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DazzlinYT · 09-07-2006, 09:43 AM

Yeah..what she said! LOL Mary you say things so much more elegantly than I.

As for the "cute little stuffed animals"..I absolutely put my dogs up when MOST of my friends children come to visit (thankfully for SHORT periods of time) as they have no clue how to be careful around the furkids... My little new addition will be raised amongst the yorks, so he will have to develop an understanding of what is and is not okay.

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Originally Posted by Mardelin

Becki comes from a family of dog lovers/breeders/exhibitors. Her children have been raised in this environment, know how to handle the dogs. I'm sure this will be the case with the new baby.

I'm all sure that you know the implications of having young children and yorkies. The wee little human kids think they are cute little stuffed animals and don't mean any harm.....accidents can happen in a blink of an eye.

k2p1e · 09-07-2006, 09:48 AM

lol Becki you have thicker skin then me!
I do not get offended when I get told the danger of small children and yorkies, actually when people stop us when we take for our walk and ask about the yorkies the first thing out of my mouth is they are not the best dog for a house with small kids (they must think I am simple cause I am pushing a double stroller)

I grew up also with small dogs, my mom had toy poodles (pets) form the time I was 2 years and up.

I know what you mena about other people kids...my Peter is only 2 years but he knows how to pet the dogs and never picks them up but my friends children? I tell the yorkies to stay upstairs till they leave and they do so happily.

Mardelin · 09-07-2006, 09:50 AM

I don't adopt my yorkies out to families with little children under a certain age. But, I usually request that the whole family come when they are coming to adopt puppies. I watch the parent and child interaction as they are checking out the puppies. Watch and listen on how well the children are behaved. If parents are afraid to practice discipline.

k2p1e · 09-07-2006, 09:51 AM

The only problem I have with my own small children adn yorkies? Pete rhas no fear of dogs, even ones that are barking and snarling (my grandmother's nasty pom) and the yorkies do not realize that other children are too rough.

DazzlinYT · 09-07-2006, 09:53 AM

Uh oh, well behaved and disciplined? Well I'm out of the running! LOL!! Remind me NEVER to bring my kids when I come to TX to visit you MJ~!! LOL! ROFL

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Originally Posted by Mardelin

I don't adopt my yorkies out to families with little children under a certain age. But, I usually request that the whole family come when they are coming to adopt puppies. I watch the parent and child interaction as they are checking out the puppies. Watch and listen on how well the children are behaved. If parents are afraid to practice discipline.

k2p1e · 09-07-2006, 09:56 AM

Good for you!!
We have basic rules here, no running in the house (I do not want to risk Peter falling on one), absolutely no roughouseing, no teasing, no feeding the yorks from the dinner table (Peter's worst offense), the yokires do not touch peter's toys and Peter does not play with theirs unless playing fetch. If he wants a cuddle with a dog, one of us parents are in the room next to them supervising.

If anything should ever happen it is MY fault, not the dogs not my sons, MINE.
So we take every precaution to keep everyone safe and happy.

DazzlinYT · 09-07-2006, 09:56 AM

A thick skin is something you develop very quickly in the show world. If everything nasty anyone has ever said to me had hurt me, I would be a blubbering ball of emotions all of the time. One just has to realize a lot of nastiness comes from people with empty lives, sitting on self-made pedastals, and those who are threatened or jealous. As long as YOU can say I know what I am doing is right, in all aspects of your dogs..then who cares what anyone else thinks?

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Originally Posted by k2p1e

lol Becki you have thicker skin then me!
I do not get offended when I get told the danger of small children and yorkies, actually when people stop us when we take for our walk and ask about the yorkies the first thing out of my mouth is they are not the best dog for a house with small kids (they must think I am simple cause I am pushing a double stroller)

I grew up also with small dogs, my mom had toy poodles (pets) form the time I was 2 years and up.

I know what you mena about other people kids...my Peter is only 2 years but he knows how to pet the dogs and never picks them up but my friends children? I tell the yorkies to stay upstairs till they leave and they do so happily.

k2p1e · 09-07-2006, 09:57 AM

Now as for other behaviour...well let's just say Terrible Twos...need I say more?

DazzlinYT · 09-07-2006, 09:59 AM

IT is important he learns not all doggies are nice. I encountered the same problem when my kids were little..my grandmother was outside playing with my son one day at her house while I was inside making sandwiches, he was about 2 at the time.. he toddled off, she couldn't find him, and when she alerted me and I came running to find him, he was attmpting to hug a chained pit bull in the neighbors yard. Needless to say he ended up with stitches.

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Originally Posted by k2p1e

The only problem I have with my own small children adn yorkies? Pete rhas no fear of dogs, even ones that are barking and snarling (my grandmother's nasty pom) and the yorkies do not realize that other children are too rough.

k2p1e · 09-07-2006, 09:59 AM

Oh so very true!!

I get irratated with narrow mindedness. I get irratated when someone looks at me and says I should rehome my yorkies before my son kills one (I had a not so nice neighbor make that comment...I saw red that day...lol).

My hide still needs to grow thicker!

k2p1e · 09-07-2006, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DazzlinYT

IT is important he learns not all doggies are nice. I encountered the same problem when my kids were little..my grandmother was outside playing with my son one day at her house while I was inside making sandwiches, he was about 2 at the time.. he toddled off, she couldn't find him, and when she alerted me and I came running to find him, he was attmpting to hug a chained pit bull in the neighbors yard. Needless to say he ended up with stitches.

