Ok...I have a maltese and a yorkie. My maltese is soooooo yappy. He barks at everything, I mean everything, and his bark is sooo loud. If someone comes to my house he will bark and bark, and if he doesn't know them or they don't acknowledge him he really barks, a lot! My yorkie RARELY barks ever. My maltese is more loving, he will sit in your lap for as long as you let him, but my yorkie always has better things to do than to sit still, unless she is tired or going to sleep, then she loves to lay beside you or in your lap and cuddle. Tear stains can be a problem with maltese. My yorkie is much smarter than my maltese. I know that the things I have said can be related to breeding and not the breed, and while I love them both, if I had to choose the breed I like best it would be yorkies. If I ever get another dog I would get another yorkie. |