Yorkshire Terrier

The Yorkshire terrier is a tiny, longhaired dog. It is not really a terrier, but a "toy" dog. They are often called, "Yorkies" for short.

Yorkshire Terriers were bred in the Yorkshire district of England to keep rats at bay in the mills and mines in the mid 19th Century. Rat-killing contests sometimes took place as a form of sport. The ferocious courage of the dog still comes to the fore occasionally when he barks at burglars or other dogs.

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On the whole, Yorkshire Terriers are affectionate and make an ideal house pet. They prefer adults to children and make good pets for the elderly. It is a good pet for a small garden. They can climb & jump fences. They have become one of the most popular dogs worldwide, going by the registration numbers, but there are some breeds which have their own registries, and many unregistered pets, so it's not possible to say for sure which breed is top of the pops world wide.

The Yorkie has beautiful, long, shiny, straight, silky hair which needs daily brushing. They look cute if the hair is tied up with a ribbon to keep it out of their eyes. Their colour is bluish and tan.

Class: toy

Weight: a normal adult Yorkshire terrier weighs around 4 - 6 lbs but some breeders are producing teacup Yorkies and pocket size yorkies which can be tiny at one year old.

Height: 8 - 9"

Klippies belongs to Mr & Mrs A. Williams. She is elderly but her hair has never been cut!

The Yorkshire Terrier is a breed that has been redeemed. They've been taken out of the dark, dirty coal mines where they were kept as rat-killers. Now they are much-loved pets! From mine to mansion!

God wants to wash the dirt of you and me! He has prepared a mansion for us! A lot of folk will never see their mansion because they'd rather stay down in the coal mine where it's dark. To quote from the Bible, "Men love darkness instead of light because their deeds are evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives truthfully comes into the light!"

John chapter 3 verse 19 - 21

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