Is it mean to have just one yorkie??
 

So I have been on the fence for MONTHS about getting another yorkie. Reese will be 1 this weekend and I just feel terrible having her all alone while I am at work every day. She loves other dogs, loves to play... I feel like a bad mommy!! I don't want another puppy for me..I just feel bad for her. I need opinions...HELP!!! Is having two so much different than having one???

I don't think so. I have just one and she is my constant companion...I am kind of scared that if I get another she won't hang out with me as much!!!!
Selfish I guess.

I felt the same way. So when Bentley was 10 months old I got Zoey. It is wild at times, they LOVE playing together!!! There was jealous issues at first though!

I don't think it's mean to just have one though!!

My opinion, if you can afford another one, get another one. I have never had one alone, so I don't know what it would be like to have just one.

I had Gracie for 2 years by herself and I recently got Lily and they do not play together at all. Gracie loves playing with my parents minature sheltie but refuses to even have anything to do with Lily.

I would say dont just get another dog for company for your other dog...unless you are ready to raise another puppy :)

I was tempted to get another yorkie about 3 months after Gracie and I knew it would be too much dog for me at the time...

I think when you have one yorkie they are your best friend...once you get 2 or more they grow close to each other more....IMO :)

I see both sides...I really didn't want to share Chanel & was happy with only ONE yorkie - her...and she IS my best friend...but...in getting Cheri, now I have two best friends. :D Chanel didn't change at all and if anything is even more attached to me cause she doesn't want Cheri cutting in on mommy time :D

So instead of a having one yorkie Velcro'd to my butt - I have one for each cheek now :D its much warmer this way LOL

I love your great analogies. I can't WAIT to have two velcroed to my butt cheeks ONLY 23 HOURS LEFT!

Yes, it is mean to just have one...to yourself...lol...:D why would you do that to yourself? j/k

I bought one orininally and two weeks later bought my second...:p

Seriouslly though, it is not mean to you furbaby to only have one. My 5 furbabies miss me as much when I leave as they did when I had two. They miss YOU no matter how many you have. It does help that they have eachother but nothing can take your place to them. IMO

Yorkies are the best!!! :D

I agree it didnt change ours and they are both vey attached to us. I think they both enjoy having another one around

LOL !! it's fun having 2 - you'll LOVE it....Just dont do any fast stops when walking or you get a yorkie train wreck behind you lol ...my girls are always crashing into the back of my legs ...cause of the VELCRO !!!:D

So sweet thinking about your pup. If you are gone all day long, and your yorkie doesnt have a companion, she might really, like the interaction!
Yorkies love cats too! Or another small dog friend.
If you decide to get one, I would get a younger companion, then your dog so she knows she is top dog still.

Thank you so much for all your opinions..I like the butt and cheeks analogy myself:D I am so on the fence because I also feel like I am afraid she will change and not pay as much attention to me (selfish, I know) And sometimes I just dont think I could love another dog (let alone human!!) as much as I love her (is that crazy that I love her THAT much??!!) But I see how excited and friendly she is with any other dog and feel TERRIBLE when I come home and she is just curled up on the couch...I think about her sitting all by herself all day and it kills me! I know that I would hate it if I were her!! It's so hard..AAAHHHH!!!

Getting the second one was the best thing I did. Desi now has a constant companion. Before Millie, I would get home from work and felt horrible if I didn't take an hour or two to sit on the floor and devote undivided attention to Desi. They are such wonderful company for each other.

I don't think its mean to have just one. I also think having 2 is like doubling the fun and pleasures they give your life. :thumbup: :aimeeyork :thumbup: :aimeeyork

I don't think you're mean to have only one. I was like you and didn't want to share my baby - she has a significant heart murmur and the vet doesn't think she'll live long. So I was all set to just give her the very best life I could and then she started getting separation anxiety and I decided to get her a brother to keep her company and to hopefully help me when I do lose her. It was the best thing I could've done! She can get possessive of me and selfish with her toys but she loves her little brother with a passion. And I can't believe how much I've fallen for the little bugger myself:)

I think you are wonderful for thinking about your babies needs! She will love you just as much if you get another, as she does now! The question is, will you have the time to split your attention between them? If you do, then you can't go wrong getting another. I have double the Yorkie love with two and don't regret it for a moment. I have fallen as much in love with my second as I am with my first. Now each one of my heels has a Yorkie stuck to it! lol. I no longer do the Yorkie shuffle, now it is the Yorkie Two-Step!!! haha. And they get along fantastically and LOVE to play, and they are sooo entertaining!! I think bringing a new one in the home while yours is still young is key to them getting along. Another benefit to raising a new puppie, is yours will be a big help in the training department. They tend to watch the older ones to learn what to do and what not. Do what your heart tells you. (and when you get a new puppy, don't forget to post pics!!! hehe)

If you can afford it...get another one!!

A couple of things though....a puppy will copy everything that your older one does so make sure he/she is trained completely so it doesn't copy any bad habits!

Also, about being afraid the dogs won't play with you...dogs love humans and they won't ignore you. If anything, they will fight for your attention!

I'm considering getting another one too

I have also been thinking about getting another yorkie. I have my hands full right now with just one though. My biggest worry is that they wont get along well. Right now I am happy with Hannah being my only baby.

