Sticker's a tad smaller than I expected. Cup looks overwhelmingly big in comparison. Time to downgrade the cups! :D Color of the sticker don't quite complement the cup perfectly as well.. Maybe its a good time to get one that's in powdered pink. Hmmm...
I like how my place cards complement my invitations. Plenty of hard work cutting them but worth the effort.
Brown and gold - they look awesome!
Yes, comes with our photo, hahaha, same price as printing just words, so why not :P Printed on shimmery paper.
Place card design #1 - brown and gold as well.
Place card design #2 - inverted the colours
The little imp and the tiny imp ^^
One of the 2012 setup. The theme isn't our cup of tea, they gonna arrange for the previous florist to work with us instead.
Smelly with Eva
Little Dawn
A General Appearance of the Dog
One of the first things to notice about a Yorkshire Terrier is its hairy, long coat and a small but well proportioned body. Though a toy breed, the Yorkshire Terries exudes ample intelligence and vitality, which reflects its activeness. Short and erect, the Yorkshire Terrier has a small head with a prominent set of eyes, and a short muzzle with a deep black nose. Their ears are v-shaped, pointed and should stand erect. Both front and hind legs are straight,with elbows neither turned inwards nor outwards, when viewed from front or back. Yorkshire Terriers have a small, straight tail and a slightly slanting back.
Temperament of the Dog
Despite their small structure, the Yorkshire Terrier has an attitude that is so exuberant and courageous, it would lead us to believe that the dog is not aware of its actual size. Though a toy breed, this dog displays ample courage and alertness which makes it a perfect home guard. This is also because of the fact that the Yorkshire Terriers owing to their origin(as a vermin hunter, ratter) have an acute sense of hearing.
Although Yorkshire Terriers usually live peacefully and in harmony,even with outside pets, they can be at times very territorial, especially the male yorkies. This is why introduction of a new pet cat or dog should be done very carefully. In case you are planning to keep a hamster or a rat(as a pet) along with your Yorkshire Terrier, drop the idea!
Due to their hunting instincts, your Yorkie is sure to devour your other pet, unless of course you plan to watch over like a hawk.
Better suited to an indoor or outdoor lifestyle?
A Yorkshire Terrier is undoubtedly an indoor pet and rightly so, considering some of its basic characteristics. Firstly, the yorkie has a small, light body structure and is surely very easy to carry and barely takes up any space. Despite having a hairy coat, the yorkie hardly ever sheds, making it a true blessing for those of us allergic to dog hair.
Moreover, the dog is swift, alert and yet graceful, and is sure to inform you of just about any intruder. If you do not have a big house or a very spacious backyard, you can still keep a yorkie, for this is one breed that needs hardly any exercise.
Also, the Yorkshire Terrier is above all a fairly well behaved, peaceful dog, tolerant of other pets around them and it is precisely all these qualities that make a yorkie one of the best loved indoor pets.
Are they suited to homes with kids?
Yorkshire Terriers are usually fond of people and children. But owing to their size and the fragility of the structure, it is best for Yorkshire Terriers to be monitored when interacting with really young children. Moreover temperaments differ among yorkies and some may not prefer children like the others. However, if handled with care and a lot of love, yorkies are sure to give you back the affection and be great companions.
How to take care of the Yorkshire Terrier Puppies?
 | It is needless to say that puppies would need extra care right from the time of birth till they are old enough to move around the house freely on their own. Update yourself on various puppy diseases such as Toxic Milk, Hypoglycemia, Fading puppies etc. From the time they are about 8 weeks old, puppies would need proper vaccination at regular intervals, talk to your vet and schedule appointments as per your pup's requirements. Be sure to remove all possible hazardous things from your pup's reach, such as moth balls, detergents, bleaches, aerated cans, plastic scraps, fruit pits and foodstuffs such as chocolates, bones or play items like balls, batteries etc. |
Keep your puppy well protected and make it feel safe. Often plastic or fiberglass crates or cages acts like an indoor home to them. Buy one that does not have any sharp edges but is comfortable at the same time. However, do not leave your puppy on its own before you have accustomed him to be in that way.
Training
Yorkshire Terriers tend to be a little hard to train, than some other breeds, as a result of their very nature to work without human interaction or assistance of any sort. This independence and free-spirited nature of Yorkshire Terriers make them rather difficult to house-break. However, consistent training will result in your Yorkie learning a great deal. All you really need to do is be patient and invest sufficient time and energy into training your dog.
