I have two boys 5 and 1. I didnt get GiGi as a puppy, she was 7 months. She weighs 3 lbs 2 oz. My older son was use to being around dogs. I have a husky and my baby has NO interest in dogs what so ever, he wouldnt even touch my Husky. So I knew I could get GiGi and he would not bother her. THEY are ALWAYS supervised together but neither one could care less about the other one!!!

I would not recommend getting a Yorkie right now. If you continue to read these threads, you will also see that they are often hard to potty train. Do you want your child crawling through an "accident". Also, I would not want to always worry about my child possibly hurting the little dog. I would suggest a little larger dog. If you don't want a lab or golden, there are medium sized mixed breeds that are great with children. As someone suggested earlier, go to a Humane Society or other rescue and fine a good dog that needs love. You will find one that is larger and better suited for a small child. If you really want a Yorkie, wait until your daughter is much older.

My friend has a Yorkie and who is about 5years old. Now her child is fine, and nothing tragic happened to either of them..

She got the yorkie a lil after having the kid and had no problems...

I appreciate your opinion but in my experience i disagree. Kisses!

I would not buy a yorkie PRIMARILY for a nine-month-old child. A baby that young has no idea that they have to be careful. They think of them as a toy. I have a yorkie who is very good with children, but I don't have young children living at home. My grandchildren visit, and they are very good with Jake, but we supervise them when they are playing with him. Jake is only a little over 4 lbs., and I purposely waited until my children were grown to get a yorkie. Yorkies are alot of work, so you might want to consider that before getting one because I'm sure your baby keeps you busy as it is. Yorkies are high maintenance. If you do decide to get a one, I would suggest one on the bigger side.

Honestly, any size dog could cause serious injury to a child by biting them.

I am wondering if you have "experience " why did you ask what you did in the post that you opened this thread with ? Is this a case of " if I don't like the advice I get then I will just ignore all these people that have years of real experience and just do what I want to "

I as a breeder do not sell to people with young children for all the reasons you have already read in this thread - the welfare of my puppies are too important to take a chance of injury , death or having to be rehomed within a few months because of defending themselves and biting whom ever is tormenting them - even when the child is to young to understand that what they are doing to the puppy is torment.

I personally wish you would wait untill your daughter is old enough to enjoy a puppy.

Providing individual experiences in yorkies with small children is great. But, they are just that, on a personal level and as humans we tend to defend our personal experiences

On an over all average, toy breeds are not for small children. It's not that yorkies don't love children or children aren't good with them. The opposite is true....they like each other too much. I've known where 2 small children wanting to love a yorkie were each grabbing and wanting it (adults in the room), one pulled a little harder than the other pulled backward and the dog went flying and hit the wall and was instantly killed. I've witnessed kids holding onto a chi and the puppy leaping out of their arms; broken leg. Same with a min pin. Kids dropping them when walking, Kids holding on too tightely and breaking ribs and puncturing lungs....Recently an article was printed in the AKC Gazette on this same subject Toys and Small children, not recommended. Toy dogs are uniqure and require a different way of handling.

It's pretty much one of the first questions I ask potential new families....Do you have children and what are their ages.

Children have to be taught how to handle the dog. IF they are allowed to handle the dog at all. EVERY child is different. My older child is 5 and we have had foster dogs, including a pomeranian mom and her pups without incident. He has been taught that he cant play rough or hold her unless he is sitting. He watches out for her so not to step on her. It depends on the dog and the child. Just my opinion and my experience

I'm glad your friends yorkie is fine and it worked out for her, I mean no disrespect to you, but her situation is not the norm, there are exceptions to EVERY rule as in her case, but that in no way makes what I stated wrong...I still stand by what I said...it is a fact that small children have no ability of understanding empathy for others including pets, they also are not capable of judging the dangers & the consequences of what their actions may cause i.e. as in pulling a dogs hair, tail,or ears.. getting in their food bowl, which can lead to a bitten face ( this happens quite frequently )...small children also have no ability to judge right and wrong, nor do they have the full ability to feel compassion for others including pets, nor guilt for the pain they may cause...
I just don't understand the lack of ability for some one to understand that we shouldn't expect small children to be put in a position to care for a pet, when they have no concept that it's a living breathing creature, and then expect that child to understand the reality that if they decide to carry the pup (or kitten) around by the neck ( I've seen this more times than I can count) it could cause it's death....that's a lot of responsibility and great expectations to be put on a small child....and I don't think it's necessary when all the person has to do is wait a few years for the child to develope those qualities...all it takes is a little bit of patience ( by waiting) and possibly save a lot of heartache...Kisses back...

I have two Yorkies and a six month old and it's just like having triplets. I'm serious. By time I get up and change my sons diaper it's a race to change him before one of the furbabies has an accident. So I run and get their leashes and I have 2 on a leash and a baby on the hip. You often don't think of things going wrong but boy it can! Like today, Tilly was vomiting and had diaherra all day long. So I went between her doing that and my son. I'm exhausted! Like others said most breeders wont sell you a dog if you have a baby. I had Tilly before I had my son and she did great with children, so we knew she would adjust good. JJ and Tilly have similar personalities so my breeder felt comfortable selling her to me. She frowned upon selling me a puppy though. They are so fragile. I have caught my son almost getting the girls hair by the handful and I just tell him no and he stops reaching for them. You have to have eyes in the back of your head. By no means am I telling you not to get a dog, just know what you are getting yourself into. Look for dogs that are familiar with children. I would hate seeing your 9 month old get bit or your Yorkie getting hurt.

