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rhiannon80 · 05-28-2007, 11:28 PM

[F]Hello everyone! I am new to YT!! I already love it here!

I would like to share our story with you all! I have been a yorkie owner for almost a year now & I am loving it! I came to own my first Yorkie in a very SAD

way. I use to care for an elderly gentleman named Thomas almost a year ago. His daughter had bought him this adorable Yorkie from a breeder friend of hers. She was the Sweetest little thing! The breeder had origanally used this dog as her one of three of her breeder dogs. She decided to sell her due to the fact that she had one "reject" puppy per liter. She was trying to breed teacup Yorkies, but one pup always came out "Normal" size. To her a Yorkie over 5 lbs. was a reject. Anyway, she came to live with Thomas. When he had, had her for a about a month she came into heat, his daughter thought it would be a good idea to bred her. Well her owner Thomas passed away before she whelped her pups. We were all quite sad. To make matters worse the daughter that had bred her did not want her due to the fact that she had accidents. So they were going to lock her in a kennel until after she whelped and weaned her pups then they were going to get rid of her. I just couldn't allow that so I said I would take her. That is how I came to own my first yorkie....Sweet Pea

Well just 3 days after her owner passed away we brought 5 adorable yorkies into the world! I immediately wanted one...of course who wouldn't? So I made a agreement with Thomas' daughter. In this said agreement I would care for that current liter and one future liter in exchange for Sweet Pea and one of her sons...whom I named after that sweet old man I cared for....Tommy!
Sweet Pea is the most loving, sweetest, gentle dog I've ever known!
Tommy on the other hand is playful, humorous, and naughty! He is like a yorkie with ADHD! But I wouldn't have it humorous way. My dogs balance each other out!
My Yorkie Sweet Pea is currently about to pop any day with her next liter, I will be posting pictures the day that they arrive for all to see.
Plus to top off all things I believe that Sweet Pea is a fur covered angel sent from heaven to protect my son. From the day I brought Sweet Pea home, her and my younger son, Whom has ADHD & SCAD, bonded immediately. Me and my DH could not for the life of us figure out why she picked him, my son is loud and hyper (but very loving too). Well we got our answer to that question about a week after she returned from the studs house. Our son started having grand mal seizures, which were actually secondary seizure from his partial seizures. Our little girl is now our sons seizure alert dog!
Know you know a little about me and my Yorkie babies! I look forward to getting to know you all and your babies as well!!![/FONT]

JiggityJig · 05-28-2007, 11:47 PM

Wow, I love your story, and would love to hear more about your new fur angel, and her relationship with your son (what is SCAD?)

My oldest son has some sensory integration problems, and so he has never been the "cuddley" type with us, and has always had "issues" with animals. I didn't think he'd want to have ANYTHING to do with yorkies, and he didn't either

....BUT....he is so in love with our Kiki! It's so sweet to me to see him love on her and sweet-talk her, as it is so uncharacteristic of him. And she is awfully attached to him in return!

I like the story about you naming your new pup after the man you cared for, too. What a lot poor SweetPea has been through in her life! Hopefully soon she'll be able to "retire" and just enjoy the good life, getting spoiled by you! I hope that man's daughter honors her "agreement" with you, grrrrrr.

Anna Banana · 05-28-2007, 11:57 PM

What a lovely story! I'm so happy that Sweet Pea has found a wonderful home! Like JiggityJig said, hopefully you'll retire Sweet Pea after this littter so the poor stressed out little one can finally live peacefully in her new home.

Welcome to YT!!! I can't wait to see pictures of your two little ones!

bettyeanne · 05-29-2007, 12:53 AM

Welcome to YT! I loved your story and am so thankful that one day soon Sweet Pea will be able to live a wonderful life. Hope you enjoy it here and we are looking forward to seeing pictures of your Yorkie babies!

LuvMySissy · 05-29-2007, 03:40 AM

What a wonderful story. Sweet Pea is lucky to have you!!! And what a good girl she is watching over your son. Hope the new litter does well. Can't wait to see photos!!

Almost forgot - welcome to YT!!!

Little Bit · 05-29-2007, 05:09 AM

Welcome to YT! Sweat Pea sounds very sweet. Thanks for sharing your story with us. Please send us pictures of your little ones.

chattiesmom · 05-29-2007, 06:07 AM

WELCOME TO YOU, SWEETPEA AND TOMMY

Thank you for sharing your story. I have tears of joy streaming down my face. It sounds like SweetPea IS an angel -- she gave peace and comfort to the elderly gentleman she lived with AND she is bring that same peace and comfort and protection to your young son. God works in mysterious ways, and brings people together for a purpose. Maybe you cared for the gentleman so that you would be in the right place for SweetPea to come into your life to save your son!