Activity Level
Exercise needs of a yorkie is relatively simple and it readily acquires the activity level of its owner's. Moreover, a Yorkshire Terrier hardly requires rigorous exercises, owing to its frail, miniature structure. However, if the place where you live does not have a harsh weather, it is okay to take your yorkie out on walks frequently.
Grooming
Yorkshire Terriers require ample bathing and brushing to help their coat be clean and silky. A dry, tangled coat needs to be first wet with warm water and slowly worked out with fingers. Soft pin brushes with a rubbery texture is a good grooming device. Brush hair daily or weekly,(depending upon your dog's need) with a metal comb that has long teeth, to ensure you cover the entire length of the coat.
Be careful not to break your dog's hair in case it is tangled or feels dry. If you must blow dry your dog's coat, then make sure you dry them under low to medium heat, since their skin is far more sensitive to heat and burns easily. The area around and under your dog's eyes needs to be cleaned of the mucous and dried on a regular basis. Use a damp soft cloth or cotton wads to gently clean under the eyes.
To keep your Yorkshire Terrier's ears perfectly erect, trim them every few weeks carefully,along the contours, so as not to ruin its original shape or cut the ear leather.
Excessive hair needs to be trimmed from significant areas such as the rectum (to help your pet keep clean at all times) and under the paw.
Grooming your dog yourself, at your home and at your convenience will help you build a strong bond with your Yorkshire Terrier. You will not only save yourself the hassle of taking him to a groomer regularly, you save some money too.
Coat
Steel blue colored body and tail and a rich deep tan around the 'headfall', with the base of the ears and the area around the muzzle darker than the rest of the face. The tan color should not extend to your Yorkshire Terrier's back or neck.
Three important things to note about your Yorkshire Terrier's coat are color, quality and quantity. Moreover, Yorkshire Terriers do not have an undercoat, unlike most other dogs.
A good coat means hair that is soft and silky with ample shine and lustre. All of its body hair, particularly the head hair (known as the head fall), the hair on their muzzle should be long, with a rich tan color. While hair in between their paws maybe clipped to give a neat look, the hair on their ears needs regular trimming to help them stand erect. Yorkies hardly shed their coat but what you need to care about is messy, tangled hair.
Although most photographs of Yorkshire Terriers show them in long coats, it is only one of the styles. If you fail to regularly groom, shampoo or condition your dog's long coat, it will be a mess. To keep your Yorkshire Terrier's coat short, you may give your dog a short crop - more popularly known as the 'puppy cut'. This one is no doubt relatively easy to maintain, but you'd still need to groom your dog.
Health and Care
Cautions about Breeding the Dog
Before you decide to breed your dog, it is important that you educate yourself on the various conditions that may arise, and be prepared.
Is your dog a healthy example of its breed? Several infections transfer through breeding, therefore please ensure that the Bacteria Cultures and Brucellosis Tests have been performed on both the male and the female dog. Check the female dog additionally for diseases such as the Luxating Patella's, Cardiomyopathy, or Hypothyroidism, which are very much a reality of breeding. Above all, ask yourself if you have the time or inclination to find out about probable hereditary faults.
Complications do occur, and it is best not to take anything, especially your dog's health for granted. Do not leave your Yorkshire Terrier alone close to her whelping time, and make sure you stay with her for a day, both before and after she gives birth to her young ones. Educate yourself more and more on raising young puppies and ask your vet about conditions such as Scepticemia, Toxic Milk, Hypoglycemia, Fading Puppies etc.
Once the puppies grow up to be eight weeks old, vaccines need to be monitored at regular intervals until they are about four months old. Please remember that breeding your Yorkie will need ample time, money and the best care from you as the owner.
A Yorkshire Terrier’s health is directly related to it’s diet.
Life Span: Between 12 to 15 years.
Weight
Male: 4-7 LBS
Female: 3 - 7 LBS
Height
Male : 7 - 9 inches
Female : 7 - 9 inches
Group: Toy
Also known as: Yorkie
Ranking: 15 in KCGB
Hi People
It is for people like Therese that I am motivated to continue blogging and writing, despite being pulled away in a thousand places. She commented on my previous article on parenting. I always say “I can change the world, one by one”. So here is the latest article that I wrote for MCYS’ Behind Every Success. Enjoy!
