We had to have our blue heeler, Patch pts a couple of years back, she was 14 years old and outlived her litter mates by several years. She had always been our cattle dog and lived most of her life outdoors, she preferred being outdoors.
I never got much of an opportunity to see how Patch would have lived with our yorkies as I hadn't had them very long at the time. But, I do know that Patch was the most wonderful dog we ever had as far as protectiveness, loyalty and even temperament. Patch, on two different occasions most likely saved our sons life, putting herself in danger to do so. One was a copperhead snake she alerted us to that my son was just about to step on, the other was a vicious dog, Patch kept away from our son until we could reach him.
I wouldn't hesitate to own a properly trained blue heeler and a yorkie.
__________________  ~Ruby, Reno, Razz, & Jack~ |