Newbie from Finland
 

Hello to all! I’m a newbie from Finland – English is not my native language, so please excuse my not quite perfect grammar.

6 months ago my firm opinion was that any dog smaller than a cat is not a proper dog at all (please don’t give me the “evil eye” :D). Then I met my uncle’s Yorkie Jehu. We went to visit and as soon as I got through the door Jehu greeted me like a long lost friend. When I sat down, he jumped on my lap and started kissing my face with his little tang. I fell in love. At 6 pounds he is smaller than most cats but he is full of energy and joy and most definitely a proper dog.

I had been thinking about getting a puppy for quite some time, but before this spring my life was too hectic to really go forward with the puppy plans. I like most dog breeds, but I especially love terriers, so I was thinking West highlands white terrier or Cairn terrier but after meeting Jehu I knew it had to be a Yorkie.

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This little boy here (I hope you can see the pic) is our new baby Watti. He is 5weeks old in this picture and still with his mom and sister. We went to see him last week for the first time. He seemed very happy to be held and play with me, while his sister had no interest in me at all. He is so tiny! He comes from a reputable breeder and will be registered to Finnish Kennel Club.

Hi and WELCOME - so great to have you here :)! Your little Watti looks just adorable, such a great face. It's funny bc I too grew up always having big dogs - but I am now totally sold on small dogs, especially yorkies...they are just such a great little breed, so fun, sassy, energetic, quirky. CONGRATS on your new baby!

Welcome to YT!

welcome to YT :D he so cute XD

Here is Jehu - my uncle's Yorkie who made me a Yorkie lover in just a few minutes:

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He is beautiful! He would've won me over immediately too :)!

Welcome to YT. Your new baby is adorable.

Thank you all for welcoming me to YT. I was so happy to find such an active Yorkie forum.

Hi welcome to Yorkietalk :) Congrats on your new puppy. Watti is adorable and Jehu is a cutie.

Welcome to YT...your baby is adorable! And, so is Jehu.

And your English/grammar is great!!!!

Hi and welcome to you and Watti! Congratulations on your new pup, he's adorable. I'm sure you will love being a yorkie parent, they are so much fun to be owned by! WARNING!! Yorkies are addictive, it's hard to own just one.

Welcome to YT, Congrats on your new lil boy.your lil Watti is just precious, lil Jehu is adorable. You selected an awesome breed. Your life will be filled with many belly laughs and love. Good luck.

Welcome to YT. Both little ones are beautiful. Yorkies have such loving, big personalities, so it's impossible for me not to fall in love with them. YT is such a wonderful community of people who really care and are ready to help in any way that we can. I'm glad you found us and that you discovered how special Yorkies are. I wish you health, love, laughter, and joy with Watti.

Your Uncle's dog's coat is so very shiny,so gorgeous. The new baby is a real cutie and you have beautiful English. Welcome to YT as well and thanks for sharing the pictures with us. We would love to see more of your baby as time will allow you.

Forgot to say Watti has some roots in US. He’s grand dad is called Prestigious Turbo Charged and he was born in USA.

And further looking into his family tree I can see his other grand dad Durrer’s Preferred Stock is also from USA, so Watti is even more American than I thought :)

If anyone in YT has Yorkies that you know are related to these dog’s I would be very interested to see pics and/or read blogs about Watti’s cousins.

My Marcel (my avatar) is Durrer :).

I have had 100 lb dogs my whole life. I am old:D My 6 lb Sophie is the best dog I have ever owned hand down!!! My views on little dogs changed so much.

My only dog before Watti was a Siberian husky we had when I was a kid. He was a handsome dog and had a very friendly nature. It’s just so unpractical to keep that type of a dog in a city environment and not really right for him.

I can now see that you can really do almost everything with little dogs as well – they are not just for sitting on your lap and looking pretty – they can do agility, obedience, dog dance, be therapy dogs… everything.

Only thing is I’d feel safer taking a large dog to a late evening walk than a Yorkie, but luckily this is a pretty peaceful neighborhood.

We didn't think we were "dog people" until we met Snoopy. We think of our two as tiny people in fur suits! :p

Welcome!

Welcome from Texas to you and Watti - such a cutie!!! haha. Most people eventually fall in love with a Yorkie in life, whether they want it to happen or not. I think it is just the best breed in the world for me. I hope you enjoy this website. Share lots of pictures of Watti as he grows.