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At the beginning of September, I had the great joy of seeing my eldest daughter married to her beau. In fact, I had the added privilege of officiating at her wedding! It was a family affair. Our second daughter was the bridesmaid. Our son walked his sister down the aisle and ‘gave’ her away in marriage. My wife was the witness to the marriage… and our family dog was the ring bearer!
In my speech to the couple I reminded them that a wedding is like a 100-metre dash, while marriage is a marathon. And although husband and wife qualify as a family, it would be a bonus to add on little ones soon after the wedding bells because they bring great joy. The equation goes like this, Couplehood: 1 + 1 = 1 family.
I urged the young couple to start a family soon and to have at least three children – one for him, one for her and one for Singapore! Our daughter nodded in agreement and said that if all goes well, she would do her part and contribute another dragon to the family. Then there would be three generations of dragons – my wife and I, my son and our future grandchild!
A word of caution I gave to the couple was to beware of the Love Triangle and not let the big C invade the husband-and-wife relationship. The first big C is other Characters in the form of other men or women. The second C is their Careers. And finally, the last C is Children! You see, children is a blessing, but they can also be the cause of marital strife and woe. Children can weld a husband and wife together, or they can be a wedge to drive apart a loving relationship. How does this happen?
When the baby comes along, the woman tends to think that her primary role is that of a mother and forgets that she is first a wife. Sometimes this phenomenon happens to the man too. In any event, who can display any ill feelings towards an innocent baby? And so the spouse suffers in silence.
My wife is one liberated woman. She allows me to subscribe to MAXIM (for the less informed – that is a magazine for men). Actually, we both subscribe to MACSIM – Movement Against Children Sleeping In Master-bedroom. Children have visitor’s rights only. Permanent residence? No way! A couple must guard their intimate relationship jealously.
Another source of arguments and discontent that may arise is how to deal with work on the domestic front when baby comes along. A wife will measure what a husband does against what she does, and because what a man does looks small in comparison, the woman often ends up unhappy and disgruntled.
The man, on the other hand, usually measures his contribution to the chores he does against what his father did, and because he is sure to be doing more, he ends up feeling rather good about himself and his contribution. This is even more so if his wife chooses to be a full-time homemaker, thus making him the sole breadwinner.
In fact, other issues will arise and a couple will need answers to several questions.
Parenting Questions:
* Are we ready for a newborn? Are we ready for added roles? Who will be the primary caregiver?
* How will finances be shared? Will mummy stay home? Will our parents be dependent on us?
* Can we afford a domestic helper? Is childcare available?
If the couple can come to a happy consensus, then conflicts will be minimised. Early conflict resolution can save couples from latent dangers that may surface when baby finally comes along.
Perhaps setting some parenting goals will help a couple prevent Baby from spoiling the marital bliss.
Parenting Goals:
1. Be spouse-centred, not child-centred.
2. Children are ‘leasehold property’ while the spouse is ‘freehold property’.
3. Establish proper rules – but don’t neglect the relationships!
Truly, children will bring added joy to a blissful marriage. We watch our little ones grow up and they grow up too fast. It seems that within a blink of an eye, our three children are all grown up. Now we can only reminisce about their childhood days. Carefree days of flying kites, playing catching, hide-and-seek, running about in the playground, swimming and catching spiders. Of course, it was not all fun and play… there were spelling tests and colouring contests to contend with too!
Wasn’t it just yesterday that we watched them nervously as we packed them off for their first day at nursery school? Separation anxiety was high, and it was not always coming from the child. Sometimes parents feel it more, especially when we have to let go of the first-born. After all, we are first-time parents the first time around. Things got better with the subsequent children. It always does. We call it ‘experience’.
I can therefore safely say “Experience the full gamut of your little ones, for they bring great joy!” The tough times will surely pass and when we find ourselves out of a job as parents we can shed a tear or two, a little sad, but plenty glad that we have done a reasonably good job. We may think we fail our children a bit here and there, but after all, we are their parents and they will still always love us. Just ask our children.
Former General Manager of TOUCH Community Services, Simon Sim has addressed staff of ministries, statutory boards, corporations as well as parents in various schools on strengthening family relationships. He is also the author of The Family CEO: Building A Happy and Successful Family.