Yorkieluv · 05-29-2007, 06:18 AM

What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing that

She does sounds like quite a little angel.

rhiannon80 · 05-29-2007, 10:37 PM

Thank you ever one for you warm and caring thoughts and well wishes!

SCAD is a rare metabolic disorder, which causes my son not to grow properly, he is almost 5 years old and is barely 3 feet tall and weighs about 25 pounds! Plus it does affect his learning slightly and makes him more likely to be ADHD (which he is). Other than SCAD, ADHD & his new seizure disorder his is a very active and other wise healthy little boy.

My yorkie,Sweet Pea,is on her 3rd liter currently & is 4 years old. I have had her checked by the vet and he says that she is a prime canidate for breeding due to her disposition and that he can not find any "flaws" in her or any of her pups. We do plan to bred her one more time, but only if she is in good health and we get the vets ok. She is VERY spoiled. My DH & children are constantly getting into trouble (By me) for feeding her and Tommy table food. I will allow the occasional piece of bacon, chicken, etc. but only every now and then. I have heard many stories of Yorkies refusing their own dog food because they only want table food. This is not something that I want to happen to my babies, I want them on the best food I can find.
I take both of my babies in to the vets for cleanings every 6 months, and to the groomers every 2 weeks! I live in the valley, the temps can be very high at times so during the summer we have them shaved into the shnowzer? cut! They are still just a cute cut as they are long. They have tons of toys & LOVE!! Very spoiled believe me!
I remember when Sweet Pea had weaned her pups and we had to separate Tommy from her so that she could get some rest with out having to deal with him still trying to nurse on her all night long at 12 weeks old! I bought them both very nice kennels and blankets and beds! Well, the first night in them Tommy started whining and my DH was heart broken so he let them both out their kennels. Sweet Pea went straight for my sons room, & Tommy started sleeping with us! Of course my DH slept right through him wanting to go potty and eat 2-3 times a night and I was the one up with want seemed like a newborn for the next 6 weeks! He now (Thankfully) sleeps through the night and is potty trained! I have heard how hard they are to potty train but mine was rather easy to me, well compared to how hard it was to potty train my kids! LOL

I will get pictures up of my babies as soon as I can! I just wait to share them with you all! I is kinda hard though to get a picture of Sweet Pea everytime I try to take her picture she turns and runs to her bed or dog house! I swear she just doesn't want her picture taken because of how huge she is right now! She is not normally shy of the camera!

stewartslucy · 05-30-2007, 07:51 AM

Sweet Pea isn't the only Angel-so are you!

What a beautiful person and thank you for sharing this story.

These pupsters are all so lucky to have you as their fur-ever Mom!

Lexi Rae · 05-30-2007, 07:58 AM

what a beautiful story, i have chills up and down my body...
you deserve each other... your a great person.. god bless you

Ozzie'sperson · 05-30-2007, 08:07 AM

WELCOME!

It's always wonderful to hear about Yorkies being spoiled ... and of the wonderful ways in which they spoil us right back!

Holly_QD · 05-30-2007, 08:19 AM

First off, Welcome to YT! And Second, you have an amazing story. I am so glad that your family and Sweet Pea have found each other. You have a big heart so I can see where Sweet Pea picks up that vibe. I am looking to hearing more about you Yorkies and yourself of course.

patty58 · 05-30-2007, 08:29 AM

Hi and welcome to YT. I know you will soon become just as addicted as I (and I think most) am. There are wonderful, giving people on this website and it looks like we just got another with you joining the familly.

yougetthesmiles · 05-30-2007, 08:33 AM

Warm Welcomes to YT!!!! What a beautiful story!

I'm, Missy and my babies are Lillie (1) & Baby Bear (4)

I look forward to getting to know you better.

