Yorkshire Terrier
England · 7 lb · long silky coat
Next to the average dog it is grooming-heavy, low-shedding, outgoing with strangers, and protective. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise.
Find out if a Yorkshire Terrier suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- this is your first dog — the scores point to a manageable one
- you would rather not vacuum daily
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- you do not want a grooming routine
- you share walls with neighbours
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
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About the breed
The Yorkshire Terrier, also known as a Yorkie, is a British breed of toy dog of terrier type. It is among the smallest of the terriers and indeed of all dog breeds, with a weight of no more than 3. 2 kg (7 lb). It originated in the nineteenth century in the English county of Yorkshire, after which it is named. The coat is tan on the head and dark steel-grey on the body; no other colour is accepted by either The Kennel Club or the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
