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I was a user here years ago but I forgot what my old username was. I currently do not have a Yorkie but I would like one in a few years from now depending on where I live. I currently do not have the time or money to take care of a dog. Someone close to me had a Yorkie which I loved very much and he was also very attached to me but I had to cut that person out of my life after the owner attacked me. I love Yorkies very much and wish I could Afford to have one and have the time it takes to care for one.

Hi welcome to YT once again. Sad that you had to cut this person out of your life, seems you lost a yorkie friend as the person that attacked you was never a friend. Have you thought about adopting or rescuing? There are a lot of yorkie's needing loving homes, that would cut down on the purchase price. Also pet insurance eases the burden of vet bills. Just food for thought.......Glad you came back to YT.

I'd adopt a Yorkie but I'm not home during the day and usually am away for about 14 hours a day and cannot go home to check up on things because I live about 20 minutes away from where I work. And I cannot afford the vet and food bills that a Yorkie requires.

Hi and welcome back. :). I hope one day when the time is right, you find the perfect fur kiddo!

Sorry, after I shot off the reply I read your post again and saw there was a time issue as well. Yes 14 hours is a long time, been there but had no choice. I lived in NY, and was down to 2 pups 10 y/o and 5 y/o,They were completely house broken. I was forced to move from where I had been renting for 22 years. The landlord told neighbors I better be careful walking the dogs, there was rat poison laid down, No one would rent to me because of the 2 dogs, I was not going to put my dogs down or try to re-home them,they were my babies. I had a summer home here in The Pocono's. My friends were trying to convince me to move to Pa. to my summer home but the thought of commuting 1 1/2 hours on a bus to my NY job was a bit over whelming as I am subjected to motion sickness, didn't know if I could handle the rocking and rolling of a huge commuter bus , but giving up my dogs was out of the question, so off to Pa. I came to be able to keep my babies. I had to re-train them to pee & poo on paper again, I was gone 15 hours a day. I had only 4 hours when I came home to devote to me, the house and the babies, I went to bed at 11PM got up at 2AM, left the house at 4AM and returned home at 7PM. Had only 4 hours to devote to me, the house and the babies. I felt very guilty about them having to be alone so many hours even tho they had each other. I tried to console myself with it's better they are alone then to have been put down, or separated, to re-home no one would have taken both of them, one being old at 10 y/o, they would have died from broken hearts if they were separated, and I just could not part with them. My week ends were devoted to my pups. But they were already in my life and I was not giving them up. They adapted to their new life. But I would not advise anyone that does not have a dog to get one if they will be alone for more then 10 hours. I did it because I had no choice. You are wise to wait until you have the time to spend with one. I now have a little adopted 3 y/o boy as my 2 little girls are now past, I am retired now and devoted to this new guy, I give to him all that my girls missed in the 10 years I commuted to work, kinda trying to make up to them the time they lost being with me. When the time is right for you, you will be devoted to that new baby for denying yourself the love, joy and companionship only a yorkie can bring. Good luck

I loved being around the Yorkie that was owned by my attacker. I helped raise and train him since he was a couple months old and he actually seemed to prefer me more than his owner at times. I used to love laying him on a blanket and then swaddling him like a baby although he didn't seem to like to be swaddled a lot and would wiggle free. But I never wrapped him too tightly so it really wasn't hurting the little guy physically.