Yorkshire Terrier
- Height 18–23 cm
- Weight 2–3 kg
- Life span 12–15 years
- Exercise 30 min/day
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
- Energy
- Trainability
- Barking
- Grooming
- Shedding
- Drooling
- Good with children
- Good with dogs
- Good with strangers
- Apartment friendly
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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This page, as API data
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.
curl -s "https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/ce40589c-295a-4259-9e83-711854db8129"
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