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Yorkshire Terrier

Toy Group

Yorkshire Terrier dog, photographed by Portraitlady4306
Portraitlady4306 · Public domain · source

The Yorkshire Terrier is a small, intelligent dog breed with a long, silky coat that is typically blue and tan in color. They are known for their feisty, independent nature and their affectionate personalities, and were originally bred to hunt rats and other vermin in the textile mills of Yorkshire, England.

Group
Toy Group
Origin
England, Yorkshire (19th century)
Coat
long · blue and tan and black and tan (puppy coat)
Also known as
Yorkie
Recognized by
AKC, FCI, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC, NZKC
Hypoallergenic
No
Id
ce40589c-295a-4259-9e83-711854db8129

Traits

Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Yorkshire Terrier. They are researched estimates, not measurements.

Researched from images.akc.org en.wikipedia.org dogtime.com yorkieinfocenter.com newsweek.com

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Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/ce40589c-295a-4259-9e83-711854db8129. No key, no sign up. See it in the reference.

Request
curl -s "https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/ce40589c-295a-4259-9e83-711854db8129"
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "ce40589c-295a-4259-9e83-711854db8129",
    "type": "breed",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Yorkshire Terrier",
      "description": "The Yorkshire Terrier is a small, intelligent dog breed with a long, silky coat that is typically blue and tan in color. They are known for their feisty, independent nature and their affectionate personalities, and were originally bred to hunt rats and other vermin in the textile mills of Yorkshire, England.",
      "life": {
        "max": 15,
        "min": 12
      },
      "male_weight": {
        "max": 3,
        "min": 2
      },
      "female_weight": {
        "max": 3,
        "min": 2
      },
      "hypoallergenic": false,
      "male_height": {
        "max": 23,
        "min": 18
      },
      "female_height": {
        "max": 23,
        "min": 18
      },
      "origin": {
        "era": "19th century",
        "region": "Yorkshire",
        "country": "England"
      },
      "coat": {
        "type": "long",
        "colors": [
          "blue and tan",
          "black and tan (puppy coat)"
        ],
        "length": "long"
      },
      "traits": {
        "energy": 3,
        "barking": 4,
        "drooling": 1,
        "grooming": 5,
        "shedding": 1,
        "temperament": [
          "Affectionate",
          "Sprightly",
          "Tomboyish",
          "Confident",
          "Independent",
          "Feisty"
        ],
        "trainability": 3,
        "good_with_dogs": 3,
        "exercise_minutes": 30,
        "apartment_friendly": 5,
        "good_with_children": 3,
        "good_with_strangers": 3
      },
      "other_names": [
        "Yorkie"
      ],
      "recognized_by": [
        "AKC",
        "FCI",
        "UKC",
        "KC",
        "CKC",
        "ANKC",
        "NZKC"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://images.akc.org/pdf/breeds/standards/YorkshireTerrier.pdf",
          "title": "Official Standard of the Yorkshire Terrier - AKC"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Terrier",
          "title": "Yorkshire Terrier - Wikipedia"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/yorkshire-terrier",
          "title": "Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie) Dog Breed Information & Characteristics"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.yorkieinfocenter.com/yorkie-size",
          "title": "Yorkie Size | Yorkshire Terrier Information Center"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/most-affectionate-small-dog-breeds-terrier-pug-1605471",
          "title": "The 20 Most Affectionate Small Dog Breeds - Newsweek"
        }
      ],
      "images": [
        {
          "id": "c47548c7-cb81-4344-9458-fef61894ab19",
          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/xcy14rt8oqayku972vwmodm32vdn",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/dlxrv01m6arki8tpzxg7hwp6ahg1",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/r11geo5h4cgi1prex92p2lr5mqij",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/0jdyezu5e3yw4xmeq6764kp32fgo",
          "attribution": {
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            "license": "Public domain",
            "license_url": null,
            "source": "wikimedia_commons",
            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_tootie.JPG"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "e5ca8f75-dbea-4015-b323-0fe48a6509cd",
          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/lblko3knpwk3lgwnkbe3metncgxq",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/unuaitmd9uaizgyvuum4ugrwgjvp",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/uhsl5tnyh9jwv039rvoz4whbnv5z",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/dw48cwj66oev6xopndwmcpapupib",
          "attribution": {
            "author": "BigApplePictures",
            "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
            "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0",
            "source": "wikimedia_commons",
            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_the_yorki_from_alabama_.jpg"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "8cafd6d6-3941-4677-92fe-2693292fca60",
          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/bnp3vldfkhrh1h4pbumps2fcpybr",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/t0slypt4q2u4da4eq5s1aqqmotpu",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/wkwjr89f5o4aipi8wf6ca7wkpxu2",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/6n4wb6r4gqn4z5ac8r4ruy04vf6x",
          "attribution": {
            "author": "Svenska Mässan from Sweden",
            "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
            "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0",
            "source": "wikimedia_commons",
            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(2_version)_Grupp_3,_YORKSHIRETERRIER,_NO_UCH_SE_UCH_Oxzar_Amazing_Bel%E2%80%99s_Toffy_(24310212305).jpg"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "9cdf2897-a122-4029-9c9f-c0260a783bf2",
          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/z6kobq4jazrzacxu1bvb1jn1tgdz",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/9k7elgc3k5ckzki871ev6831orcp",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/x1fpkhmviyoeuvxf9arqpun3j43t",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/qxajd95g0xn9mt45zz5v943lnyi4",
          "attribution": {
            "author": "No machine-readable author provided. Quixoticvalue~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).",
            "license": "Public domain",
            "license_url": null,
            "source": "wikimedia_commons",
            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4_year_old_Yorkie,_Leo.jpg"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "relationships": {
      "group": {
        "data": {
          "id": "f56dc4b1-ba1a-4454-8ce2-bd5d41404a0c",
          "type": "group"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The picture itself also has an endpoint: https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/ce40589c-295a-4259-9e83-711854db8129/image, which redirects straight to the file. See it in the reference.