Nancy, where in Arizona are you?
PM/e-mail me if you get a chance!

chester is my first yorkie he is 4 yrs old, and he is a sweetheart, sometimes gets alittle grumpy with other dogs, but loves kids and likes cats, alot of socialization with the little ones and puppy classes as well. chester has passed his cannine good citizen.

Look at her sweet little face! You can tell she's a little jewel!

I went to the breeders tonight and this is the first time I’ve ever seen a Yorkie in person. Their pictures are adorable, but I was overwhelmed with their beauty. There hair is more beautiful than human hair, like silk, but I guess you all know that! They were all so well behaved. I wanted to take him home with me, but the breeder needed time to get the paperwork in order. So tomorrow I will be picking up my new boy. Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement.
Nancy

Congratulations Nancy!
Enjoy him, this is one of the best breeds in our canine community, hands down!

how adorable!
 

OMG!!! Your babies are adorable .....
Yorkies are not mean .... they are loving and giving ....
Debbie

Vicious Yorkies
 

I not only heard that rumor.......and I have witnessed it myself, but I will admit that it was the Owner's fault not the Breed in particular. During my search for my 2 Yorkies (1 male @ almost 3 yrs. old & 1 female @ 2 yrs. old now). I would go up to strangers with Yorkies and try to ask them questions, since all the books & magazines give you the text book version of them.
The odds were for every 5 Yorkies, maybe only 1 was "Socialized" and the other 4 were outright vicious. But I personally could see past that, most of them re-act out of fear, insecurity and lack of Training! I firmly beleive that they are a reflection of me, so I made sure that mine were well "Socialized"
But it's definetely something you have to work on constantly every day. I just ignored what everyone else said when they tried to discourage me against them, but those same Family members all got Yorkies after they met mine! (Cousins & Sister) Not only are they biters, barkers/growlers with attitude problems and a bad reputation (said by non-Yorkie owners of course)
they are usually people that had a bad experience with an untrained & unsocialized Yorkie? I find that other people thinking about getting one always ask the same questions about their personality traits? I always encourage them to get one b/c I beleive they are the Best! Regardless of their Reputation, but I always stress "Training" is everything!
In fact I love mine sooooo much I have 4 now.......I went Yorkie crazy!:aimeeyork

Nancy: I am SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! You will LOVE being a Yorkie mommie.

Chester: Good job, little guy. I bet your mommie is really proud of you!!!

Artie: I just read your post. I am really surprised to hear that Yorkies have this reputation and that you have seen vicious Yorkies. I have had my Yorkies for over 3 years now and take ours everywhere we can, petstores, all kinds of doggy events, walking, etc. We have met lots and lots of Yorkies and I have never met even one that was not friendly to both our Yorkies and to humans. I'm not saying that I don't believe there are any, I am just really surprised by this.

Mean yorkies? maybe you got confused with a chihuahua :)))
I never saw one that was mean....and i saw MANY.
Well, maybe just 2 that wasn't over friendly, but defiantly not mean.