As far as Yorkies go, I guess Susan's about low or average in maintenance. She eats well, she's fairly well housebroken, she doesn't bark a lot, she rides in the car well, she doesn't tear things up or fuss about baths for nail clipping, etc. But as far as dogs in general go, she's HIGH. I'm not complaining --I wanted a dog I could fuss with. But she needs lots of baths, LOTS of brushing, I have walk her on a leash EVERY time she goes outside and then I have to come up with ways for her to get exercise since she can't run around off leash outside. She loves attention and wants to be on my lap a lot and will sometimes bark at me to try to get me to sit down so she has a lap to sit in and she barks at me to get me to play. She's cute and and she seems to know it. She's also way too bossy, so we're back to work on obedience training. |