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Originally Posted by Islandloverr  @ Brister. These are things I've experienced! I'm not just an outsider looking in. I've been around Pomeranians & MOST are NON STOP barkers. & that chihuahua thing is not a stereotype! My friend's Chihuahuas were TERRIBLE! ( god rest their souls ) it wasn't because they weren't socialized or anything that's just how they were! They were mother & daughter...but I called them the terrible twins. When I came to her house they would literally follow me while barking, ill sit down & they're still barking or if I got too close to my friend they'll go off. & I've known them for YEARS. This pretty much applies to everyother Chi that I've met. & I'm NOT saying that ALL yorkies are sweet little angels....there's always goin to be a few bad apples in a bunch. Like I said I'm saying this stuff from experience....I TRUTHFULLY only met 1 Yorkie that's was very vocal & snappish & over protective. I GUESS for every bad tempered yorkie there has to be 2 well mannered yorkies to make up for the breed cause like I've said I've only met 1 from a LOT. & I said calm not lazy or a couch potato! Lol. I understand the characteristics of a terrier. I like the fact that yorkies are hyper, I'm a pretty active person myself. So I don't really want a dog that I can out play. If I wanted lazy pet ill just stick with my cat.  |
I have three & two are VERY vocal! One never really barks unless she's been startled, but Yorkies can be extremely vocal!
Camden is very protective & territorial, so you never know! They don't call them terriers for nothing!
We have one that is a couch potato. In fact I think she wakes up every day and hopes that today is the day when we are going to sit on the couch 24/7 and never go anywhere so she can sit in our lap.
We have one who would like to go outside and investigate what's going on about every 5 seconds & one in between!
You will find Yorkies from one extreme to the other and I'm sure if you do enough reading on here, you will see all the different personalities that exist!
I have heard that Maltese are a calmer dog, but I don't know that first hand.
I had an all white dog for 16 1/2 years, he was an American Eskimo and he was gorgeous and just the best dog!