05-28-2007, 11:28 PM	#1
rhiannon80 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 149	Hello Everyone!! I'm new here! This is our story! [F]Hello everyone! I am new to YT!! I already love it here! I would like to share our story with you all! I have been a yorkie owner for almost a year now & I am loving it! I came to own my first Yorkie in a very SAD way. I use to care for an elderly gentleman named Thomas almost a year ago. His daughter had bought him this adorable Yorkie from a breeder friend of hers. She was the Sweetest little thing! The breeder had origanally used this dog as her one of three of her breeder dogs. She decided to sell her due to the fact that she had one "reject" puppy per liter. She was trying to breed teacup Yorkies, but one pup always came out "Normal" size. To her a Yorkie over 5 lbs. was a reject. Anyway, she came to live with Thomas. When he had, had her for a about a month she came into heat, his daughter thought it would be a good idea to bred her. Well her owner Thomas passed away before she whelped her pups. We were all quite sad. To make matters worse the daughter that had bred her did not want her due to the fact that she had accidents. So they were going to lock her in a kennel until after she whelped and weaned her pups then they were going to get rid of her. I just couldn't allow that so I said I would take her. That is how I came to own my first yorkie....Sweet Pea Well just 3 days after her owner passed away we brought 5 adorable yorkies into the world! I immediately wanted one...of course who wouldn't? So I made a agreement with Thomas' daughter. In this said agreement I would care for that current liter and one future liter in exchange for Sweet Pea and one of her sons...whom I named after that sweet old man I cared for....Tommy! Sweet Pea is the most loving, sweetest, gentle dog I've ever known! Tommy on the other hand is playful, humorous, and naughty! He is like a yorkie with ADHD! But I wouldn't have it humorous way. My dogs balance each other out! My Yorkie Sweet Pea is currently about to pop any day with her next liter, I will be posting pictures the day that they arrive for all to see. Plus to top off all things I believe that Sweet Pea is a fur covered angel sent from heaven to protect my son. From the day I brought Sweet Pea home, her and my younger son, Whom has ADHD & SCAD, bonded immediately. Me and my DH could not for the life of us figure out why she picked him, my son is loud and hyper (but very loving too). Well we got our answer to that question about a week after she returned from the studs house. Our son started having grand mal seizures, which were actually secondary seizure from his partial seizures. Our little girl is now our sons seizure alert dog! Know you know a little about me and my Yorkie babies! I look forward to getting to know you all and your babies as well!!![/FONT]

05-28-2007, 11:47 PM	#2
JiggityJig YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TX Posts: 1,226	Wow, I love your story, and would love to hear more about your new fur angel, and her relationship with your son (what is SCAD?) My oldest son has some sensory integration problems, and so he has never been the "cuddley" type with us, and has always had "issues" with animals. I didn't think he'd want to have ANYTHING to do with yorkies, and he didn't either ....BUT....he is so in love with our Kiki! It's so sweet to me to see him love on her and sweet-talk her, as it is so uncharacteristic of him. And she is awfully attached to him in return! I like the story about you naming your new pup after the man you cared for, too. What a lot poor SweetPea has been through in her life! Hopefully soon she'll be able to "retire" and just enjoy the good life, getting spoiled by you! I hope that man's daughter honors her "agreement" with you, grrrrrr. __________________ OUR HEARTS KIKI MAZIE JIMBOB ELFIE OUR JOYS

05-28-2007, 11:57 PM	#3
Anna Banana YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,025	What a lovely story! I'm so happy that Sweet Pea has found a wonderful home! Like JiggityJig said, hopefully you'll retire Sweet Pea after this littter so the poor stressed out little one can finally live peacefully in her new home. Welcome to YT!!! I can't wait to see pictures of your two little ones! __________________ Anna and Wobie

05-29-2007, 12:53 AM	#4
bettyeanne Donating YT 7000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama, etc. Posts: 9,031	Welcome to YT! I loved your story and am so thankful that one day soon Sweet Pea will be able to live a wonderful life. Hope you enjoy it here and we are looking forward to seeing pictures of your Yorkie babies! __________________ Toto's Mom - http://www.dogster.com/?206581 Yorkie Rescue Colorado - http://www.yorkierescuecolorado.com/ "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." -- Albert Einstein

05-29-2007, 03:40 AM	#5
LuvMySissy Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,333	What a wonderful story. Sweet Pea is lucky to have you!!! And what a good girl she is watching over your son. Hope the new litter does well. Can't wait to see photos!! Almost forgot - welcome to YT!!! __________________ Sissy & Angel

05-29-2007, 05:09 AM	#6
Little Bit Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 6,205	Welcome to YT! Sweat Pea sounds very sweet. Thanks for sharing your story with us. Please send us pictures of your little ones. __________________ Little Bit

05-29-2007, 06:07 AM	#7
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 17,674	WELCOME TO YOU, SWEETPEA AND TOMMY Thank you for sharing your story. I have tears of joy streaming down my face. It sounds like SweetPea IS an angel -- she gave peace and comfort to the elderly gentleman she lived with AND she is bring that same peace and comfort and protection to your young son. God works in mysterious ways, and brings people together for a purpose. Maybe you cared for the gentleman so that you would be in the right place for SweetPea to come into your life to save your son! __________________ Silk Step-In Harnesses www.foxypups.etsy.com

