Describe Your Yorkies' Personality / Temperament

[a2luckygirl]

Banjo is a sweetie! He loves everyone, he sees, every animal he see's although, being so yound he has not been around a lot of other animals!
He still sleeps a lot, but when he is in high engery time- watch out! Then he falls over and if out like a light! LOL!

He is a big drinker! So if he is out of water- he sits in front of it and barks- and i fill it 2 times a day w/ frsh- and I have gotten him 3 different water bowls since Nov- each bigger!!!!
He likes treats better than food , I think!
Any one try and sneak in the kitchen- he hears you- and here he comes! Are you eating anything- have you dropped a crumb?? Did you put something in Mirc?? Did you feed the CAT??????? SO, WHERE IS MINE!
He is a sweety, 95 % of the time- we got to get the bitting my hands thing down better though!
And he is knows sit! Shake! He knows no bite, but he does always obey that!
I love my little boy, Banjo!!!

[RustysMom]

Rusty has always been a good baby. Up until he was over 1 year old, he went to work with me every day and stayed in a playpen or was on a leash around the office.

He was very easy to housetrain and teach tricks.

He is very laid back, curls up and sleeps alot except on the weekends. He loves to take trips and go camping or exploring etc. He is friendly to cats and big dogs and all humans. He will share toys and food. He loves everyone, except those that walk by our house. He lets me know if someone is walking by.

All in all he is very sweet!

[deb22]

Penny is cuddly, especially when tired. She will climb on my leg to be picked up. Flops on my chest and is out. Happy. When we come home she is so happy I am afraid she will hurt herself wiggling. Energetic and playful. VERY! She loves playing with her toys and her best friend is the cat. They roll and run thru the house like crazy. Friendly. She loves everyone she meets. She is such a sweetie. I love her to pieces.

[pinkshoesgal]

Pixie is super shy until she gets comfortable with you. She is a lap dog to the extreme! She also loves finding patches of sunlight to sleep in around the house. Her favorite game is to be chased and she lives for riding in the basket on my bike. All I have to do is say "Let's go for a bike ride" and she practically jumps through the harness to get it on. I can't say it until I'm ready to go out the door or she will not let me get more than 1 inch from her.

Here is a picture of her all ready to go!

[PrincessDiana]

Franklin has his days. Sometimes, he loves to spend his days laying on my lap while I'm watching TV, doing homework, or on YT of course. Most of the time though, he's pretty independent. Usually when I first let him out after being penned for a while (like in the morning or when I come home from class) he's content to sit on my lap and chew on his bully stick. After about.. 40 minutes of that, he likes to get up and explore. He is VERY curious. At first, he'll play quietly with his toys but then gets mischievous. He enjoys jumping off the couch over my barriers and running upstairs. Once he gets bored of destroying my apartment, he likes to bother me. He'll bark and me and bite at me until I pay attention to him. We are working on discouraging this behavior but he's just a puppy so I'm not concerned. Usually late in the evening, he gets the zoomies and is EXTREMELY high energy. After he calms down he likes to cuddle on the couch next to me and fall asleep.

If we go on a walk, he is curious and LOVES people. He is very shy and cautious of other dogs but will love on anybody who walks by.

If someone comes home, he is EXTREMELY excited and will hop around on his hind legs.

In short, Franklin is every personality at different times of the day. It's crazzzyyy.

[sAnDyiSm]

Chippy is a hyper, curious little boy... sometimes he just likes to snuggle up and cuddle.. and other times he won't stop moving!!! even if you try to hold him.. he'll just jump off! and other times..

and he's adventurous.. he'll just jump up and on and off of things like it's nothing!! such a trooper.. i get worried sometimes but he doesn't get hurt or anything so he's good..

and then when he's in trouble and he's getting scolded.. he'll sit there.. perfectly still.. next to me.. because i'm his mama.. and he thinks i'm gonna protect him.. and i do.. he's so smart!! hahaha

yes i'd like to say.. he is quite spoiled.. haha

he's calmed down a bit from when he was younger.. but he's still curious and playful.. he NEVER EVER runs out of energy.. and he'll play and yap and everything all day.. it's so cute.. because he knows how to play by himself!! he throws his toys around with his mouth and jumps all over the place

and he LOVES TO WHINE. ommmg.. sometimes we tease him just to see him whine.. we don't abuse him or anything.. it's just that he WHINES over everything.. even if it's just like touching him.. or getting close to him.. such a babyyyy!!!

i loveee him to death.. he's sooo cuteeee


and then there's my sister's dog Rocky.. very smart.. and he seriously KNOWS everything that's going on.. he's sooo smart.. and he's calm.. and gentle.. EXTREMELY gentle.. but lately he's jealous of my baby so he gets a little annoyed and mad.. haha.. he used to be so spoiled.. by everyone in the house.. but now that my chippy came along... he's had to share the spotlight.. and i don't think he likes it.. but he's really pretty.. he has the perfect teddy bear face..

omg.. this post seems like a bragging post.. but um.. i think you can kinda tell the two dogs personalities..

[ARCHIE]

Buddy is far from shy. Never was. I always felt Buddy has two personalities.
His personality changes in the evening and he wants to just chill like I do.
I really believe they get accustom to what you do and settle into that.
He is energenic, loving, smart and is always looking for
ways to challange me. The challenging is starting to minimiz.
He will, for no reason for instance, deceide to guard a toy and growl
at me after just kissing me to death. He looks straight at me as if to
say, we'll what are you going to do about it? This is what I mean about
challenging me. Of course I will take the toy and hold it and love it
to show him I too can play with it. Then he forgets about it until the
next time. He's great with children but hates larger dogs because he's
unsure of them. He loves company to come to the house, jumps like
a mad man and in 3mins is sleeping somewhere. He's a good boy
and seems to understand every word that comes out of my mouth.

