America's Top Dogs

[Ladymom]

Yorkies have slipped to #8 so hopefully they'll fall off the top 10 list soon and greeders will leave them alone.

America?s Most Popular Dogs - TODAYPets

[Nancy1999]

Wouldn't that be great! I love this breed, but they aren't the best choice for the average American, so I hope they become even less popular.

[valerieam]

There must be a lot of lists. I had just read on MSN that the yorkie was # 3


German shepherds, long the benchmark for reliable and even-tempered work dogs, retain the No. 2 spot, while the tiny Yorkshire terrier, a favorite therapy dog in nursing homes and hospitals because of its loving and sometimes exuberant personality, is listed as the third-most popular breed in the country.



Who cares what they think. Yorkies are #1 in my book.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by valerieam

There must be a lot of lists. I had just read on MSN that the yorkie was # 3


German shepherds, long the benchmark for reliable and even-tempered work dogs, retain the No. 2 spot, while the tiny Yorkshire terrier, a favorite therapy dog in nursing homes and hospitals because of its loving and sometimes exuberant personality, is listed as the third-most popular breed in the country.



Who cares what they think. Yorkies are #1 in my book.

I think you may be missing the point, we all love yorkies, no doubt about it, but when a dog breed is the most popular, breeders will breed it even if they don't like the breed. They are only breeding to supply a pet market, and this is never good for the breed.

[ladyjane]

Not according to the AKC....yorkies are #3
Theirs is the list that bugs me.


American Kennel Club - American Kennel Club Announces Most Popular Dogs in the U.S.

[MI Yorkielover]

It's sad that the very attributes of our Yorkies personalities and charm which make them so adorable have also made them such a vulnerable target for unscrupulous profiteers and owners that are uneducated to the needs of this very special breed.

[kristalblue74]

I think this list is in backwards order, with the Shih Tzu at #10, and the Lab at #1, so the yorkie would still be around #3 (and that corresponds with other 2010 AKC lists that I've found online).

I certainly agree--while the yorkie is #1 in my heart, I'd love to see the demand drop so yorkies are bred by people who know and love the breed, not by people looking to make a quick buck.

Of course, I wish the same for all breeds--to be bred by people who know and love that particular breed!

[Yorkiedaze]

Yorkies are # 3. Here ya go!

Which breed is America?s top dog? - TODAY Pets & Animals - TODAYshow.com

[BlueBelle]

That's how I read the list. Anyway they are number 1 in our book!!

[Beamers Mom]

Same thing happened with Lhasa's in England, when Saxonsprings Hackensack won Crufts Supreme Champion in 1984, everyone wanted a Lhasa. When 101 Dalmations came out, everyone wanted a dalmation.

They want the breeds without doing any research into the breed and what goes into the care of them.
Yorkies will always be #1 with me, but I will gladly have them lose popularity so the greeders will go out of business.

[valerieam]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I think you may be missing the point, we all love yorkies, no doubt about it, but when a dog breed is the most popular, breeders will breed it even if they don't like the breed. They are only breeding to supply a pet market, and this is never good for the breed.

I do understand your point, but if ranking mattered wouldn't you see tons of Labs and German Shepherds for sale in the pet stores? They were #1 and #2. If someone wants a Yorkie it's usually because they have seen one and not because of what the breed was ranked. It may influence the breeder, but I don't think it matters to the person who buys them. I agree with you that I wish they were not so popular.

[ladyjane]

It most definitely is affected by the rankings! The ridiculous amounts of yorkies in shelters began when they moved up on the list a few years back. There was always a problem, but that compounded it unbelievably!

As for people gettiing labs.....let me tell you that there are massive amounts of labs in shelters that are being euthanized daily!

German Shepherds not so much, but I just think that is because they do not have the reputation that labs have as being family dogs (even though people have no clue that labs are not good family dogs unless well trained).

Yorkies are small...they are ranked high and many people looking for a small dog want them for that reason....and the greeders are more than happy to place them with them. Does not matter to them that so many will end up homeless in no time.

[ladyjane]

I just did a search on Petfinder for labs in my area and got 30,709 .

Yorkies: 1,531

[jltwigg10]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

Not according to the AKC....yorkies are #3
Theirs is the list that bugs me.


American Kennel Club - American Kennel Club Announces Most Popular Dogs in the U.S.

okay I looked at both lists. It looks like the AKC one is just about the registration. As a former breeder of Papillons, I can tell you that not every new owners registers their puppy. I tried to strongly encourage mine to register theirs but several said that they just wanted a pet and did not care about the registry.

I also hope that Yorkies fall off the top ten list. Then the people looking for them would be those who had researched the breed and were sure that Yorkies were what they wanted. Instead of seeking them out so that they could say they owned the most popular dog breed in the world.

[RachelandSadie]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

I just did a search on Petfinder for labs in my area and got 30,709 .

Yorkies: 1,531

I would say in our shelter systems here in KCMO that labs and lab mixes are defin. top dog! There are never any toy breed dogs for adoptions but you want a black lab my gosh you'll have one! they are everywhere!!

it's really sooo sad these greeders breeding for pet market and then throwing an innocent life into the hands of someone that doesn't know how to care for them for their lifetime.