I did Yorkie rescue for a number of years and 3 of them came into rescue for biting children. In rescue we would not adopt to a family with children until 12 years because we wanted to protect the dog from any harm by accidents and we did not want a child bitten. If you go to the AKC website and read about this breed they are also not recommending this breed for children. There are always exceptions to the rule but that is what they are, exceptions and not the norm. I will also tell you I have never been bitten by a large dog but have been bitten numerous times by Yorkies. This is there only defense due to their size and their terrier attitude.

Just as an FYI, La Princesa is not the original poster...Josean143 is.

I just read this whole thread - I remember having my kids as babies and it was the best time ever - with a baby at only 9 months old - WHY would you want to even bring a dog into the picture ? I would think having a baby would be a full time job - as having a yorkie can be lol -

I so enjoyed my sons at that age and those years go by wicked fast - adding a very small dog would to me take away from the joy of watching your baby do all the 1st things they do - You're going to have to be always on the lookout that the baby doesn't hurt the dog - basically... what everyone else is saying - ON the other side - I wouldn't hesitate to get a lab or a very child friendly dog - yorkies are too small to be child proof.

IF I were a breeder I wouldn't sell to someone with very young kids either - to many things can happen and it's the dogs who end up hurt -

Not to mention - at 9 months old your baby isn't going to even remember having a pet until they're more like 6 years old and up

i totally agree with all the women on here that said to hold off on buying a yorkie till her child is older, my coco is not a biter but when i took her to the park she was 6 1/2 months there was a lil girl there trying to grab her she must have been like 3 and my coco attacked she bite her pretty hard and thats really not like her thank god the child ended up fine but you never know how a pup will react to people she's fine with my cousins but i dont let them play with her unsupervised my coco is not a bad dog she just felt threatend by the little gurl grabing her hair so from my experiance plz plz plz hold off on getting a yorkie but if u must have a dog right now consider another breed plz thats just my 2cents though

all these kisses --- cheri and chanel are missing out! :p

I didn't hear anyone saying a tragedy would happen but you have to admit - very VERY young kids are not good with small dogs -

at 9 months - a baby is way to young to even know a dog is around - but wait a year when they're toddling around yanking the dog by the ears - or they trip and land on the dog - it's just normal behavior for young kids - they really don't know any better at that age. People shouldn't 'buy' a yorkie for a child when there's so many sturdier dogs out there - Even cocker spaniels are better suited for kids and they aren't big at all -

Josean143 - the replies on this thread aren't negative - just honest. I think most people here are putting the dog first and you'll probably do whatever you want to do - but the advise is out there for you to take

I am not really trying to argue with you all. That gets really old really fast.

The reality is that most people who come in here come in with their minds made up to get a Yorkie and all you can do is give them the best advice u can you know? Yes some replies in here were rather hostile, but thas the way yall do it in here and i kinda got used to it myself. Alot of you all think i am negative and don't care for me.. so be it. I don't care, i admire most of you anyway, especially you Re98vett. I have come in for advice and learned to take it and make my own decisions with it, just like this lady has.

With all that in mind and knowing i would get jumped on, but i gave her my advice. I could tell that she really wanted one by her comments. With that in mind i gave her the best advice on my experience. Yes some 34 year old women do have experience.

Like i said as long as she takes what was said and composes a really good plan for herself baby bf and Yorkie I don't see that she cant get a Yorkie. thas my advice and opinion. I am sorry that that makes anyone upset in here but i don't like you any less for it.

KIsses!

If You are getting one for your child, I would consider a lab. my son lab will let a toddler sit on her back.
If you are getting one for yourself then I would get a yorkie, yorkie are ok with kids they are just small and toddlers can be rough at times, one pull on a yorkie leg and it's broke.

Im not saying you should or shouldnt get a Yorkie, Because I dont know you. I had a tiny Yorkie with lots of health problems when I took this Yorkie in I also had three small children, But they was taught at an early age how to care for an animal, they was never allowed to carry them around, or even hold them while sitting on the couch, If they held them they had to sit on the floor and I sit right there with them. We have raised a lot of different animals so my kids learned to care for them. Now take my brothers kids, his being older they was never taught how to care for an animal and the animals they did own always got hurt. accidents can happen but they happen more when the kids are not told or showed how they should hold a animal.
Now I have two Grandbabys the oldest being one. I will not let her play with my Yorkies unless Im right there, and thats only rolling a small ball across the room to them. Shes not allowed to hold them, every sense she was a few months old, I would hold her hand in mine , Thats how she got to pet my babies, Now she pets them with out me holding her hand. But they sit on my lap and now when she pets them she does it so softly and says awww baby as she does it. so she knows to be gentle, But yet I still would not trust her leaving her in a room with them. like I said accidents happen and shes just a baby herself. So I have to say if you are a mom that wants to bring a pup into your childs life then you have to know that you have to be there to protect this puppy at all times.