The Invasion of the Yorkie Ornaments

December 4th
Years on Tree: 4
Received: Impulse buys when we used to have money (Before Luke)
Fun Fact: The Yorkshire Terrier’s original function was to hunt and kill rats and other rodents in the mines and cotton mills in county Yorkshire in northern England. Despite this fact, I'm pretty sure a healthy sized rat could take Sadie in 2-out-of-3 falls.

     In no greater aspect of my marriage is the definition of the word “compromise” tested than in the breed of dog that we own.  When we first realized we wanted to add a four-legged friend into our lives I told Rachel I wanted either a Siberian Husky or a Black Labrador. My wife carefully processed this request and now we have two dogs that-if they go outside in November without a sweater- will die. 

    Truth is, I love my little ankle biters. The more people I meet at work, the more I love my yippee little dogs. We have two dogs and they make for an interesting pair. Sadie was our first dog and we got her from the McDonald's in Kearney. No seriously, we bought her and the established rendezvous point was the McDonald's in Kearney, so every time I am driving on I-35 North and see the Golden Arches I have to be "a dad" and say something about it.  We got Sadie when she was seven and a half weeks old. She is actually considered overweight right now and she is only 6lbs so you can imagine how light she was when we first got her. 

     Bentley was adopted through Westie Rescue and we picked him up at Petsmart in Independence, MO. We were Bentley's fourth home in under a year. Somewhere down the line, he had been tied down to the point where his collar cut into his throat which produced one really bad scar. Also, he had a terrible skin condition on his underbelly from being placed in a kennel for hours at a time. And last but not least he had been left at the groomers. Needless to say I think that he had a rough go of it.He has gotten a lot better, but Bentley will occasionally bite you if: A) You are wearing a hat, B)You are male, and C)If you walk into our house. It takes a special kind of person to love a dog like that. And as you can see from the pics I am about to show you, my wife and I are definitely "special people". 

     Pay special attention next time you are at the store and you will see Yorkie paraphernalia is everywhere and the advocates of the breed ain’t skimpin’ on the ornaments. Eight yorkie ornamanets are present on the tree and it would take upwards to three hooks, but I think I could get Sadie (6 lbs) on the tree to make for nine .Now, the above ornament isn't too bad. Just a Yorkie with a bow in her hair. Not too bad, right?

     Wrong. Now we have a Yorkie with a Santa hat. What is so funny about this ornament is that my employer sold the ornaments sans Santa hat one year and then the next year all the dog ornaments came back out but this time they all had Santa hats. Same ornament. Same mold. Same color, but this one has a new hat. Oh dear. Next Yorkie.

     Do you know what's more exciting than seeing a Yorkie ornament not doing something? Answer: A Yorkie ornament doing anything. I don't mind this Yorkie ornament because there is a rare "action" pose. Whereas most the rest of the Yorkies are just found in a stare, this Yorkie is opening up presents. Next Yorkie, please.

Is it me or are the ornaments getting uglier? Look at those sad eyes. They say, "I am the fourth dog pictured and still not a single one of us has legs." Maybe the next Yorkie will.

No legs. Still no legs.  I must say that the quality on this one is much better than the previous. Almost to the point where I would say that this is a "Top Shelf" Yorkie ornament. I would take that light bulb away from it; however, Yorkies are a lot like babies in that they will eat something they are not supposed to and look at you the entire time that they do it. Not that I have watched my son eat Christmas bulbs, but we still have a lot of December to go. I got a fever, and the only cure is more Yorkie ornaments.

     There is Sadie in the picture frame for "Puppy's 1st Christmas".

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Wait a minute.....

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Does that mean????

Yep. Sadie's first Christmas would have been the Christmas of 2009 which would have been the first Christmas for Rachel and I as well. For those of you playing at home, on December 2nd we looked at a 'Our First Christmas 2009' Ornament that had nothing in it. This means that a picture of the dog went into its respective ornament BEFORE a picture of the newly weds. I can believe it, I just don't want to.

And finally, here we have the paw prints of my beloved pooches. The dogs haven't really grown so that paw print remains the same year after year. However, we did have a blast making these. My hope is that we do not get any more Yorkie Ornaments for awhile. Before we had a baby on the way, we pretty much bought whatever Yorkie Crap someone could put on a string. Now, we have to practice a certain level of discernment with our ornament budget. However, as soon as I see a Yorkie ornament with visible appendages you better believe I am buying one; two if one is wearing a Santa hat.