I am here to whimper and whine today, found out some news that I’m not very happy about. I found out that Yorkies are not at the top of the list of favored pet dogs put together by the American Kennel Club (AKC). This was really a shocker for me, here is what we found were the top 5 dogs:
Labrador Retriever
YORKSHIRE TERRIER (should be #1!!)
German Shepherd
Golden Retriever
Beagle
Let me tell you why I’m better than a Labrador Retriever, maybe the AKC people will read my post and change their minds by next year.
Labrador Retrievers are really big and can’t sit on your lap. If they try to, it’s not as fun as having a cute fuzzy little Yorkie like me on your lap.
Labrador Retrievers have really big mouths and tongues and when they give you a doggie kiss, it’s yucky, not a nice little lick on the cheek like I give my owners and friends.
Labrador Retrievers eat a LOT more food than a little Yorkie does, so you won’t have to spend as much money buying food if you have a Yorkie.
When you take a Yorkie for a walk, you just have to take a little Zip Lock bag along with you with a napkin or tissue to clean up after, I don’t even want to think about what it’s like for humans who have to clean up after big dogs like Labrador Retrievers.
Labrador Retrievers aren’t as cute if they do the things that Yorkie’s do to greet you when you come home…we like to run around in circles and jump all over you, but we can only reach your knees, so it’s cute. A LR would knock you over if they greeted you that way.
Labrador Retrievers shed all over you in the summer, Yorkies don’t shed because we have hair, not fur.
When a Lab goes out and plays in the yard and gets mud on his feet, it makes a much bigger mess than a little Yorkie would make.
I’m pretty sure LR’s slobber on you a lot more than a Yorkie would, we never slobber.
When you take a Yorkie for a walk who isn’t trained, we don’t drag you all over the place because we’re small.
Yorkies are just plain cute!!
If you have, or are, a Labrador Retriever, please forgive me, I’m just a little jealous Yorkie who wants to be the top dog on the AKC favorites list.
A few posts back I said we were going to share information about other dog breeds now and then, and we did one post so far…but this is blog by a Yorkie, so it seems only natural to make sure we have a good post about my breed, the Yorkshire Terrier. My owner found one, and it’s pretty interesting. I don’t feel like the vicious little beast that they writer describes at the beginning, but this is the history of my breed. Enjoy this article by David Beart:
“In another land and time the Yorkshire terrier was not a small long haired show dog and pet. Rather, he was a larger rat killing (more…)
My owner and I decided to add an article today, I really liked it because it says that Yorkies one of the smartest dogs alive. It also said that we are very cute, which is true, another reason for the article. I made her add a few things that may be true for some yorkies, but aren’t true for me.
We like to learn because we’re smart, but we’re little rascals too, sometimes…at least I am. I hope you like the article, you can click here to read the training yorkies article.
Today our Town had it’s annual free rabies clinic, and since 3 years have gone by since my last shot, my owner took me to get mine. First, it was pouring rain, next we had to stand in a long line with a lot of other people and dogs, the one behind us barked the entire time, then we went into this big building and a man (actually he is my veterinarian…he does this clinic each year) stuck a needle into my upper back while my owner hugged me and covered my eyes…I would never bite, and didn’t need a muzzle or blanket over me like some of the other dogs.
But now we’re home and it’s been about 8 hours since my shot. I have a couple of big lumps where the shot was done in my upper back, my skin some red blotches in a lot of places on my body like I get if I get a flea bite (I’m very allergic to those, too) and I have been licking at my feet. My owner has been fussing over me, and has a bottle of chloratrimitron I think is how you spell it, an antihistamine that doesn’t cost much. Since I’m so tiny, she takes one of the already small pills, cuts it in quarters, and gives me a quarter hidden in a bit of my favorite canned food or a piece of chicken. If I seem bad before she goes to bed, she’ll give me some, but I am breathing fine, and tired right now.
I think I feel like curling up and going to sleep now, and will hope I don’t get worse during the night…because my owner won’t get any sleep if I do…and neither will I.
Then you might want to visit my owner’s main “Lensmaster page” to see ALL the Squidoos she does, her most popular is “Is New Jersey Weird”, the Yorkshire Terrier one is 2nd in line, but you might want to visit some others too…like “Strumming the Autoharp”, and her blogs about Bird Feeding, Box Turtles, and even Gravestones. Have fun!
