They’re small enough to be considered toy dogs in certain competitions. They were originally bred to be lap dogs . Yorkies average at 7 to 8 inches tall and weigh about 7 pounds.

Yorkie Dog Names 10 Names for Male Yorkies. Picture this: you just brought home your adorable tiny male Yorkie, and while you thought you had a name picked out in your head, it's just not fitting ...

Poodles and golden retrievers are common therapy dog breeds, but the first therapy dog was quite different. Here's the story ...

The dog in this 2003 photo is Tiny Pinocchio, an unusually petite Yorkie whose owner, a dog breeder named Linda Skeels-Hopson, was on a quest to get her pet recognized as the world’s smallest dog ...

Small dog syndrome is real, and it can be a big problem! ... When I first started training, one of my first cases involved a Yorkshire Terrier whose owner ran a dog grooming business.