Most famous dog of WWI was a Yorkie named Smoky
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They have large hearts for their size...our male would routinely pick fights with neighbor dogs that he couldn't win.
They largely just ignored him (St Bernard and a Husky), a Jack Russel did bite him pretty good one time...those dogs are assholes anyway.

My MIL has one, they love him.

I personally like small breed dogs for inside the home.

I think you are making a good choice, looking forward to pictures.

HK Ag

We have a Yorkie. She is 12 years old and is 5 lbs of cute. Her hunting button is always pushed, and because of that, she patrols our yard almost constantly.

Just as I had read elsewhere, Yorkies don’t like to snuggle. If I put her on my lap, she will only want to stay for a short time. If we put her on our bed, she won’t snuggle, but will lay away from Us. She loves us, but again, she isn’t a snuggler.

Also, they are tough little doggies. She’s been stepped on, squished, viscously attacked by larger dogs over the years, but she continues on. She even accompanies us on our over 2 and 3 mile walks every day where she has to gallop to keep up.

My dad has one, but his is over 20 lbs. she, also, is sweetie, and she too doesn’t like to snuggle for long.

It will control you within a day or two, but you won't mind.
They are, as I understand it and believe from experience, hypo-allergenic.

Personalities vary about as much as they do with people, but in general they are heartwarming little clowns.

They can be diggers so watch out for that and do your homework on how to keep that under control if need be. Never owned one myself that had that problem, but my parent's yorkie would try to Shawshank once in a while.

Keep up with all the routine vet stuff of course, but also be sure to take care of the little bugger's teeth as they can have dental issues that can sneak up on you.

Your family is about to get A LOT bigger in a great way. Enjoy.

Pretty much like a real dog, only smaller.

I was raised with Dobermans. Never had small dogs until getting married.

Our two Yorkies were saved from an amish puppy mill before being thrown dead on a pile. It took several years of work before they were able to become the dogs they became.

Never more loving, absolutely fearless, affectionate, snuggle-loving lives have i ever known.

Have not before seen such pure absence of fear. One of our Dobermans dispatched a would be burglar and she was fearless as well, but a Yorkie is on their own level.

As for hunting, these two, as seniors, would silently chase down rabbits in the backyard, with a speed and precision that would make a fighter pilot blush.

Would that you were able to rescue, but i digress.

Yorkies are wonderful. I love these two more than anything and miss them more than words can express.

As for snuggling, whenever I was sick in bed, they never ever left my side, instead were snuggled in tight and full of love.

Remember, a dog must have a leader or they become forced to lead. Lead with love and patience. It will be rewarded.

A friend has a couple of them, he said something about their throat/tracheas being delicate so you don’t want a regular collar, you want one that goes under their chest and around the neck to walk with a leash. He said never pull on the leash I’d they don’t want to move.

That’s just what I was told, might not be correct.

Good luck and best wishes to you.

Very true.

Good points, sir.

We had a Yorkie named Higgins about 20 years ago. What a lover that little Dude was! Higgins was far from yappy.

His problem was that he was a horn-dog. Forever wandering off whenever a female was in heat in the area, we were lucky as the neighbors knew him and would call us, saying he is patiently waiting for ----- on our porch.

It finally killed him, as he crossed the road to visit one of his ladies

Our male wasn't much of a snuggler, our current female crawls under the covers or will literally sleep on your pillow on top of your head if you will let her.

When grandkids are over, she guards them ferociously and stays up all night on watch.
When they go home, she sleeps the entire next day.


The trachea is a problem, poor Sam coughed and hacked most of his life.

Our little Chloe gets the harness around her chest, nothing on her neck.

As for collars, we purchased a harness for him because I read about not using a collar with a leash. However, would y'all recommend not even using a collar just for a tag?

I got him a collar for his name/phone# tag, but won't use it if it would be bad for him.

I've never had a Yorkie but we did have a Morkie, Maltese/Yorkie. She was a neighbors dog, they abandoned her to us. She was three when we got her, she knew us well. She was one tough little critter, had allergies, had an enlarged heart, tore ligament in her rear leg, never ever quit! Terrier Tough!! I think a Yorkie will be a good fit but be prepared for a small dog that thinks big.

Our Morkie was 9 lbs, wore a collar, never had an issue. On hikes we'd use a harness if she was leashed.

I thought you said you wanted a dog?

Here is our 12 year old girl. To add from what I had already said, I was never able to house train her. I've heard they are difficult in that training, but it isn't impossible. That's the main reason why ours is an outside doggie. Also, my dad's couldn't be trained, but he just deals with it by trying to take her out a lot.

More to add, if I shoot a squirrel or bird with my pellet gun, she laser-shoots herself to it when it his the ground and violently shakes it. That terrier instinct is strong and neato to watch.

Best of all, she loves to give kisses. She is a sweetie!

Nothing to add on the breed, but lord I can't help but comment on the harness ideas.

You see all those folks with dogs dragging them around like they are a humansled? Yeah, that's because you have no useful direct control with those stoopid chest/body harnesses but they do make great pulling tools. But they look so comfy for my little foofy!

I get that some breeds may not be suited for neck collars or (gasp!) choke collars, but look into the Gentle Leader leads. They make them for small breeds and it will help you immensely in getting the dog to figure out he doesn't take off and lead you, he stays NEXT to you.

/pet peeves

We have a mix, most likely a Shorkie. We adopted him when my wife's father passed away. We had 2 other dogs at the time - a Cocker Spaniel and a Blue Heeler. He was very depressed and withdrawn when we got him. Took him a couple of months and he came out of his shell and is a great pup. He doesn't know he's the smallest guy in the pack. Very loving and trusting. Caught his side eye looking at one of the kitties (we have 4 of those as well):

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Originally posted by triggertreat:
I had a little 3.5 lb Yorkie for about 8 years.He was 7 when I got him and unfortunately he passed away about a year ago.He wasnt yippie and just loved to go.I was a service tech and he went on a lot of calls and deliveries with me. I have had the same vet for the last 50+ years and he would always give me a hard time about a farm boy having a foo foo dog . They love attention and are loyal BUT they are stubborn and most have the Napoleon complex.I will be getting another one soon.Enjoy your new pup.

Sir, please check email. You should have a reply.


Yorkies ain't no foo foo dogs, agreed.

Loyal and stubborn for certain.

Please give a hello to our friend Brad, for me.

My mother in law is "staying" with us right now and has one. I'd love to be able to just give you hers if I could. Get one if you enjoy finding tootsie roll turds in hidden corners and small piss puddles (sometimes old dry ones) on your rugs and hardwood.... I daydream about a large bird of prey swooping down and plucking it from the front yard

My experience with them is they live long lives unless they get stepped on or hurt on steps/stairs. I think Nanny jad one that was 18+ years old. By then the poor thing couldn't keep its tonge in due to lack of teeth and had warts all over. Looked like a tales from the crypt dog.

Enjoy your new friend.

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Originally posted by DCFD4:
My mother in law is "staying" with us right now and has one. I'd love to be able to just give you hers if I could. Get one if you enjoy finding tootsie roll turds in hidden corners and small piss puddles (sometimes old dry ones) on your rugs and hardwood.... I daydream about a large bird of prey swooping down and plucking it from the front yard

That's an owner problem not dog problem.