[Matthew]

I would say that Stanford is dignified, independent, cautious, and gruff (with a secret heart full of love).
I believe a lot of his personality may come from being out in the wild, on his own, from time to time. As well, he came from a home with lots of other dogs (5-6), very loud children (not their fault), and perhaps an owner who was less than interested in his best interests.
He does not give out trust easily. But he is showing signs of moving towards a more social and interactive dog. For example, he now wants to sleep in the bed with me and the other family members at night, whereas before he was just fine by himself in the living room, thank you. He is now coming when I call or gesture to him. And is dispensing a few face licks, more than before.
Whatever he is thinking, I think he is the best.
Matthew

[mainegirl]

Oh my Ozzy...

Momma's sweet cuddly boy. Loves loves to be in my lap or sleep with his little head tucked under my chin. Will sleep on Daddy's lap but usually only if Mom isn't around Adores getting "roughed up" by Daddy but is always polite and careful with those baby shark teeth.

Is so happy and outgoing. When we come in he pins his ears back against his head and his whole body wiggles as his tail wags a mile a minute. (no matter how your day was he will make your heart swell) Loves to play fetch and glady will share his toys but is definaltely a BETA personality with other dogs. Not quite the Alpha but as his Doggie Daycare evaluation says...self confident and focused.

He's always happy to greet new people but takes a little bit to warm up to them. Marches around on walks with his tail and ears up looking like a little Napoleon just adoring the attention he gets.

He's only 13 weeks and we've had him 3 weeks but he is the center of our world and we feel so blessed he is part of our little family. He is 80% potty trained, sits, walks on his leash and is perfect in his car seat. His Mommy is so proud of her little man

(I'm at work and writing this I am missing my little mouse so much I want to cry )

[kwaymon]

Tucker loves everyone! He wants to be right in the center of it all, but understands when it's time to be quiet and won't put up a fuss when it's time to go in his crate, bag, or xpen. If you pick him up, he will climb up to you and kiss you smack on the mouth and won't stop until you make him He loves to play chase with children and other dogs. He doesn't care how big or small the dog is, if he wants to play, he will bark and bark until they play with him. In fact, the only time he really barks is when he wants you to play with him. When he approaches another dog, he does it butt first and will then roll over on his tummy in fromt of the dog. He's very submissive and friendly and it's a funny sight to watch him act this way.

He has a guard dog bark that he only uses at night. He will only alert me to things if he is out of his crate and my husband is gone. About a month ago, he alerted me to a mouse at 3:00 am that I didn't know had gotten into the house. He likes to nap with me but I think he prefers his crate a night. He will jump off the bed and usually get inside it sometime in the middle of the night.

He is cuddler, but on his terms. He always wants to be in the same room as us, but not nessesarily on our laps. But, when he does cuddle, he is the best cuddler there is!

He is a great family dog. So far he hasn't gotten attached to a paticular person and seems to love us all equally. We just love him to peices.

[bbrewser]

Brewser is usually whatever she feell like in that moment~outgoing, shy, hyper, cuddly, stubborn...etc.
She can be the sweetest little thing as long as she is getting what she wants. She will be quiet and cuddly all evening then right before I fall asleep she is biting at my hand and whining saying "okay im hungry now!" or "okay everyone else is sleeping I want to play....NOW". And of course Brewser always get what she wants. I have tried to lay down the law and say no more, but then instead of the cute "please, now, mommy please" look I get the pissed off "if you don't get up and get me what I want you are going to be sooooo sorry" look! Now I don't get much help from my family, when my dad watches her he'll say "Brewser what are you doing laying on the floor like a dog? Come over here onto your chair" And she will jump up and go running over like thank you thank you!!!!

[Mom to Hot Rod]

Hot Rod is:

an absolute cutie pie
a lover - loves to give kisses,
a sweetheart - loves to be held and cuddled, loves to meet new people and doggies-gets really excited!
energetic - loves to trot and run when we go for "walks",
smart - learns new things relatively quickly.
curios - is always got his head down sniffing, we're surpised he hasn't walked into the coffee table or end tables and knocked himself out,
courageous - defends us from the reflections in the window,
fearless - jumps onto the squishy pillows and his bed head first even from the couch as I gasp!
playful - wants to play all the time,
devilish - knows just how to play that "good boy" act and get us everytime,

I've always said that he has a really, really good temperment, if you hold him across your arm, he settles right in and becomes a wet noodle.

The vet has even said that she can't believe he is a Yorkie, so calm.

[Archie's Mom]

My Archie is sweet, independent, cuddly, stubborn, sooooo mellow, funny, feisty, ocassionally bratty, soooo friendly, protective (the best little guard dog), snuggly, super alert, (relatively) well-behaved, serious, but also silly. He's perfect in my eyes!

[Betty'sMom]

Originally Posted by pinkshoesgal

Pixie is super shy until she gets comfortable with you. She is a lap dog to the extreme! She also loves finding patches of sunlight to sleep in around the house. Her favorite game is to be chased and she lives for riding in the basket on my bike. All I have to do is say "Let's go for a bike ride" and she practically jumps through the harness to get it on. I can't say it until I'm ready to go out the door or she will not let me get more than 1 inch from her.

Here is a picture of her all ready to go!

That is such a precious picture!

[tobyfan]

When I say trained~ Sit shake high5 rollover 10 jump left right put toys up
come stay drop it speak talk to mama sock ect... we are working on more...but the best of all is Bleu boy prays.. He gets on the side of his bed head down and when he hears amen he pops his head up.. that is my most favoriteIt is also an original I learned from my mom I have never heard of anyone elses dog doing it but I have seen pictures..



OMGosh....

That is TOO cute for words