Large breed to Yorkie

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I went from danes...to a cocker...to a yorkie still have the cocker

i always thought little dogs were pointless...but OMG was I wrong!!! she is the best companion EVER.

I highly recommend it

[NewYorkieMom52]

Thank you for the welcoming! I am glad to have found fellow dog lovers! Brandy was my first dog that I raised myself. I bought her with the first paycheck I earned when in my first apartment. So we have in a sense been through alot and grown up together. She was very comforting and loving. And I guess I wondered how a little dog could fill those shoes. Would i love the yorkie more as a pet? or how I loved my Brandy? You know I am not the type to just have a dog. But I wondered with one so small how their personality was.

I am very excited to bring her home and get to know her. I am sure the love will grow. I just wanted to get some feedback, and another person said, you know you wont be able to lay on her or roll around and play but the Yorkie will lay on you and I guess I will learn the loving ways of a little one. Another person said they become your baby. I dont have kids so maybe this is the right step! HAHA!

tHANKS!

[kathy785]

We went from a Golden Retriever to a yorkiepoo, (still have) to a toy poodle (still have) to Yorkies and Biewers. I wanted something small, as the golden seemed to take up the whole living room. Also the hairballs from the golden would have made a whole yorkie some weeks! Don't regret getting smaller dogs at all!!!

[Luckyone]

I have Bridget, a yellow lab and Bella, a yorkie/pomeranian.

There's ups and downs to both

Bridget is a huge lumbering brute of a dog. She's 65 pounds and thinks she belongs in your lap. She drools, sheds, pants incredubly loud and barks constantly. And even tho she's 4, she still suffers from happy lab syndrome and is hyper as all get up. The thing that really irks me about her is how she's always growling at Bella. Bella could be on the other side of the bed and Bridget still growls at her. Otherwise, they get along fairly well. I don't think Bridget knows how to 'play' with other dogs since she pretty much ignores them and loves on people all the time. I could do without the barking, drooling and shedding but she's such a pretty and intelligent dog. Helps me overlook the things that drive me nuts about her.

Bella is the complete opposite. She's such a sweet funny little dog with a big attitude. She is really my constant joy. Bella hardly barks, doesn't shed, doesn't drool all over me. Does the funniest things (her zoomies around the house, howling at her image in the mirror, burying her toys and bully sticks where ever she can) and the sweetest (jumping up just to give me kisses, having to lick the water off my feet after I get out of the shower, waiting for me to go to bed) Bella's potty training and obsession with my undergarments are my frustrations with her. Bridget was potty trained by 6 months old. We're still working with Bella and she's 9 months old. And as much as I hide my underwear from her, she manages to find it and chew on it.

[Winstin07]

Hi and Welcome.
I have an 8 year old black lab and 6 1/2 year old golden retriever. I got Winstin in August. I love my big girls and would not trade them for anything. However, Winstin is different. You would not regret getting a Yorkie at all. I know I don't. There really is something about this breed that makes it like no other. Winstin is my boy and never in a million years could I have imagined the joy, love and never ending smiles he brings to my house.

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Originally Posted by NewYorkieMom52

Thank you for the welcoming! I am glad to have found fellow dog lovers! Brandy was my first dog that I raised myself. I bought her with the first paycheck I earned when in my first apartment. So we have in a sense been through alot and grown up together. She was very comforting and loving. And I guess I wondered how a little dog could fill those shoes. Would i love the yorkie more as a pet? or how I loved my Brandy? You know I am not the type to just have a dog. But I wondered with one so small how their personality was.

I am very excited to bring her home and get to know her. I am sure the love will grow. I just wanted to get some feedback, and another person said, you know you wont be able to lay on her or roll around and play but the Yorkie will lay on you and I guess I will learn the loving ways of a little one. Another person said they become your baby. I dont have kids so maybe this is the right step! HAHA!

tHANKS!

yes, they do become your baby. it's amazing. and yorkies are very territorial...of their "people" your yorkie will get attached to you and you will see a companionship like you wouldn't believe. for such little guys, they have a lot of love, a TON of personality, and don't you DARE try to tell them they are small

[PANAMA69]

We always had big dogs and we love them very much, I miss my Princesa very much she was very special, this is my first time that I have a small breed and boy I love my girls they are my babies, I love them both big and/or small