How smart is your Yorkie?

[Summerbummer]

Too smart. But very very loyal. Barks at dogs on the tv. Runs into a car if he knows them very well ie mum dad . Without me getting in first, Goes to the window if I mention his companion Cora, or family names. Is very safely conscious of the road. Only walks on the inside deff knows how to get his own way if he wants to play a game. Has learnt some tricks. Knows almost all the names of each stuffed animal toy and will retrieve it.

[Summerbummer]

And can now open doors. I am amazed at this,

[Kilton]

Originally Posted by Maximo

You make miss puppy days.

Awww I know Ellie is growing so fast, wish she could stay a puppy forever!

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by Kilton

Awww I know Ellie is growing so fast, wish she could stay a puppy forever!

I'm glad you were able to decipher my message since I left out a word. You make me miss puppy days. Although I lost a lot of sleep, puppy antics are the best. Terriers remain young at heart their whole lives, so we can take comfort in that.

[YoRkIeLoVe1980]

It's amazing how much they understand!

[cindersellie]

We have a gate up to keep Cinders in 1 room while we work. We have tripped over this blasted thing several times while its up. Cinders must have seen us, and when the gate is open/ off, she backs through the doorway- keeping her eyes on that dang gate! It took me 3 times watching her do this to figure out that's whats she's doing when she walks through backward. When she's a few feet away from it, she turns and to runs to me. I guess she doesn't want to trip over it like mommy does, she has more grace than me! Or more sense

[KimInMD]

I was packing the suitcase to come home. Mia ran and got her ball. She jumped into the suitcase and laid her ball in there with the clothes. I laughed and said it was a cute coincidence. With that, she came running in with her favorite bone, and placed that in the suitcase too. Then she jumped in, and laid down. She looked up and barked and wagged her tail as if to say "Mommy, I'm ready to go home now". They are so darn smart!

[spiritwings1202]

That is such a cute story she was like Mom common it is over here

[navillusc]

So cute! Good girl! There is no doubt Brody and Mia are smart...intelligence is a Yorkie trait, and one of the most fascinating of their features. I cannot imagine them ever having to find the remote at our place though...not with it grafted to DH's hand. Say, you don't suppose she knew where it was because she's so smart she hid it there, do you?

[life4life]

jasmine only knows George which is her favorite curious George toy.

[Marhcarter]

Originally Posted by caw

Daisy is real smart. She knows all the different names of her toys. "The Purple Hippo", " The Racoon", The "Kunk", (that's for "skunk"), Her "birdie", etc. I can also go tell her to "get a bone" and she will. I can also go tell her to get her "blue" bone or "green bone" etc., and she will. These dogs are SMART.

Huey, too. He has a squeeky bone and a squeeky pig and knows the difference. He also knows his lobster, his raccoon (his special friend), the chicken and his hotdog. He will dig around and get the right one out of the toy box 75% of the time. He knows "bedtime" and "go for a ride" among multiple other phrases.

Originally Posted by Summerbummer

And can now open doors. I am amazed at this,

Huey can too! He can open a door that swings inward if it is only slightly cracked by wedging a foot in the crack and pulling. To open an outwards swinging door, he stands on his hind legs and pushes with his front feet. My parents are amazed at this, because their 2 dogs (Cavalier King Charles) just sit in front of the door and bark to go in or out.

[navillusc]

Originally Posted by caw

Daisy is real smart. She knows all the different names of her toys. "The Purple Hippo", " The Racoon", The "Kunk", (that's for "skunk"), Her "birdie", etc. I can also go tell her to "get a bone" and she will. I can also go tell her to get her "blue" bone or "green bone" etc., and she will. These dogs are SMART.

Brody, too! Plus, he knows where each toy 'belongs' in the house. There are two 'toy boxes' and he will tote an incorrectly placed toy back to where it 'lives' according to Brody.

Mia likes toys but she knows just how toy centric Brody is, and loves to get whatever toy he is currently 'favoring' and taunt him with it, then she lets him have the toy and 'laughs' at the joke she's played on him. So funny...

[victoriasueno]

My yorkie knows where I'm going based on the pants I wear. Home/lounge pants. Dog Park pants. Work pants. He can tell and he reacts differently when I get dressed.

He knows how to turn on my TV. He taught himself how to open his treat container. I've gone through 8 different types of containers in the 4 years I've had him. He learned how to take down the baby gate I have for him, I had to buy a different kind of baby gate.

He's so smart he had me CONVINCED for the first three years of his life that he was dumber than a box of rocks. It turns out he's so smart he had me completely fooled. He would mark and pee on the carpet and in his crate at my old apartment. He would pee on my bed. I thought he was stupid. Turns out he's amazingly smart. He acted out because he hated my two roommates and would want me to stay home with him.
I taught him to shake my hand and play dead in about 10 minutes. Sometimes I think he's smarter than me!

-Victoria

[wemple2]

Okay, believe it or not Winston makes a fake poopy...just so he'll get a treat. I always go outside with him, he'll do his usual wandering...circling... and squat to poop, but there is nothing there. He keeps his eyes on me at all times...then he'll come running to me for his poopy treat. It took me awhile to figure this out, yep, he's smarter than me.

[mimimomo]

These stories are so great, funny & our Yorkies are so smart! I had forgotten that I had even started this thread...not so smart loll!

Momo is very vocal & he has a way of communicating his wants & needs...he'll scratch the trash bin, which means 'gib me my ball'. His ball is in a container up on the counter by the trash bin. He does this every time I start preparing their meals. He wants his ball bc he's hungry!