LOL YES Ma'am! But seriously don't make me bring the kids to TX..that would be worse than walking barefoot over burning embers...come on that's a 13 hour drive, would you wish that on any parent?? LOL I'll bring the baby! :)

13 hours with kids....arghhh!! I can feel hair falling out over the thought! lol

No I know there is no "perfect yorkie" but I want one I am satisfied with, I do not want to snatch the first "show" quality and then find out they are not good enough for the ring. I do not want one that looks great but personality wise will not suit our home or the ring.
There are some great dogs out there and I am determined to find one.

I agree with the whole wanting to get there 3 year old a pet..right...most 6 year olds are not even ready for a pet. But then there are exceptions to the rule. Now what about people who want a yorkie to dress up and spoil?? Now there is a way to ruin a good dog! (not the dressing up but spoiling). There are quite a few yorkie owner around here, when I bump into them they tell me how "sensitive" Precious is, and yes, they are a "bit" nippy (as in do not touch if you like your index finger to remain intact).

Ok.....I am here too
 

Ok, I have to jump into this....mainly because I am .....ummmmm UNUSUAL. I am a little "older" Mom, having raised one son, who is 22. But, God brought me a pretty cool guy, after 13 years of fun, exciting and wild "single life". So, guess what.....he did not have kids, sooooooooooooooooo you guessed it we now have two boys........and believe it or not. who are 10 and 6......they have conformed to my crazy life.....moving 7 times in 11 years, job changes, etc.

Well, what do I have now??? those two little boys, love, love dogs. We have rescue/fostered several. In fact you may recall, the two Italian Greyhounds, just recently, who by the way are WAY MORE fragile than most Yorkies.... Well, they did the feeding, cleaned up after them and helped teach them tricks.....and more importantly learned how to love and lose.....(due to adoption). They had to be extremely gentle with these two IG's based on the fact that their bones are very thin and break easy.....but , my guys were perfect gentleman....

So, I guess the point of my post is........don't assume because someone has small kids that they are not "candidates" for Yorkie ownership......

As Becki alluded too, and others......it is what the kids are exposed to....and how you teach your kids about animals in general....

I do agree, Becki does have a much thicker skin than me too.......I told her once, that she was a "mature" person in a young body.....LOL

But, I will be showing soon hopefully..................and maybe even one of my two boys may be in the ring eventually too.....as a Jr. Handler......we shall see.....

Good for you. You're raising children that are displined and know how to interact with smaller "toy" dogs.

But, there are many parents that attempt to buy toy breeds because they are cute and do not understand that these little yorkies are delicate and little children need to be taught the responsibilities have handling and playing with wee yorkies.

I get irratated when people see me with the yorkies and my kids and say, "Oh a perfect size for children!" Ahhh..NO!

My two year had to be watched with the dogs, cause he is two! When he decides to swing his toys around, jumping around foolishly, he gets disciplined.
Does he know to be gentle? I think he does at times but i take no chances, when he wants to cuddle with the dogs we make sure he is on our lap, and we hang on to his arms, cause he does not know how strong he can be. My family makes fun of my house becuase there are baby gates in every doorway, keeps my kids and dogs safe.

My yorkies like kids cause they have no reason to fear them, they have never been teased or hurt by children. (off topic but this morning I woke up to a some what funny site. The baby started to fuss in his bassinet, that was pushed up agaisnt my bed. Then he stopped suddenly, I sat up and looked, Kenzie who was sleeping on the end of the bed, had crawled into the bassinet and slept at the end of that and when the baby started to fuss she walked up next to him and and started licking her face! He was quite startled. Memo to me...make sure bassinet is not next to bed so Kenzie does not crawl in with the baby again! lol)

I have a family something like that Saleswman, I have sister that is 3 years younger and then two that are 11 and 13 years younger...my parents decided they wer enot quite finished...so now she has grandchildren and children that live at home...