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Originally Posted by Sweet Girls  I'm not 100% positive...but I think the thinking back then was it was more valuable to get a trained dog...i.e. an older dog with some training rather than a puppy which you need to train...And sometimes I think that this is a mistake many of us make. We want to take part in that cute/fluffy state, but forget how much work goes into a puppy in that first year or so, to come out with a well trained companion. (When I think of the money I spent in training classes/time and energy training my first dog....  ) |
You are somewhat correct, as the yorkie in it's developmental stages were bred to be ratters, by peasants. Not only was this their job, but there were also bets placed on them to see how fast and how many rats one yorkie could kill.
You are right though, training a puppy is a lot of work.