I just looked at a female morkie to add to my family! I love the yorkie breed but this little girl has stolen my heart. My yorkies are going to meet her and then we will decide.

[Rockienmilly]

Weve had milly, her name is bella now for about a month. Got her from the private shelter and her name got changed cuz she would go possum (never seen a dog do this) when my husband said milly so we wanted her to be okay with a guy saying her name and she adores my husband lol.

She was doing great going to the door if she had to go out. But she has regressed a bit cuz one time she went there n i was trying to finish putting the diaper on my youngest and while getting over to bella she started to go and like i did with all our other dogs i picked her up and said no once (prob more in a nicer way then i should of said no lol) and got her outside to finish and praised her. But now she wont go to the door any more, she doesnt sniff around, she will just go even if shes on the couch or the onetime when she was sitting on my husband and never gave any signs she had to go out.

Are there any tips?

I have her and our silky rockie on a schedule for feeding and i have them on an ever 30-45min bathroom breakers (more for her cuz rockie comes to u and gets up close to ur face to say he has to go out) and ill even wake her up if its been 45mins n make her go out. (They are crated at night and she is about 90% not going in the crate she may pee if i dont get her out of hers first in the morning, i think maybe cuz she knows shes going out and gets excited, but she never poos so i know she has an ability to hold it longer then our bathroom breaks during the day. But i still cant get her to tell us when she has to go or even go back to how she was going to the door, right now its pretty much like me saying hey u have to go out even tho u havent said u had to so its like she is relying on me telling her when she has to go, so when she does inbetween the 30-45mins she just goes. She drinks a lot (but ive cut back on that) and we had her checked for diabetes and utis etc everything is negative, so myself and the vet were thinking maybe she wasnt given a lot of water at her previous owner before the rescue shelter and now thinks if theres water out she has to drink fast and all of it if she cant (she can empty their water dish by herself) so its just getting her to realize she will have things like that.

(I still have to figure how to put an image for the avatar profile of bella and rockie together)

But on the sense of mixed/mutt dogs i just want to say no dog breed yorkie, silky, etc is pure breed if u want to get technical cuz every breed we have ever had has been breed down from two different dogs there is no breed of dog that hasnt. So to say a morkie is a mix/mutt you also need to say that a yorkie or collie what ever "pure breed" dog you have is a mix/mutt also under your theory/concept. Sorry i just had to say that cuz the concept of pure breed and how people are so against mix/mutts getting a breed name has made me laugh cuz all dogs are mix/mutts with a breed name. Now do i believe that breeders should mix dogs just for the sake of mixing to get a high $ for pups no because 90% of the time those pups end up in shelters or bad environments. I also dont believe in breeders doing teacup etc of breeds like the yorkie and a few others cuz most dont know its the breeding or two runts and isnt fair to the breed or the pups cuz you are breeding bad genes etc cuz that is why a runt is a runt due to the lack of healthy solid genes (not the right wording) and other factors.

[Rockienmilly]

Finally figured out the avatar thing.

Rockie is the silky (yes hes a silky not a yorkie and our vet has done a test to prove it as we were tired of people arguing with us lol so we asked oudr vet about the breed dna test) and bella is the white one. He ears stand up now since i trimmed the hair to see if they were just getting weighed down cuz of the wait or were actually floppy. She still reminds u of teddy rubskin (not sp right) shes likes this little white bear lol. Once she has all her hair grown out again (i trimmed it cuz of some mats she had and i couldnt get brushed out) she has the hair of a yorkie and looks just like one but her face/head still reminds u of a bear lol.

[MrsMes]

Enjoy your Morkie, I just bought 1- 3 weeks ago and we love him, he listens,eats pretty good but still bites when playing w/us. Enjoy

[Cuddles Cookie]

I also have a Morkie! She is half Parti Yorkie and half Maltese. She has marking like the Parti Yorkie, but looks more like a Maltese. She is so hyper sometimes I think she's bouncing off the walls! LOL I personally think she is very smart. She knows all the basic commands including more advanced commands such as, play dead, roll over, dance, sit pretty, jump through a hoop, and many more! Potty training her was a breeze but I've herd different from other people. You can train your puppy to ring a bell whenever it needs to go out, but mine will bark until I go out with them. LOL