Surprisingly - Yorkies are not just women's dogs. There are really rough, tough, little terriers that appeal to men also. Men generally do not like, or won't admit they like little fluff fluff dogs, poodles, etc. But once they meet a Yorkie, they have to admit that it is not a fluff fluff little dog --- instead, it more accurately resembles the all American little Walt Disney mutt....There is nothing feminine about a little Yorkie. The only difference is that it is "a small version" of everything they already like.
I don't know how many men have said at my house, "I usually don't like little dogs, but I like this little guy. He's tough and he's cute!!!!!
Unfortunately, most of these men don't respond well to the longhaired little show-type Yorkie with a bow in it's hair, but they certainly do take to the shorter cut little guy that looks and acts like he could take on the world.
And - they often react better to our treating our little Yorkies like a regular little dog -- and certainly don't like any of us women treating them like dainty fragile little babies.
A lot of the way we treat our little dogs - and groom them - makes a big difference as to whether or not guys like them.
Carol Jean |