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Originally Posted by Kiwibaehr  Hi, If you read the history about yorkies back in the early days, yorkies were bred specifically to kill rats -and rats can be quite violent when attacked - so the "successful" yorkies were the ones that continued the line. When reading some of the stories of what humans did to the Yorkshire terriers back in those days, it makes me sick. I think todays Yorkshire terriers are bred to be more lap dogs but those other genes are still present in the 100% Yorkie lines. Some yorkies need to be raised as "only" dogs and others are fine sharing. I had one that was very difficult to raise, so I understand the dynamics. I hope these 2 beautiful pups find a way to get along and live peaceful, happy lives. Hoping nobody got upset and maybe I didn't phrase it right, I just want to make sure nobody gets hurt. Hope everyone enjoys the holidays! |
They grab the rats by the neck and shake them to break their necks. Ollie has done this to kill 3 mice and 2 rabbits. They are extremely fast when doing this as to not get bit and to be able to catch them. Ollie is my biggest at 16 pounds yet he is by far the fastest. Although he has a high prey drive for small animals he doesn’t have that with his siblings. I just thought how you said it was kind of over the top but I can be overly sensitive especially about the breed. Sadly humans have done a lot of terrible things in the breeding of many dogs like show winning German Shepard’s almost can’t walk because their legs are so bad and they have made some of the brachycephalic breeds worse. I have found in most cases of yorkies that need to be the only dog that there was something that causes that more then say a breed thing with yorkies like not socialized as puppies, treated bad by other dogs and so on. They definitely are all different with their own personalities. Have a good Christmas and new year
