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 ...

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.