Welcome to YT. ;) My Olivia is a Durrer baby. Her dad is Durrer's Diesel Power and her mother is Durrer's Expectations.

My little girl, Katie, has some Durrer in her pedigree. A lot of my breeder's dogs have Durrer. Katie has Durrer Preferred Stock also in her pedigree, but it's generations back. Katie was with her breeder until the age of three. Below are photos of Katie and her pedigree.


CH Rigair Yabba Dabba Doo (Kate)
Kate's pedigree.
RIGAIR YABBA DABBA DOO - Áàçà Ðîäîñëîâíûõ Éîðêøèðñêèõ Òåðüåðîâ - World Pedigree DataBase Yorkshire Terrier

Watti is coming home next week!

And we had our first (but not last) doggy related blunder. Watti’s breeder lives about 150 miles from us and we don’t have a car so we are going to travel by train when we pick him up. When we first went to see him (also by train), we already bought train tickets for next week. Now we noticed we have accidentally thrown away the next week’s tickets with the used tickets. So we had to purchase new tickets. Just perfect :doh:

It is about 2,5 hour train ride. Looks like it’s going to be a hot day so a bowl and some drinking water probably will be needed. Should I offer him some treats or is it better not to so he doesn't get motion sickness (I don’t know if dogs can actually get motion sickness in a train)?

How exciting:D

Might want to take a jar or bottle with you to get some of the water he has been drinking at the breeders. On the train may not be a good time it introduce new water and food. Then you can introduce the water from where you live a little at a time.

Take lots of pictures! We want to see them!

Thanks for the advice yorkiemini!

Rule of thumb Water Always have with you. I don't know Finland and the rules for dog travel on trains. But if you need to have him in a carrier, then line the carriers' bottom with some absorbent material, in case of potty accidents:) Also you can buy a little water dish that is attached to the crate.

I would also try to get both the water and some kibble food he is used to in his breeders home to take with me.

Also for accidents if he is allowed to be not in crate, some absorbent towels, we have something here called Sham Woo, and I love them. They dry quite quickly and pick up lots of liquid;)

If he is not in a crate, here we strongly recommended harness and leads, not collars to walk your Yorkie with. You will need his measurements beforehand so you can likely, pick up a kitty harness that you can put on him, and select a leash to go with the harness.

If it is going to be really really hot on that train ride, take one of your towels and run under cold water, and dab on his paws, under his groins to help to cool him down.

Depending upon the health and weight of your Yorkie, we also recommend for young pups and pups 2lbs and under, some Nutrical to have on hand. You do need to understand what are the signs n symptoms of hypoglycemia, and how to intervene/help effectively. This is a supplement that helps to bring blood sugar levels up.

I am so sorry, that you lost your tickets and had to purchase them yet again.

Please when you get home safely post pics. And your English is very understandable!

Thank you gemy. I have a carrier but the puppy is allowed to be on my lap in the train. Breeder is going to give me a full bag of the same kibble he has been eating at the breeder’s home. I have bought a kitty harness (it actually has text “Kitty cat” all over it, but I figured Watti can’t read so it doesn’t matter :grin2:) I was wondering if I should use the harness in the train or not. He isn’t used to it, but of course it would be safer if he had a harness and a leash.

Yes for sure use the harness and the lead. That way if you bring him out of his crate he is secured. Safety in these situations basically trumps or is more important then all else.

Our little furbaby came home yesterday. He has grown so much since we last saw him! Our journey went quite OK - he slept most of it. Only time he whined a bit, was when a little Frenchie puppy came to sit close to us and I didn’t let him go meet the other pup. When we got home he was very playful and he investigated his new surroundings without any hesitation (trying his sharp little teeth on everything!). After an hour or so, he was still going like a Duracell bunny and we humans were completely exhausted! He also ate his kibble and used the paper we have put near the door. I don’t think he slept much at night, but he didn’t cry at all.

I had placed his bed next to mine, but had to move him to my mother’s (she is retired and currently living with me) bedroom because he was chewing on some wires. Problem is that now that my mom lives here, my room is both bedroom and home office so I have wires and cables for two computers, printer, TV and a few other devices. I tried to hide as much of the wires as I could, but it is impossible to hide it all. I did spray the wires with a pet repellant (contains vinegar and other bad smelling/tasting stuff) but that didn’t even slow him down. Not sure what to try next.

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