, Hi everyone, My name is Carla, I live in Missouri in a rural community. A month ago, my husband was mowing the lawn and out of nowhere came a scraggly little matted rug with burs and other nameless things attached to it, He began following behind my husband , stopping when my hubby stopped and picking up pace when he walked with the mower again, this went on for an hour and it was as if the little matted ball of a dog was a soldier marching in formation. Now I wish I had videotaped it. Anyway they were both hot and tired after all of that work, so I got the hubby a glass of water and got what I realized under all of those mats and burs was a yorkie a bowl of water
Well this little guy stank of high heaven. and we went inside thinking he might go back home, after 2 hours of him bouncing off of the storm door I said, we need to clean him up, take some pics and put up some posters. I bathed him and put some of my conditioner on him it took me nearly 45 minutes to get out all of the mats and burs. He let me blow dry him and was a perfect gentleman the entire time. He had no collar, no tags and we took him to the local vet, he had no chip. We proceeded to put up posters, put an ad in our little home town paper, looked for other posters kind of hoping , (but not really) that his owners would call. After 3 weeks of no responses we assumed that he was either very far from home, possibly his owner died or someone had to leave him behind or drop him off because they were moving. No phone calls not even anyone trying to pretend that he was their dog. So we are now the proud parents of a 5 lb 6 oz bouncing baby boy Yorkshire Terrier, validated as full blooded by my veterinarian . He is perfect in every way except for an occasional inside potty accident . He sleeps wrapped around my neck like a scarf , he sits on my shoulder in the truck like a parrot to see everything possible, he kisses all day long has been taught to sit, he lays, he heels and he fetches. He dances for treats. Evidently at one time someone loved him very much and I felt bad for keeping him, But my vet said we did the right thing instead of taking him to the animal shelter, who BTW we called everyday to see if anyone had called for a lost Yorkie. On the last day of week 3 we took him to the vet he got his rabies, kennel cough, and 5in1 shot. The next day we took him to a groomer and you have never seen a more handsome young man. He was so proud of himself, bouncing around showing off for everyone there. Now I understand that since he is full blooded, that there is a test that you can get through AKC, a blood test that you send back to them. And they will verify and register him since we don't know who his parents are obviously. He is not neutered but my vet says he is the most excellent looking Yorkie and would be a fine stud. Does anyone know what this test is called, How do I go about getting started with the AKC , how long does it normally take to get back these tests? And is anyone here on the page a stud breeder? I have never bred dogs and haven't a clue as to how to begin. Can anyone help with suggestions?Attached is a pic of him before he was groomed and after his first bath