I say go for it!

I had just Penny for over a year and a half and she seemed lonely to me, we are retired and stay home with her all the time, but she just seems lonely to me, SOOOO we got Kizzy and wow what a change in penny, she is such a much happier dog, she runs and plays and tugowar and she even eats better now/

GO GOR IT!

So I posted this full-well knowing you would all tell me to get two...so I guess I did it so you could all reinforce what I have been telling myself to do for months now. It's so wierd though...I truly don't have that ache you get when you just want another baby around...I just feel bad for Reese and want her to have a happy life and feel bad that I am teaching all day and she sits alone...sometimes I think I am a little nutso the way I worry about this dog...does anyone else ever feel this way??? Everyone makes fun of me!!! Especially for being on YT so much, but it's addicting...:D

I can totally relate!!!!

Jazzie was happy and content being the only "child" for the first 5 years of her life with us. I don't think it was mean at all. She did just fine, loved us and was very well behaved and socialized well with other dogs and people.

When we got Jewel, we actually thought she resented sharing her spotlight with her. :D

I can understand that you must feel terrible when you come home and she's all alone...

My mum had 2 yorkies (both sisters) and they loved my mom so much, constantly her shadow! and they shared that forever sister bond...

Sadly they have both passed on about 2 years ago,:cry:

I think instead of having one little shadow near you...you'll have two!:aimeeyork :aimeeyork

My little Guidoune, she loves my mums dog...she gives her kisses when she's happy,
Guidoune, we'll she's actually starting her labour right now! lol..
i plan to keep a little girl from this litter,

They'll have a mum/daughter bond forever.
Just gotta keep my fingers crossed for a little girl!:xfingers:

So i think if your ready to raise a puppy and would love to have a companion to keep your girl company while your away, a second is always best!!!
Even if your girl might not take to the new addition right away, after a while you'll be coming home to two little yorkies on your couch together! enjoying eachother's company...:) :angelyork :angelyork :)

Take care
~Natacha & Guidoune~

wow, I was in your same boat a few months ago.....I didnt want to have to housetrain another yorkie because of my hardwood floors, and manolo is so dominant he only gets along with certain dogs. So....I got a cat! Easy, low maintenance, and he has a great friend now. I got a sphynx (no hair), because of my allergies to cats, and come to find out this particular breed gets along better with dogs than anything else! He is definitely happier now; he has someone to keep him occupied when i am away. Something to think about. Here's the link: www.naughty-nature.com

its diffrent when you buy one, bond and then get another. Usually its when people get 2 puppies at the same time that the pups bond more to eachother and less to you.

we got 2 cats from the same litter boy and girl they are best friends and they strill love us

One Yorkie? Really, it's OK!!
 

Up until this past month (please see my posting on Buddy the Yorkie LOL) I have always had ONE Yorkie. I taught school for years and left at 7, didn't get home till around 3:30 and my pooches did fine. I did make CERTAIN that when I was home that I took them on playdates, took them out for loooooong periods of neighborhood socialization and spent really quality time with them. Right from the get-go (meaning when I first brought them home at three months) I started teaching them to be alone for ever lengthening periods of time to avoid the dreaded separation anxiety that so many people complain about. This CAN DEF. BE AVOIDED.

If you are seriously concerned about your poochie being alone for too long and you def. do NOT WANT ANOTHER YORKIE, then get a dog walker or pet sitter in once a day during your absence (as many of neighbors do)and he/she will be just fine. Question? Is your dog housetrained? Or did you succumb to the paper training thinking? (which I personally believe is a disservice--YORKIES ARE DOGS!!)

At any rate, you do not need to get a second dog. Having said that, I now have two because I simply could NOT let Buddy go anywhere but to me--even after asking many people to adopt him when I first started pet sitting for his EXTREMELY NEGLECTFUL owner. Many wanted him and I almost let him go because I was so afraid of the work that might be involved with a second dog. Buddy is only two months older than Dixie--four and half years old. I am retired and have the time, had the time to socialize them and be vigilant for the first few weeks. Will you have this time if you bring in a second dog? Would you want a real puppy (I wouldn't recommend this since THEY ARE WORK when that young) or would you get one a bit older--say around 2? These are things you must think about. But once that second pooch and your first born know each other and YOU know that both are reliable in the house (bathroom-wise) then having two is really cool.

At any rate, if YOU DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DO THIS PROPERLY then just carry on as you are and if your dog is alone too much during the day, get someone in to socialize and walk her on a daily basis while you are working. You definitely NEED TIME TO START WITH ANOTHER DOG.

I hope this helps just a little. YS

Since my original post I am sad to say that my builiding has banned dogs due to the carelessness of dog owners who have abused the allowance of pets and not cleaned up after them in common areas and such. Those of us with dogs have them "grandfathered in"..so needless to say the idea of even getting another yorkie at this point in time has been shot down...maybe it's fate and god is telling me that now is not the right time...either that or I have to move!! I am kind of bummed out, and will just have to keep my fingers crossed that eventually i will end up in a situation where I can get Reese a sister...thanks so much to all of you for your great responses!! At least now I don't feel so terrible being a mommy of one!!