Yorkshire Terriers amachokera ku Yorkshire, England; agalu awa adawonekera mu nthawi ya Victorian. Mitunduyi imakhulupirira kuti idachokera ku ziweto zina zingapo, kuphatikizapo Malta, Black-Brown Manchester Terrier, Dandy Dinmont Terrier, komanso mitundu ina yambiri yomwe yatha, monga Clydesdale Terrier.
Zina zokhudza mbiri ya mtundu umenewu n'zolakwika komanso zimatsutsana. Ena amakhulupirira kuti mtundu uwu unaberekedwa ndi ogwira ntchito kumpoto kwa England, omwe sakanatha kusunga agalu akuluakulu, koma ankafuna kukhala ndi anzawo okwiya. Malingana ndi ena, Yorkshire Terriers anawetedwa kuti agwire makoswe omwe ankakhazikika m'migodi ya migodi, komanso kuti alowe m'mabowo a mbira ndi nkhandwe. Chiphunzitso china ndi kuswana kwa mtundu uwu ndi a Scots omwe ankagwira ntchito m'mafakitale a nsalu ku Yorkshire.
Takupangirani ma tattoo ochititsa chidwi a Yorkshire Terrier!