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I hope I am not being too discouraging, because I really so love my dog I can’t imagine having any other kind than a Yorkie, but I want to make sure I give you all the negative sides too.
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Okay, you love this little dog, and nothing is going to keep you from owning him. He’s adorable, loving, adventurous, and you can tell as soon as you’ve met him that the two of you have a special bond.
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Other than your Yorkie being hurt because of something dropped on her or because she jumps from too high a place. I don’t know about problems with this if you truly like very small dogs. I have an advantage here because my Yorkie loves to run and take long walks, so I guess that’s one reason he’s so strong.
And he’s not on the itsy bitsy side, like some adult Yorkies I’ve seen that are four pounds tops. You have to really protect a dog that is small and fragile. If you’re in the kitchen just opening a can of soup, it probably weighs about a pound, and if your dog is three pounds, remember that’s a third of her size. It’s like if you weigh 150 pounds, having a 50 pound object slam down on your head or back!!!
But what about barking? Yesterday, I watched a movie called “How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog.” It was a good movie, not really much about a dog, but there was a dog that barked at night so the main character was always getting his sleep interrupted. He bought earplugs, and he pretended to plot the death of his neighbor’s dog.