Yorkshire to terrier

Of small and slight size, the Yorkshire to terrier has a very sensible character that supports bad the abrupt gestures, reason by which, its education is precise to carry out it with much dulzura and gentleness, but at the same time with much firmness, because if it were yielded to his whims he would return really unbearable.

On the contrary, if it is educated to him of suitable way, it is a sweet and affectionate small dog that encariña very many, single with its proprietor. Its character, a little ?noisy?, takes it to denounce the presence of strangers.

  The Yorkshire to terrier is the fruit of crossovers between several races (Manchester to terrier, Skye to terrier, Dandie Dinmont and, also, maltés), made by some criadores of Yorkshire in England, that loved a dog of size not very great that, nevertheless, it knew to hunt rodents.

The resulting dog of such crossovers was, immediately, an implacable enemy of the rats, but very soon the fashion took a progressive one and fast reduction of the size, that it did became a dog of luxury and company.

His first appearance, in a canine exhibition, took place around 1880, and immediately it found please a public always more numerous. Today it occupies the first place between the English races, and can affirm, with absolute security, that is the spread and known dog of company more.

With some obvious differences, it is possible to be considered him like the reduction of the Skye to terrier, from which it has taken, among other things, the dense, long and abundant coat. The set must give the impression of proportionate an affluent dog, turning out very characteristic his to walk very fast, with small steps, and their beautiful layer to the wind.

Height and weight. Raised to the cross, not fixed by the standard, but it must be included/understood between the 19 and 22 cm. Maximum weight, 3.2 kg. Head. Relatively small flat, with skull not too prominent nor round. Little long snout. Black Trufa. Long hairs of fire-golden, more intense color in the cheeks, the base of the ears and the snout.

Eyes. Relatively dark, nonprominent. Dark palpebral edge.

Ears. Small, raised, in form of ?V?, Ilevadas raised or semiraised, not very distanced to each other, covered with short hair.

Body. Very compact, with strong kidneys. Straight back.

Extremities. Straight lines, covers of hair, with intense spots fire.

Feet. Practically round, with black nails.

Tail. Its length is cut in the middle of. taken a little over the level of the back, cover of hairs darker than those of the back.

Coat. Length, straight, bright and perfectly silky. Color: blue dark steel, on the back; red fire, on the chest.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities, like quota of maintenance for this very small Terrier, between 230 (for unit of 2 kg) and (for the greater ones of 3 350 kg) Kcal. daily.

DAILY CARES. The care of the coat and the skin is of extreme importance and must daily be made with a smooth brush and a comb of wide teeth. The irritativa action of the long hairs of the forehead on the cornea, can also produce an inflammation of the same one and of the conjuntiva. The possible use of a small tape that holds to the hairs does not have, therefore, only one aesthetic but also functional purpose, because it reduces the described problems above. In many units it is precise to resort, after to have made some organic functions (defecación, tinkles), to the washing (bidet) of the perianal zone, to perivulvar or of escroto.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. During the first week of life, it is come to the cut of the tail, that must leave its length in the middle of

 

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