Introduction
 

Hi all!
I'm new to YT (and Yorkie ownership) and just wanted to introduce myself.
I am a college student in Southern Oregon (formerly Seattle), and my new family addition is an 11 week old male Yorkie named Winston.
Before he joined us I was a "strictly cat" person, but he has brought so much joy and laughter into my life (and I've only had him a week)!
My three cats aren't very happy about him yet...they are used to having mom all to themselves... but they are getting used to it.
The week has not been uneventful, however. The day after I got him, he went into hypoglycemic shock and had to be rushed to the vet. We bonded well over the next 24 hours because I had to stay up with him and force feed him every hour. I was so glad to see posts from other owners with similar experiences (not that they were good experiences) because I thought I had done something to hurt Winston! I had no idea that Yorkies were prone to hypoglycemia and I wish the breeder would have warned me!
The vet explained that he must have had a tough time adjusting to the new house and cats, and he has been perfect ever since.

Anyway, looking forward to sharing more ideas, experiences, and advice with you all!

~Heather

Hi, Heather, let me be the first to welcome you to YT! You will love it here. Great advice for your Yorkie and a lot of friendly and witty people. I'm sorry you and Winston had to go through hypoglycemic shock. Sounds like you were the perfect mom, however. And my experience with dogs is that surviving things like that creates a bond between owner and pooch that will last forever.

Good to have you. Now send pictures!

Hello & Welcome to YT! Congradulations on your new baby as well!!!

I hope you find YT as helpful and fun as I have!

Welcome to our YT family! We hope you love it here as much as we do.

I was strictly a "cat person" before I got my 1st yorkie, Sully......now I'm an obsessive dog person, LOL!

Hello and welcome to Yorkie Talk!!!!!!! You will love it here......we get a little silly at times but that makes it even more fun. We also have a lot of people with great knowledge on how to take care of our babies.Thank goodness!
Joy, Nikki and Chloe Rose :rose: :wavey: :yorkietal :wavey: :luvu:

Hi Lunadee,
Being a Newbie and from Coos Bay, OR, I was scanning NW Members. I just wanted you to know my Chipper, 11 yrs, is Hypoglycemic and we have dealt with it over the years. Today he is as intelligent, strong and playful as ever, although he still has seizures periodically and I hold him tightly until they pass and then give him Nutra-cal.
I hope it was one time with Winston.
Chipperdancing

Hi Heather, are you in Ashland? I am origanly from Medford so the southern OR thing caught my attintion so did the intro :)

Anyways nice having you on YT!!! Its a very nice site and lots of info.....

Welcome, Heather! Glad to have you part of our "family"!!!

Sorry I just saw you were in Grants Pass, so you are going ot RCC huh. I so miss Medford area

Hi. Welcome to you and Winston to YT. I am so thankful to hear that Winston is not having anymore sugar episodes and is adjusting well. I do hope you enjoy YT and want to share so much more about Winston.

Please feel free to share pictures - those are our favorite! I am owned by Schatzie, she's spoiled rotten and the best furbuddy in my life! :p

i'm new to YT as well. i'm lovin' it! welcome :)