History and origin of the Yorkshire Terrier

In 1886 this breed was acknowledged by English Kennel Club and was named "Yorkshire Terrier". In 1898 an official standard for the breed was approved and the Yorkshire Terrier Club was created. The first Yorkshire Terrier, registered in the Studbook of Great Britain, was a dog named Albert, which later was purchased by Mrs. Foster, the only female specialist of that time, the owner of one of the first kennels of Yorkshire Bradford. But the actual founder of the breed is considered by plenty of experts a dog named Huddersfield Ben. It had excellent exterior, valuable breeding qualities and left a many champions. It won not only in a lot of exhibitions, but also in the battles against rats.

Initially this breed came from a test made by miners who wanted a small enough dog to hunt rats in the drifts. As a matter of fact, they were listed as one among the Top Dog Breeds in 2005. The Yorkshire Terrier is a small dog that is among the most popular breeds in the world.

The Yorkshire appeared after several crosses between Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Manchester Terrier and Maltese. Originally it was bigger (about 6kg) than the Yorkshire terrier standars of the breed we know them today.

Over the crosses, becoming the yorkshire itself become smaller than the the rat, he could not really do the job he was suppose to do first and was somewhat neglected.

Today the yorkie is a very small dog, but he never forgotten its Terrier roots.