Childless Yorkie Owners of Childbearing Age
 

Do you plan on having kids?
Is having a Yorkie enough to satisfy your maternal instinct?
Do you feel your Yorkie might be threatened by a new member?
Have you given up the idea of children altogether because you're obsessed with your dog?

Discuss!

Well, I don't really fit in this category but will reply anyway. I now have 3 children, 2 of them have 2 legs, 1 of them has 4 legs. God forbid anything happen to anyone of the 3 of them!!!!

Hi Junebug. No kids here...I had my hubby neutered...but he does have a son that we raised B.Y. (that's before yorkies). At this point in my life a Yorkie is plenty for me but I wouldn't mind another one. Even though we didn't have kids of our own we did have foster daughters and they all loved Boog and he loved them. As far as the obsession part goes...well...I gave up on having kids long before I became obsessed with my Yorkies!

I'm not childless, i have a wonderful 6 year old son, but I do not plan on having anymore kids - if you hit perfection the first time, why try for more!!! ;) After I lost my dog last year, and my son started to get older and not need me for basics like making a sandwich or brushing his teeth, I felt very sad, like I wasn't needed anymore. With a 6 year old, this is silly I know. After I got Chewy, he was like a new baby for me and he has brought me immense joy. I love taking care of him and I love it when he's trying to do something and can't, he just looks up at me like Mommy help me! He brings me such happiness - except when he poos on my rugs.

Well... Im 37 years old,,, No children,, have been with the same guy for 6 years, he has 3 kids ,,21,19, and 11,,
I often wonder if someday I might regret not having kids. But, then I think , if I dont regret it by now, I probably wont.
I have always been an animal lover ,, Not much of a baby person,,
if there was a little baby and a box of kittens, I'd go for the kittens everytime! (LOL)
So, I always wanted a yorkie since Iwas in jr high and my hairdresser had one, and I remember saying " thats the cutest dog I've ever see, what kind is it?"
So, after alot of apartment living I said " when I get my own home I WILL have a Yorkie"
And thats just what I did, and I love him to death, and the thought of having kids, or missing out on anything, hasn't really entered my mind since I got him. He keeps me too busy, and he is my baby, my Mom has even accepted the fact that this IS HER GRANDchild, and my dads getting used to it also, with his "fathers day card from his grandson Bailey!"
So, I'm completely content with my life as Mother of the cutest little boy I could have ever wanted! :tinyheart

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So I'm 23 and have a 10 month Yorkie and no "skin" children. We've been married for 10 months as well. We actually have our 2nd little female Yorkie coming in August :p. We plan on having kids in about 5-6 years. We just weren't ready for kids yet and won't be for a while. I am, too, obsessed with Yorkies and I'm sure one day we'll be one big happy family with both children and Yorkies. ;)

I'm with you Rhonda...I always gravitated to the kittens and puppies over the babies. I wanted a Yorkie since grade school when I saw my first one and fell in love. I don't feel I've missed out on anything either and my Mom comes to see her 'grand-dog' quite often. We always include them in vacations, pictures and on our Christmas cards with a little paw print by their name.

Hi! I am 26 - I'll be 27 next month. I'm not sure if I'll have children or not. I've always wanted them, but now I feel like it would take attention away from my Yorkies. I don't know...maybe I'll feel differently in a few years.

I feel the exact same way! I will be 27 in September. My husband and I are planning to have children in 5 years or so, but right now I do not have any desire for kids. I have never been much of a kid person, but hopefully it will be different when they are my own. Currently, my boys fulfill all of my maternal instincts and do not leave me wanting for anything more!

I fit into this category! GREAT THREAD IDEA!

To be honest, this is one of the main reasons that we got a yorkie to begin with. When my hubby and I first got married, we moved into a new city. Once our house was organized and the "newness" started wearing off, I began to get lonely.

(It took me 6 months into our marriage to even find a job....and Lord knows I tried.) Anyway, we adopted Sully after we had been married 9 months and he was everything I wanted and tons more.

I was lonely, and needed a companion. I needed a friend. I needed someone who needed me. I needed someone to nurture and take care of. I wanted to feel appreciated. Getting a yorkie to fill these gaps in my life was one of the best things I've ever done.

Don't get me wrong, I love my husband. He is the best companion and friend I could ever ask for! I love him and enjoy taking care of him, and yes, most of the time I do feel appreciated by him. (I know I am but sometimes men don't always show it, you know.)

