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Yorkshire Terriers
Filed under Dog Breed Index
At a glance
The popular image of a Yorkshire Terrier – or ‘Yorkie’ – is of a pampered, well-groomed dog ready for either a ball game or a dog show, which hides their audacious-hunter interior.
Summary
- Names – Yorkie
- Group – AKC: Toy; KC: Toy Group
- Size – small
- Life expectancy – average of 12; range of 9 to 15
- Cost of ownership – medium
- Ease of ownership – medium
- Aggressive tendency – medium
- Amount of Exercise – medium
- Amount of Grooming – high
- Ease of Training – medium
- Obedience level – medium
- Suitable for Children – medium
- Amount of Care Required – high
- Susceptibility to Health Problems – high