Teacup Yorky

Benefits of Having a Yorky

Among dog lovers, a dog is considered as their partner in life. Their passion in caring for dogs is incomparable. They also exert so much effort to train and rear their dogs skillful. They also spend considerable amount just to make their dogs achieve an unparalleled beauty. Apart from that, they spend much for foods [...]

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Teacup Yorky

Common health risks for a tiny teacup yorky

Tiny teacup yorkys often have many health problems. In fact, breeding yorkys for pure small size is cruel. Just the phrase tiny teacup yorky is not harmful. Unfortunately the tinier the dog the unhealthier the pet. Yorky dog size and yorky health risks are negatively correlated.

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Teacup Yorky

Teacup Yorky: Unethical?

Teacup yorkie is a controversial term. Many yorkie lovers will tell you that teacup yorkie is always used in reference to backyard breeders. Backyard breeders, also somewhat synonymous to puppy mills, are unethical yorkie breeders who are greedy money grubbers. Such breeders breed runts of yorkie litters until they create a yorkie that will not reach 3 pounds when full grown.

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Teacup Yorky

Yorky is a breed of dog: Physical Characteristics

A yorky is a specific breed of dog, or one of the shortened names for the breed "yorkshire terrier." A yorky is a smaller dog, actually classified as a toy breed. The yorkshire terrier weight breed standard is 3 to 7 pounds. Sometimes a yorky is bred to be smaller but this is unethical. A yorky who meets the requirements of the breed standard, including the maximum weight of seven pounds is very small.

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Care of Yorkys

Yorky Training Tricks: Picking Something Off the Ground

Posted on 10 January 2010

Sit your yorky in front of you and hold the article to be retrieved close to the ground just ahead of him. Make sure it is something he can pick up easily and not have to struggle to get his mouth around. Continue Reading

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Teacup Yorky Training: Positive Training Using a Leash

Posted on 05 January 2010

Lunging at passerby or other dogs in either friendly or aggression is annoying and dangerous. Whenever you see your teacup yorky showing interest in an approaching person, immediately jerk hard on the leash as a warning. This should stop him fast. You should not allow him to bark and pull uncontrollably. The moment he starts, turning [...] Continue Reading

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On-leash Training: Teaching the Yorky to Turn

Posted on 31 December 2009

Making a right turn is just a little more difficult because of the position of the leash. To get your teacup yorky to make it around to the right, you have to continually jerk the leash with very short jerks. Continue Reading

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Yorky Puppy Training

Posted on 26 December 2009

Any yorky puppy from the age of two months can learn these concepts in a short period of time. While a yorky over five months of age will often take up to twenty minutes to learn how to heel, a younger yorky puppy takes only ten. Continue Reading

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Yorky as a Pet: Benefits

Posted on 02 September 2009

A home rearing pets is surely a happy and warm home. For unexplained reason, having pets adds life to a home. Pets also brings forth smile to humans. Having pets also makes the owner responsible and caring. According to observations, the values of people having pets are enhanced. Apart from that, pet lovers also have [...] Continue Reading

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Cute Teacup Yorky Pictures

Yorky pictures: Puppy pics

Posted on 30 March 2009

This is Bella in our yard last spring. We really don’t always dress our yorkys up, but for pictures we do. Continue Reading

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