I hope one day to have kids...maybe in about 5 years? Many MANY of my friends have children or are pregnant now...and I'm just not ready to give up the life I have. I really love my life with it just being my husband, Sully, me and my cat Penny. I enjoy my freedom and my lifestyle.

I really do feel that having a yorkie satisfies my maternal instinct, for now....and yes, I do feel that I will be able to put off having children longer because of yorkie(s)!

My hubby and I BOTH love our yorkie ....actually my HUSBAND was the opne to insist on getting a yorkie in the 1st place. Hybby is just begging to get another one! I'm anxious too but we both know we must wait until after our move, after we get settled in and all in our new home, city, etc (we're moving in mid august) - then we'll start looking for a new four-legged addition to our family!

......aaaaaand in maybe a few years after that, we'll start thinking about having children of our own, but for now, we just want lots of yorkies!! :) When we do have children, though, we know that Sully will be excited to have a new "sibling".

(My aunt and uncle who have a yorkie just had a child two years ago....they call her their 2nd child - and their yorkie their 1st! Haha!)

P.S. There is a lady who works at the local courthouse, a dog-lover, and we enjoy our chats about dogs, twice a week.

Anyway, she's closer to my mom's age than mine, but she adamantly chose having dogs over children. She always says, "You hold up a baby and a puppy next to each other and I'll run straight for the puppy every time!"
I always thought that was a funny way of putting it, LOL.

I'd like to add - that in 5 years or so, if I decide not to have children, I will probably breed Yorkies. I think it will have to be one or the other, but not both. I guess we'll see what the future brings!

I can answer this one! I am 29 and cannot have children (per the medical industry, but i still secretly hope and have faith)! Simon and Hallie have completely filled the void for me! I have never been married so when I do find a relationship that may change but I really don't think so. I feel as though I gave birth to these 2 and I cannot imagine a better love!

I got my first dog after my first misscarriage and never looked back really - we had to make a decision a couple of years later whether to carry on trying for a baby or accept we'd be childless and decided dogs were better for us than children. So far 21 years later we haven't regretted the decision once !

Hi! I am 27 and will have been married for 2 years in November. We definitately want children, just not right now. We just love our little Zeus so much and he is enough for now. I think we might try for a child in 1-2 years and yes I am very worried about how Zeus will react. He is a "mama's boy" for sure and I don't know how he will deal with the competition. I know when the time comes, I will be coming to you all for advice!!

That makes me feel good!! :)

I totally agree w/ everyone! I cannot imagine my life w/out my Yorkie and my Maltese. They are my children. I can't imagine my life w/out my pooches. They really do fill a maternal and natural instict in my life. My husband and I are still young (we're both 23) and still have a long way to go before we have children but, to be honest, I am an animal person. Don't get me wrong, I love kids - especially my 2 godchildren who are twin girls. They are 1 year old and I ADORE them. But I love my dogs in a different, special way. I honeslty never wanted children of my own but I ALWAYS wanted a dog. I am actually thinking of getting another tiny girl Yorkie. I think 3 is a good number :)

What a great idea for a thread! I'm almost 46 and have 2 kids, 12 and 14. Talk about not feeling needed! My daughter wanted a puppy for about a year and I kept saying no. Finally I gave in now we fight over who's the mommy to Tucker. I know I had no desire to have any more kids and Tucker is like a new baby to me! My kids accuse me of loving him more than them! Not true, but he's way up there! I feel like I have 3 children.

Good question--

Well I am 24 and have been married for 3 years. I am sure we'll have kids someday. I have always wanted to be a mommy. And I know my hubby would be an amazing dad. But right now I am really enjoying being with my husband at this stage of life. We have so much fun together.

When we do decide to have children (which will be in a few years), I am sure I'll do whatever I can to help Keeley feel comfortable. He'll always be my baby!

This is a great thread! I have a daughter, Lyric, who is almost 13. We never wanted any more kids...you shouldn't mess with perfection! lol
I am so NOT a baby person! But I am a Rocky person! I can't wait until he is older and a little better with his behavior! If anything, Rocky has reminded me how much work babies are!

I agree with your last comment.

A lot of people my age and even younger have new babies or are pregnant, and quite honestly it's making me sweat a little bit. I never saw myself having a kid because in all honestly, I view all little kids as the Seed of Chucky. And babies scare me.

I would so much rather babysit a dog than a kid. But I have some serious decision making to do because I'm not getting any younger. The funny thing is, I want a stroller so bad for Otis.

But I ask myself, if it Otis wasn't in the picture, would I be more receptive to the idea of having a baby?

