With the recent increase in missing and injured Yorkies!!!
 

maybe it's time to discuss the fact that owning a Yorkie isn't all about dressing them in cute clothes, taking adorable pictures of them, and posting them on YT.

Yorkies, even as adults, don't get beyond the toddler stage. Would you leave your toddler alone in the house to chew on electrical cords, would you leave your toddler alone in your backyard without supervision, would you fall asleep and let your toddler do whatever toddler's do when their not supervised??

I feel that if your life is too busy to watch a dog 24/7 (at least when you're home (obviously you would have other arrangements when you are at work) - then maybe you're not a candidate to own a Yorkie.

I'm sure to get a LOT of flack about this post!!

i think this topic is VERY case by case. Layla is not a toddler nor does she act like one. She has been TAUGHT not to chew or get into trouble, or even wander. and i hope to God your reference to falling asleep is not a very low stab at one of our LOVED members who just lost a yorkie. I avoid these posts like the plague but i thought i'd give you the chance to clarify that you were NOT referencing her.

no, i wasn't referencing anyone!!! just the fact that from my experience, sadie acts like a total toddler - and i have to watch her like a hawk!!

Sorry if i offended you or anyone else...

thank you so much for clarifying... when i read your examples i was just livid... but now i understand.. i'm sorry if i offended you.. i didn't mean to but i didn't want anyone on here attacked. I see what you are saying i have friends who's 4 year old is like a toddler, but like i said i think it is case by case (as i sit here and watch Layla destroy her toy :p)

Then I am probably not qualified to own mine because I dress them in cute clothes and give them free roam of the house even when no one is home. Mine havent chewed a cord up in 2 years and they havent destroyed anything in my house for about A year and a half so I trust them

I wrote this post after Sadie and I were out by the pool and I fell asleep and wasn't watching her - of course, she was up to no good!!! LOL To me, she's just like a toddler!!

Sorry if my post brought up something else in your mind!!

I wasn't going to post but this is going to make the people who DO have a missing or lost a yorkie to an accident feel really bad. As with kids - no one can watch a child 24/7 - we want to think we do :) but it's impossible unless we were tethered to the kid

I feel the same with Yorkies. They're GOING to be sneaky & they can be hard to watch even when we're right with them - our attention gets diverted - the phone rings - all sorts of things go on in LIFE but to say someone shouldn't have a dog unless they were some kind of superman seems a little harsh.

Don't get me wrong - I mean NO OFFENSE !! I really don't .but once I was sitting right in my yard when Cheri was a baby - one second she was there and boom - she was gone - the hole she found was 1/4 the size of her body - I never dreamed she'd fit thru it and I COULD have lost her ...all I kept thinking about is what IF a dog was on the other side - what if they had no fence ?? I broke down my fence getting into my neighbors yard but it happened in a split second and could have been a tragedy - and I was RIGHT THERE when it happened.

Now - I DO agree there are some people I see that I wish only had stuffed toys - but that's a whole nother conversation LOL

I know- Yorkies impossible to watch - totally unwatchable!!!! - its the only bad thing i can think of about them!!!

They are - but if one has little mommies babies like I do - watching them is easy - I have 2 velcro'd to my butt at all times - One for each CHEEK :D

I think a significant portion of the yorkies that go missing are due to theft. I live in a city where small breeds are VERY popular, and often stolen...that's why I would never leave my fur baby out in my back yard unless I'm there to supervise them (much to my future-in-laws dismay). It's difficult to supervise them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...but I'm sure everyone here tries their absolute best to ensure that their fur babies are as safe as can be (indoors and outdoors). :)

I hope this doesn't offend anyone, because I certainly don't mean to, but I do not feel that comparing owning a yorkie to having a child is a good one.


The reason I say that is because I do not feel that owning a yorkie is as exhausting as being a parent. Say you have a 2 year old yorkie and you bring a new puppy home??? There are no 2 am feedings (maybe potty breaks LOL) and you didn't just go through xx amount of hours to deliver the puppy.(unless you assisted in the whelp)..but with human kids sometimes moms are just tired because maybe Dad's work and mom's home with 2 toddlers and has just had baby 3 and she is exhausted....because she has cleaned the house for the millioneth time and she was up all night with a colicky newborn...I could totally see mom falling asleep and her two toddlers trash the house...does that make her a bad mom? No, that means she is just exhausted and hopefully there is someone she can rely on for help.

For me, parenting Yorkies isn't as exhausting as parenting skinkids...for one, my yorkies listen bettter...and another, my yorkies CAN do some things for themselves but with human toddlers they are pretty much reliant on Mom or Dad.

It is a HUGE gap between a furbaby and a skinbaby...now my furbabies are just like my kids, but they don't demand as much.

I am sorry if I offend anyone with this, as I said, not my intentions, but I don't think it is fair to compare yorkies to toddlers. BIG difference (and my kids didn't chew on electrical cords but they did chew on table legs LOLOL)

And if we stop and really think about it, alot of the extra care we put into our yorkies are by CHOICE. We choose to treat them just like children, because to most of us that is what they are, our children. But some of the things we do (clothes for example) are not necessities to their care, but with skinkids EVERYTHING we do for them is necessity.

Accidents happen all the time. If someone's dog is stolen that isn't the owner's fault...it is the crooks fault....Would you tell them they are to blame?

Would you go to a mom who's child was just snatched from her while she was in the bathtub or using the toilet would you tell her she would still have her child if she had taken him/her to the bathroom with her??? What if the child is one that is an escape artist...mom put him/her down for a nap..mom takes a nap...kid wakes up before mom and wanders out of the house...does that make her a bad mom??? I think it means she is exhausted and needs someone to give her a break.

It is inevitable that a toddler is probably alone for a few minutes everyday, as it is inevitable that a yorkie or any furkid is alone for a few minutes or more everyday.

And, once again, I don't mean to offend, but i would leave my furkids unattended before I left my CHILD unattended.

I think you totally over reacted to my post - i don't even know what you were referencing -sorry!!!

A member here recently just lost their furbaby and it was very devestating for her. They just wanted to be sure that you weren't making reference to that member, that is all. :)

I think this goes for anyone owning a yorkie or any other 4 legged pet..as puppies they all are prone to chewing etc. so all of them have to be watched not just the yorkies until they are taught like the op said not to do so and are trustworthy enough to have full run of the house...Mine is no where near ready and he probably won't be for a long time but i know that and handle him accordingly which i am sure everyone who has a pet does and its a case by case situation

*whistles* I bet Villette has the cutest butt in Texas since she has a yorkie velcroed to each cheek.:p