Good gracious!!!!
That is my worry, he has no problem with dogs and would go up to one and all, he has yet to ever be bit, nipped or even snapped at.
We are trying to teach him to wave to other dogs not touch!!

Olivier · 09-07-2006, 10:03 AM

I want to have a yorkie that I can be satisfied with, the right temperment, the right body stucture, the right movement and coat...etc...maybe I am once agian asking for too much or the impossible, but it really gets down to ethics of breeding, for the better of the breed!![/QUOTE]

As far as I understand , you want the perfect Yorkie, sorry , but the perfect Yorkie is not born yet .

DazzlinYT · 09-07-2006, 10:03 AM

Even though I made a joke, I feel the same way you do.. I saw a thread the other day of a mother wanting to get a yorkie for a 3 year olds pet. I cringed. I know FEW three year olds who A. Want a pet B. Can be responsible and C. Can not INJURE a small dog. I wouldn't place a yorkie with the MAJORITY of people with young children, they'd have to be some super parents, with great kids, and even then it would be a BIG YORKIE. On the plus side at least mine are USED to kids..so I can evaluate them as pets for homes with kids.

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Originally Posted by Mardelin

I don't adopt my yorkies out to families with little children under a certain age. But, I usually request that the whole family come when they are coming to adopt puppies. I watch the parent and child interaction as they are checking out the puppies. Watch and listen on how well the children are behaved. If parents are afraid to practice discipline.

Mardelin · 09-07-2006, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DazzlinYT

Uh oh, well behaved and disciplined? Well I'm out of the running! LOL!! Remind me NEVER to bring my kids when I come to TX to visit you MJ~!! LOL! ROFL

Better get working on it if you want the Charmer/Go-Go show dog.

DazzlinYT · 09-07-2006, 10:05 AM

I don't think she's describing the "perfect" yorkie.. I think she's just saying she wants QUALITY and is learning what that is. I don't think wanting a quality dog is so out of line.

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Originally Posted by Olivier

I want to have a yorkie that I can be satisfied with, the right temperment, the right body stucture, the right movement and coat...etc...maybe I am once agian asking for too much or the impossible, but it really gets down to ethics of breeding, for the better of the breed!!

As far as I understand , you want the perfect Yorkie, sorry , but the perfect Yorkie is not born yet .[/QUOTE]

09-07-2006, 09:48 AM	#32
k2p1e Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NB Posts: 212	lol Becki you have thicker skin then me! I do not get offended when I get told the danger of small children and yorkies, actually when people stop us when we take for our walk and ask about the yorkies the first thing out of my mouth is they are not the best dog for a house with small kids (they must think I am simple cause I am pushing a double stroller) I grew up also with small dogs, my mom had toy poodles (pets) form the time I was 2 years and up. I know what you mena about other people kids...my Peter is only 2 years but he knows how to pet the dogs and never picks them up but my friends children? I tell the yorkies to stay upstairs till they leave and they do so happily. __________________ Carla Reggie and Kenzie "Every puppy should have a boy"

09-07-2006, 09:50 AM	#33
Mardelin Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Posts: 14,776	I don't adopt my yorkies out to families with little children under a certain age. But, I usually request that the whole family come when they are coming to adopt puppies. I watch the parent and child interaction as they are checking out the puppies. Watch and listen on how well the children are behaved. If parents are afraid to practice discipline. __________________ Mardelin *Yorkshire* *Terriers*

09-07-2006, 09:51 AM	#34
k2p1e Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NB Posts: 212	The only problem I have with my own small children adn yorkies? Pete rhas no fear of dogs, even ones that are barking and snarling (my grandmother's nasty pom) and the yorkies do not realize that other children are too rough. __________________ Carla Reggie and Kenzie "Every puppy should have a boy"

09-07-2006, 09:56 AM	#36
k2p1e Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NB Posts: 212	Good for you!! We have basic rules here, no running in the house (I do not want to risk Peter falling on one), absolutely no roughouseing, no teasing, no feeding the yorks from the dinner table (Peter's worst offense), the yokires do not touch peter's toys and Peter does not play with theirs unless playing fetch. If he wants a cuddle with a dog, one of us parents are in the room next to them supervising. If anything should ever happen it is MY fault, not the dogs not my sons, MINE. So we take every precaution to keep everyone safe and happy. __________________ Carla Reggie and Kenzie "Every puppy should have a boy"

09-07-2006, 09:57 AM	#38
k2p1e Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NB Posts: 212	Now as for other behaviour...well let's just say Terrible Twos...need I say more? __________________ Carla Reggie and Kenzie "Every puppy should have a boy"

09-07-2006, 09:59 AM	#40
k2p1e Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NB Posts: 212	Oh so very true!! I get irratated with narrow mindedness. I get irratated when someone looks at me and says I should rehome my yorkies before my son kills one (I had a not so nice neighbor make that comment...I saw red that day...lol). My hide still needs to grow thicker! __________________ Carla Reggie and Kenzie "Every puppy should have a boy"

09-07-2006, 10:03 AM	#42
Olivier Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,999	I want to have a yorkie that I can be satisfied with, the right temperment, the right body stucture, the right movement and coat...etc...maybe I am once agian asking for too much or the impossible, but it really gets down to ethics of breeding, for the better of the breed!![/QUOTE] As far as I understand , you want the perfect Yorkie, sorry , but the perfect Yorkie is not born yet .