Describe Your Yorkies' Personality / Temperament

[mrlmonroe]

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!

OMG - that is soooooooooooooo cute!!

I LOVE YORKIES!!

[mrlmonroe]

Originally Posted by 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.

Oh I love him!!

[janelles]

Tootsie is a whole lot of things rolled up into one. She is a Mischievious little imp of a tom boy. Life to her is one big ball game, there's nothing in this world that she likes better than to run and fetch something.She also loves to explore and snoop around in the back yard, and finding a twig is a real treasure. Not to say that she doesn't like to dress up, I make most of her little dresses, and she seems to know it is for her, and she loves to try things on. I can see her eyes light up when I hold a new dress up for her to see.
Teddy is a deep thinker. If anyone comes in the house, he will sit back and eye them up from head to toe, and really doesn't warm up until he decides he's ready. He is very loving and sensitive, and a very good watch dog. I say to him "Go check out the hood", and he tears into the family room, up on the top of the couch, and will look out the window . He is the neighbourhood watch dog. Tootsie sometimes joins him, and they do the tennis match thing, with their heads constantly going from side to side in unison. I could go on forever. Never ask a Yorkie owener to tell you about their dog (dogs) ha ha
What a pair! I love them to pieces.
Janice

[BobbyYorkie]

my Bobby has several personalities. He wakes up soo cute, he jumps on my husbands chest (husband is not too happy about that part) with his toy and wants to play. He is just so happy and playful in the mornings. He follows me everywhere when i get ready in the morning. I let him outside to play while i finish getting ready. He is so cute, he brings rocks in to me. sometimes they are really big ones!
Bobby is great with people....he loves everyone! Sometimes its a bit overwhelming when i have visitors, because I cant calm him down and he wont stop until the new person pays attention to him.
the other day was bobby's first play date with another furbaby. He had sooo much fun. I never have seen him that happy. he played for a few hours and then conked out for the night. So cute.
Bobby is realy cuddly when he is tired. He lays on my lap or curls next to me on the couch. But when he isnt tired he doesnt really like to be cuddly. He just wants to play all the time. But we dont mind. He is our life!

[Sarah Sadie]

My Buddy is so sweet--most of the time. In Buddy's case, the adage is true, "Let sleeping dogs lie." If Buddy is moved or touched in his sleep, he may come up snarling and snapping. He would bite if anyone tried to take his treats, but is not as possessive or aggressive with his regular food. If he is awake, he is barking--for food, to go out, to come in, to play, to potty, to be picked up, to be put down. He is a very demanding, time-consuming dog, but I love him with all my heart. We are lucky to have him, and he is lucky to have us, because I'm not sure how many others could have the noise and grouchy little personality and still love him.

[jp4m2]

I was just thinking about this the other day ....I have three and their personalities are so different yet they get along so well.....

Jack- grump, stand offish, too big for his britches

Jack- silly, funny, goofy, lover, easy going

Joey- kisser, quiet, loves everyone, love bug...

[Anna Banana]

Wobie is a sweetheart with me and my boyfriend, but around new people he's very reserved, and he hates for anyone else to pick him up. He's been spoiled to the extent that he's undisciplined and unruly at times. He's used to getting what he wants, and when he doesn't get it, he pouts and whines. He's a cuddler though, and thats what I really love about him. I always go to sleep and wake up with him right next to me giving me kisses.

[linda44]

Suki - regal, independant, yet outgoing and loving, loves everyone she meets
Cricket - tender hearted, gets her feelings hurt easy, cautious yet loves to cuddle and lives to please
Dakota - BRAT....always into something, not afraid of anything, selfish, loving
Kalani - shy, super loving, mommies girl but soft spot for daddy, not a mean bone in her whole body.
Shilo- big time daddys girl, timid with people she doesnt know, love bug to everyone she does know
Toby Tyler - goofy, silly, almost like hes laughing all the time, mommies boy, but fights with brother. Big scardy cat, also very affectionate
Gidget - play play and more play. Seems to like everyone she meets, not shy even around kids.

each are unique, individual personalities, and the loves of my life

[Ashley V]

Chip is a little over a year old. He is shy with people he first meets, but is really entergetic and fun.

Smokey is almost a year old and is not shy at all. He'll go up to anyone, play with anyone, and just do whatever. He's entergetic and is extremely lovey. He loves sitting on my lap and loves curling up with me at night.

