re: Anyone got any hot tips on a Yorkie puppy??

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If she will entertain the idea of another breed I’d recommend a Bichon Frise

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At one point in life I'd agree but now I can't say that I would.

Wife had a female Bichon that was good, not the brightest but wasn't a bad dog. She always had issues with teeth and died of cancer at 12 years.

Got another Bichon, this time a male. He's got aggression issues and is terrible so far at getting house trained and he's about a year and half now. He's smarter than the female we had and 3 times her size (she was a runt) but he's very stubborn, which they are known to be.

I'd consider a Corgi, small poodle mix, King Charles Cavalier, small golden doodle

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Where you at, I'll give you my 6 year old Yorkie.

Great little dogs. I've had one for 11 years. found him as a puppy at my office at 5am one morning. Put a sign out and no one ever claimed him. Yes, took a good year and a half to get him trained. But would not trade him for anything.

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Our yorkie spends her evenings KNOWING that there are multiple intruders (because she once saw a possum outside) in the back yard which must be loudly dealt with. She will then go wake our lab up in an attempt to use him for backup

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Funny. I have a 5 pound yorkie and he does about the same to my 70 pound boxer. They like to run the fence line in our backyard. Before we got the yorkie my boxer would run and bark at the people passing by. Now she just runs and lets the yorkie do all the barking. When we take them for a walk the yorkie barks at everything. When he thinks something is coming for him he runs and stands under the boxer like save me big dog. They play great together. They like to play tug a war. When the big dog gets tired she just stand on the rope while the yorkie is pulling his arse off