05-29-2007, 06:18 AM	#8
Yorkieluv Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 7,178	What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing that She does sounds like quite a little angel. __________________ Miko 's his Mommy

05-29-2007, 10:37 PM	#9
rhiannon80 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 149	Thank you ever one for you warm and caring thoughts and well wishes! SCAD is a rare metabolic disorder, which causes my son not to grow properly, he is almost 5 years old and is barely 3 feet tall and weighs about 25 pounds! Plus it does affect his learning slightly and makes him more likely to be ADHD (which he is). Other than SCAD, ADHD & his new seizure disorder his is a very active and other wise healthy little boy. My yorkie,Sweet Pea,is on her 3rd liter currently & is 4 years old. I have had her checked by the vet and he says that she is a prime canidate for breeding due to her disposition and that he can not find any "flaws" in her or any of her pups. We do plan to bred her one more time, but only if she is in good health and we get the vets ok. She is VERY spoiled. My DH & children are constantly getting into trouble (By me) for feeding her and Tommy table food. I will allow the occasional piece of bacon, chicken, etc. but only every now and then. I have heard many stories of Yorkies refusing their own dog food because they only want table food. This is not something that I want to happen to my babies, I want them on the best food I can find. I take both of my babies in to the vets for cleanings every 6 months, and to the groomers every 2 weeks! I live in the valley, the temps can be very high at times so during the summer we have them shaved into the shnowzer? cut! They are still just a cute cut as they are long. They have tons of toys & LOVE!! Very spoiled believe me! I remember when Sweet Pea had weaned her pups and we had to separate Tommy from her so that she could get some rest with out having to deal with him still trying to nurse on her all night long at 12 weeks old! I bought them both very nice kennels and blankets and beds! Well, the first night in them Tommy started whining and my DH was heart broken so he let them both out their kennels. Sweet Pea went straight for my sons room, & Tommy started sleeping with us! Of course my DH slept right through him wanting to go potty and eat 2-3 times a night and I was the one up with want seemed like a newborn for the next 6 weeks! He now (Thankfully) sleeps through the night and is potty trained! I have heard how hard they are to potty train but mine was rather easy to me, well compared to how hard it was to potty train my kids! LOL I will get pictures up of my babies as soon as I can! I just wait to share them with you all! I is kinda hard though to get a picture of Sweet Pea everytime I try to take her picture she turns and runs to her bed or dog house! I swear she just doesn't want her picture taken because of how huge she is right now! She is not normally shy of the camera!

05-30-2007, 07:51 AM	#10
stewartslucy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Farmington Hills, MI Posts: 183	Sweet Pea isn't the only Angel-so are you! What a beautiful person and thank you for sharing this story. These pupsters are all so lucky to have you as their fur-ever Mom! __________________ stewartslucy

05-30-2007, 07:58 AM	#11
Lexi Rae Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY Posts: 10,455	what a beautiful story, i have chills up and down my body... you deserve each other... your a great person.. god bless you __________________ Gina & Lexi CLICK HERE for our Photo Album ...

05-30-2007, 08:07 AM	#12
Ozzie'sperson Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Metro St. Louis Posts: 2,809 Blog Entries: 1	WELCOME! It's always wonderful to hear about Yorkies being spoiled ... and of the wonderful ways in which they spoil us right back! __________________ Nicole RIP my sweet boy, Ozzie 1997-2011 http://thisdmnhouse.blogspot.com/

05-30-2007, 08:19 AM	#13
Holly_QD Everyday's A HollyDay! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: TX/WI Posts: 1,497	First off, Welcome to YT! And Second, you have an amazing story. I am so glad that your family and Sweet Pea have found each other. You have a big heart so I can see where Sweet Pea picks up that vibe. I am looking to hearing more about you Yorkies and yourself of course. __________________ Holly s Lucky and BFF Queequeg too "Every day is a Holly-Day"

05-30-2007, 08:29 AM	#14
patty58 Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: texas Posts: 5,272	Hi and welcome to YT. I know you will soon become just as addicted as I (and I think most) am. There are wonderful, giving people on this website and it looks like we just got another with you joining the familly.

05-30-2007, 08:33 AM	#15
yougetthesmiles BANNED FOR NOT MAILING PRODUCTS PURCHASED Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,295 Blog Entries: 3	Warm Welcomes to YT!!!! What a beautiful story! I'm, Missy and my babies are Lillie (1) & Baby Bear (4) I look forward to getting to know you better.