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Originally Posted by Britster  I know it's not 100% guarantee but this is why my preference is to go to a reputable breeder. The true Yorkie personality should *not* be timid, nippy, etc. Confident? Yes. Tenacious? Absolutely. But not aggressive. Good genetics can play a huge part in the dog you get but so can training and socialization. They should be fine with children if the owner knows how to teach the child to be around little dogs, or dogs in general. Tbh, most Yorkies I meet are super friendly. I've only seen a few that have "issues". |
While I agree that good breeding is important I think the training kind of tops the list at least in my experience. With Joey he had no papers a tail and everything else so wasn’t bred well but we started training from the beginning at 9 weeks when I got him and he is extremely confident. With Penny her training wasn’t as much and she was from a puppy mill but is like a hunny badger and the only thing that shakes her is bangs like shooting and fireworks. But I do have Ollie who is on the complete opposite end of the spectrum and very timid not from a great breeder but not a puppy mill either, training has helped but I think his thing was he was with a breeder way to long that did nothing with him so at almost 6 months he had been exposed to nothing.