I do not regret having Otis ONE BIT. He is the love of my life. But I wonder if Otis is screwing with my human maternal instinct. I don't want to wake up 15 years down the line, and wished I would have had kids. It will be too late.

Well- We have been married for 8 monthes and have had Luig for 6!!! We both want at least one-(only one if its a boy 1st, two if we have a girl 1st, then try for a boy, and if we end up with 2 girls-- thats it!!!) Ray really wants to carry on his family name. But we are in no hurry at all!! I am only 27- so I have lots of time. But if for some reason- we are not meant to have skin kids- then we will always have yorkies!!! Luig is our son now!!!
All my friends are having babies right now and as much as I love all of them- not ready to give up our lifestyle yet!!! I have Luig around all my friends babies, and he just adores them!!! He loves kids, so I hope if and when we bring a child into this crazy world, I know he will just adore him or her!!!

I can respond from expierience. I'm 31. I have 4 kids ages 14, 11 1/2 and a set of 9 yr old twins. The 14 year old is from my Fiance/ Husband previous realationship (we're the same age) The other three are my own children. We have been together for 8 years and have been living together for 4. :aimeeyork

We went through a time where we wanted children of our own but, we really need to focus on these for now. I really must admit that after getting Josie 1 year and 2 month ago...I've reliazed, that the yearn for having more kids is gone. I think, I would much rather have another yorkie. They really are like children and the love I have for her and my children are very close. ;)

My children, mostly the Twins will get jealous of Josie every once and a while. It's just that they want my attention too. They will say things like "you love her more than us" Then I just have give them all the attention and Josie will be the one whinning. It's nice to be loved :D

I have 3 kids, 12 yr old son and 4 yr old daugther and of course Gucci my soon to be 1yr old Yorkie(July10). I had my skin kids before my furbaby. Too us Gucci is part of the family, she is one of my children. I already had a tubal ligation so we are not having anymore skin kids. Like some of you said why mess with perfection. In another hand we all want more furbabies. :rolleyes:

No, both my boyfriend and I do not wan to have any kids. My Deegan keeps me on the go enough. I may be a good mommy to him, but I am not mother material for another human being. Don'e get me wrong, I like kids, but I just prefer not to have any of my own. People look at me weird saying that "It's not a family without any kids." I hate when they say stuff like that.
Or when people say your poor mothers for not being grandparents.... It wouldn't be them raising them, it would be me. They had their children.

I am 28 and perfectly content with my life how it is with my man and my furbaby! And we are a family! :luvu:

No kids yet! brett and i plan on having probably 2..but not for several years! We think of Bentley as our baby! and really with both of us going to school and working..He's perfect!! It's scary tho. i hope we dont end up spoiling our children as much as Bentley or we're in for it!

only 27- so I have lots of time. ... I remember those days, saying that,,, I swear,, 21-30 was the BEST time of my life,,, (thus-far) But ,next thing I knew I was 37.... Time flys when your having fun,,( or getting older). Just a word of experience! ;)

I'm 36 and my husband is almost 38. We've been married for 4 years, together for 18 1/2 years. We have no strong burning desire to have kids. We like being able to do what we want, when we want. After 10 years of not wanting another dog after my last one passed, I finally decided I really wanted a yorkie. Best thing I ever did! I think he fulfills both of our instincts to take care of a baby. I even gave my husband a father's day card with Romeo's paw print on it! He loves being near me all the time and I love that. We already are on the lookout for a brother for him! My husband kept trying to put off getting one...but now that we have, he's just as attached as I am. He kisses him and tell him he loves him every morning before he leaves.

I'm 26 and don't plan on having children. My husband and I discussed it to death and finally decided we just don't see ourselves as parents to human babies so he had a vasectomy to make sure we don't have any accidents. We decided that if we somehow change our minds about kids we can always adopt. Our dogs are definitely our kids, we really wouldn't have it any other way, we love them to bits and pieces and they are enough to keep us occupied and happy. My in-laws would disagree.. my mother in law cried when my husband told her that we weren't planning on having any children.. she doesn't know about the vasectomy because she'd throw a fit. She wouldn't be the only one either.. we are always getting pestered by people wanting to know when we are going to have kids.. I usually tell them that we already have two kids.. Tuffy & Pixie. ;) I just wish that would just accept our decision and quit bugging us. :(

I\'m mid-30\'s... I still don\'t know if I ever want kids... maybe when I\'m 40???? My Yorkies and my career are plenty for me!