My Yorkie Bichon Mix

Over the two years we’ve had Jack, he will occasionally start having these episodes where it sounds like he is having trouble breathing.  His body gets stiff, back arches and he makes this weird sound.  After doing a little pocking around on the internet it turns out that some dogs have this reflex called Reverse Sneezing.  It isn’t bread specific and at least in Jack doesn’t happen to often.  I’d say that he’ll probably have an episode once ever few months, but it’ll happen a few times over an hour or so.

Jack will stop after a few minutes, but to help your dog stop reverse sneezing a little quicker you have to get them to swallow.  An easy trick for doing this is to cover their nose and that’ll make your pup swallow.  I’ve tested this out on our borkie and it works very well.  He will swallow and the reverse sneezing will usually come to an end.  I don’t believe there is a cure for it, but we are going to show the video to our vet when Jack goes in for his yearly checkup next month.

Sometimes we forget Jack is a dog, because he acts so much like a cat.  Or should we say he sleeps so much like a cat. We put a blanket on the desk because he likes to sleep up there when we are at the computer. He likes to lie on the window sill and look out the window, or curl up into a little ball and go to sleep.   He also likes to sleep on the the back part of the couch on the cushions, or on your lap if you are also on the couch. Or sometimes we will find him on the floor by the door sleeping in direct line of the sun. Not sure if all yorkie bichons have sleeping habits that are more like that of a cat, but Jack certainly seems to.  Our dog the cat. He is the cutest thing.

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Jack loves his squeaky toys.  He’ll run around the house holding his favorite red football in his mouth and every few steps press it against the floor just to squeak it, all while running at full speed.   The reason why the red football is his favorite, is that he has destroyed every other toy we have given him.  His record his 10 seconds, from the time we took it out of the package.  The toy package said it was for strong chewers…HA!!

The gallery below is sort of a “Toys of the Past” montage

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These pictures of our Yorkie Bichon mix, Jack, where all taken the first 2 weeks we had him.  The picture of Jack in the crate and eating are his first moments inside our home on the night I brought him home from the air port.  He would eat any hard food, so I tried soft food with no success and then some watered down soft food still with no luck.  Finally we had to feed him with a food syringe.   I think he was just nervous and in shock from a long day.  My wife and I live in New Jersey and Jack flew in from Minnesota, arriving around 6pm.  He was so cute!

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

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My wife, Valarie and I love our dog Jack.  He arrived two years ago from a Minnesota breeder called MixedBreedPups.com. I bought him as a Christmas present for my wife and I can remember the day we brought him home from the airport.  He was so tiny and scared, but soon was jumping, running and barking.

Jack’s mother was a Yorkshire Terrier named Gayle and his father was a Bichon Frise.  As far as I know there were 3 other siblings, 2 males and 1 female who we’d love to reunite Jack with.

If you are unfamiliar with this dog breed mix, they are sometimes referred to as Yo-Chons or Yorkie-Chons.  Yorki-Chons are a great alternative for families looking for a Yorki-Poo. Most Yorkie-Poos mature a bit smaller than is safe for the youngest children, so these fit in very well with those families. Yorki-Chons are sturdy, fun loving dogs, typically about medium in activity level.

Yorkie-Bichons are non-shedding, a great choice for families with allergies. While no dog is completely hypo-allergenic, these come close. Professional grooming should be planned at 6 to 12 week intervals, depending on the allergy situation in the home, and the style of cut your prefer. Long trims will require more frequent grooms.

Jack is just turned 2 years old on October 30th and we couldn’t be happier with him.  This site is dedicated to him and we will be posting stories, pictures and anything else related to Yorkie Bichon mix breeds to help spread the word about this wonderful mix breed pup.

-Scott