Goreville Welcomes a New Business “Yorkieville”
Vonda (Johnson)
Vonda says her love for the Yorkshire Terrier
breed started 17 years ago. She named
her first Yorkie “Pixie”. Vonda began breeding Yorkshire Terriers and
soon realized she needed to build them their own home. Her husband Don, helped her design and create
a blueprint for the “perfect” home for her Yorkies. Don built the entire kennel himself. Yorkieville has a living room, utility
room, kitchen, grooming area, photo
studio, nursery and an office. Vonda is
very proud of her kitchen knobs. They
are actually pictures of some of her past Yorkie puppies. Yorkieville feels more like a home environment than a dog
kennel. Each dog has their own bed and outdoor run. Their sleeping area is climate controlled to
keep them comfortable. Yorkieville has
their very own website “vondasyorkieville.com”.
Vonda states that the majority of her sells come from people finding her
through the internet. She has shipped
puppies from
If you are interested in a puppy, she has a
variety of sizes, colors and body shapes of Yorkies. You
can contact her at 618-995-1114 or 618-889-1010. Her email is vondacarlton@yahoo.com.
Being centrally located in Southern Illinois she has proud customers from Western Kentucky, South East Missouri, Southern Indiana and North Tennessee.
Yorkshire Terrier Myths
The of the most frequently asked questions that we get is "do you have any teacup Yorkies?". The simple truth is that neither we nor anyone else on this earth has a "teacup" Yorkshire Terrier because no such classification exists. Let me clarify.
The official breed standard for the Yorkshire terrier calls for adult Yorkies to have a weight of no more than seven(7) pounds.
To be exact, the breed standard states: "Weight: Must not exceed seven pounds." This definition was approved on April 12, 1966. Why then, you may ask, do so many breeders advertise teacup Yorkies? There are only two reasons:
Fraud
Some unscrupulous breeders advertise teacup Yorkies to take
advantage of those people who are not very familiar with Yorkies. By
telling someone that they are getting a "teacup", they make the buyer
feel that they are getting something special (as if one get much more
special than a Yorkie at all :-). Many
of these people also advertise "toy" and or "standard" Yorkies with
weights up to 10 or 12 pounds. As stated above, a standard Yorkshire
terrier must weigh no more than 7 pounds.
Ignorance
Sadly, there are people out there breeding Yorkshire
terriers who simply aren't knowledgeable enough about Yorkies to know
that there is no such thing as a "teacup". One can only image their
general breed knowledge and the quality of their puppies.
On average, Yorkshire terriers weigh between 5 and 7 pounds as adults. There are, of course, smaller Yorkies born that will weigh less. Most Yorkshire terriers that you see participating in the show ring tend to be 5 to 7 pounds. A dog weighing 3 to 4 pounds is considered very small and often requires special care. Dogs this small should not be handled by children expect under strictly controlled conditions. Children are clumsy by nature--not intentionally--and dogs weighing less than 4 pounds are fragile, with easily broken bones.