[furryfriends]

Koda's mostly hyper, usually ending up with a case of the zoomies. He love to play tug-of-war & fetch. If hes in a playful, I'm not aloud to go on the computer. He will whine, bring hes toy over to me, etc. And I give in, how spoiled is he. If hes not in a playful mood, he explores and gets into everything. I usually have to follow him around and make sure he doesn't get into trouble. When hes tired hes sooooo cuddly, and sweet. All he wants to do is nap with me and snuggle. When he wakes up from a nap is when hes the most lovable. He will lick my face off and give me tons of kisses. Hes VERY outgoing. If we are out on a walk and we pass a stranger, his tail starts wagging, and tries to 'greet' the stranger. Hes very friendly, and does well with other dogs.

Thats my baby, although hes a handful, I love him to death.

[chestermama]

Chester is very outgoing loves people, kids cats and likes most dogs but can get crancky with them. He is cuddly, independent, and notices anything out of place. He is very smart and people love coming up to him to pet him

[Reese1]

Crosley- lives to play ball and carry a sock around in her mouth. She loves kids and pretty much anybody that will play ball with her or feed her. Crosley is so patient with Wrigley and sweet with everybody!

Wrigley- is very shy with people she doesn't know and other dogs, except for Crosley. It takes her awhile to warm up to people. She lives to rule and terrorize Crosley, she is so bratty with her and when she's tired, she wants a lap to sleep in! She loves to lay in your lap and she will lick you to death!

We love them both like crazy!!

[adorame]

Jeter is a delightful mixture of a bunch of personalities all rolled into one super cute package.

He is a little lover, alway's ready to give you kisses,I remember his breeder telling us when he was a few weeks old that he loved to give kisses and boy was she ever so right, he is 5 months old and alway's ready with kisses even if you are down on the ground playing a game of tug of war, he will come up and start licking your face.. hmmm maybe thats his plan all along to get that toy back he licks you till you are laughing and snatches the abandon toy back into his possession so then you have to throw Smarty pants into the mixture. He has been so easy training, he catches on fast with his commands and we are also teaching him a few tricks. He is Energetic, coming down with multiple cases of the zoomies throughout the day and night, likes to play fetch the ball till he poops out halfway across the room after you have thrown the ball 100's of times to the other room. He is an attention seeker,he has to be by one of us at all times, when we were playing a board game the one night, we all took turns holding him because he would whine for us when we would set him down. He also loves getting attention when I take him out shopping with me, He loves all kinds of people and is super friendly to everyone. Curious, that nose of his if alway's sniffing to find something to investigate. Brave and fearless, he is alway's on the guard, snitching on my 4 boy's when they try to sneak out of bed , barking at the Rottie that takes a daily walk past the house, or even barking at a gust of strong wind that blows the wind chimes out on the front porch, Jeter is alway's ready to protect me from lurking dangers even if its 2 am! He is a cuddle bug when its sleepy time and Picky on how he has to be held by me to fall asleep for the night, if I lay him in his bed too soon he climbs right bask out of his bed and puts his paws on the couch and gives me an adorable look that I can not resist and I pick him back up and he will cuddle back up and close his eyes.

To me he is just the perfect combination of a bunch of things that just make him my special little guy.

[mizzwanned]

Hey my 3 are all very different. Teddy is VERY outgoing, energetic, hyper, friendly, passive, does not cuddle, easy going. Sophie is a little shy, friendly, nervous, sweet, kind, but also feisty. And London is dominant lol, sometimes independent when she wants to be, bossy, but also sweet on her own terms, selfish, greedy(with food ). But total lap baby

[4gracealone]

Zorak is very easy going, lets little sister rule the roost and is so eager to learn new tricks to please his humans. He is prone to being hyper, but will now 'settle down' when command is given. He has learned to not jump on people when excited and will go from the 'sit' to the 'down' position over and over in his excitement. (very cute!)

Zoe is a fiesty 3# ruler of the roost! She will even command my Aunt's larger dogs. They were all 3 Zorak, Bubba and Vixie going up and down the stairs playfully and she is too tiny to do it. So, she stood at the bottom and barked/growled at them and then THEY STOPPED! It was so amazing to all of us eating dinner to observe it! She is a great lap dog and will go quietly in my purse to the stores. She is social and has recently learned that growling at Zorak when mommy pets him gets her put in a time out, so that is minimizing finally!