I had a toy poodle and a border collie/shepherd cross at different times in my childhood. Knowing that those would be too heavy for me to take care of at this point in my life, I was taken by the smaller size of yorkies

And... of course they are SO darned cute

I'd been asking any one who had a yorkie over the last 10 yrs what they were like. Bailey is now 5 and it is still like Christmas morning when I see him. Such a treat to be the owner of him. Never realized how smart they are!