Famous Yorkies

Dogs in film

* Mr. Famous, Audrey Hepburn's beloved Yorkshire Terrier, appeared with her in a scene in Funny Face. During the shoot of The Children's Hour, Mr. Famous was run over on Wilshire Boulevard and killed. After the death of Mr. Famous, Mel Ferrer gave Hepburn another Yorkie named Assam of Assam.
* In the movie Meet the Fockers, the Fockers' (Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand) family dog, Moses, is played by a female Yorkie mix named Terem.
* Horror film Urban Legend features a Yorkie in the role of Hootie, a fraternity house dog.
* In the film Daltry Calhoun, Aunt Dee (Beth Grant) has a Yorkie named Pickles.
* The character of Mrs. Coady (Patricia Hayes) in A Fish Called Wanda owns three Yorkshire Terriers.

Dogs in Literature

* Toto in the original book version of L.Frank Baum's, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is believed to be a Yorkie. Although the book does not specifically state Toto's breed, it describes Toto as "a little black dog with long silky hair." Most recognize Toto as a Cairn Terrier from the 1939 film version. However, from the illustrations in the first book many have concluded that Toto is a Yorkshire Terrier, as this breed was very popular at the time of publication. Toto was a Boston Terrier in later books of the Oz series.
* Fred Basset, the comic strip created by Alex Graham, features a Yorkshire Terrier named Yorky.

Dogs on TV

* On the television series Green Acres, Eva Gabor's character (Lisa Douglas) owned a Yorkshire Terrier named Mignon.
* Whitney Houston's Yorkshire Terrier, Doogie, was featured with her on the television series Being Bobby Brown.
* On MTV's Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave, a reality show revolving around the marriage of Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro, the couple has a pet Yorkie named Daisy.
* A Yorkshire Terrier named Barney was seen on the newspaper drama television series Lou Grant.
* The George Carlin Show featured a Yorkie named Miles (after jazz legend Miles Davis); George Carlin's George O'Grady won the dog from a plastic surgeon in the first episode of the television series.

Show dogs

* Huddersfield Ben, a champion show dog, was the father of the modern Yorkshire Terrier.
* Champion Cede Higgins, winner of the coveted Best in Show award at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club dog show in 1978, was the first and only Yorkshire Terrier ever to win the title.
* In 1997, Champion Ozmilion Mystification became the first Yorkie to win Best in Show at Crufts, the world's largest annual dog show.

Small dogs

* Sylvia, a matchbox-size Yorkshire Terrier owned by Arthur Marples of Blackburn, England, was the smallest dog in recorded history. The dog died in 1945 when she was almost two years old, at which point she stood 2.5 inches tall at the shoulder, measured 3.5 inches from nose tip to tail, and weighed 4 ounces.
* For 1995 through 2002 Guinness World Records listed a Yorkshire Terrier named Big Boss, as the smallest dog in the world. Big Boss was listed at 11.94cm (4.7in) tall when his owner, Dr. Chai Khanchanakom of Thailand registered the toy dog with Guinness.
* A Yorkie named Thumbelina, 5.5 inches tall and 8 inches long, held the Guinness World Records for smallest living dog prior to 1995.
* Tiny Pinocchio, an abnormally small Yorkshire Terrier, has appeared on several television programs including Oprah and the Today Show.

War dog

*Yorkie Doodle Dandy-Yorkshire Terrier hero of WW II

You probably don't think of a four pound Yorkshire Terrier as being a war dog. In fact some people don't think of the Yorkie, the second most popular dog of 2007, as being anything more than a fashion accessory.

But Bill Wynne, a World War II veteran from Mansfield, Ohio, and his whole squadron would disagree with you.

Wynne, 85, flew more than a dozen missions in the South Pacific as a reconnaissance photographer flying over Japanese held territory. And Smoky was right there with him.

They found each other when Smoky crawled out of a foxhole in New Guinea. The sergeant who found her didn't like dogs, so Wynne bought her for two Australian pounds, enough for the sergeant to get back into his poker game.

Wynne named her Smoky after his hometown Cleveland, famous for the smoke in the air. Smoky became the mascot of his unit, the 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron of the Fifth Air Force.

When Wynne came down with a fever and was hospitalized, everyone realized the therapeutic value of the tiny dog making the rounds in the hospital. "The wounded soldiers just loved her, " Wynne said." She was a wonderful morale booster."

During her service years she earned eight campaign ribbons and the deep respect of the 26th. Her finest hour came at an airfield in the Philippines. A communications line had to be laid under the airfield runway. The only choice seemed to be to tear up the field. "But that would have exposed 40 war planes to enemy attack," Wynne said.

Then it was Smoky to the rescue. They attached a feeder line to her collar and coaxed her into pulling the line through a 70-foot long, eight-inch wide culvert under the runway. It was frightening and dangerous, but Smoky made the trip and landed in Wynne's waiting arms.

At one time Smoky saved Wynne's life by warning him of incoming shells and guiding him to safety away from incoming fire that killed eight men standing next to them.

The picture above of Smoky in Wynne's helmet was featured in an armed forces newspaper story of the time.

She did give birth to two pups along the way.

"She lost her Good Conduct Medal over that," Wynne said.

During the war Smoky learned to do a lot of doggie tricks and after the war Wynne and Smoky returned to Cleveland where they performed in nightclubs and hospitals and appeared at dog shows.

She is buried in an ammunition box in the Metroparks Rocky River Reservation. On top of the monument is a sculpture of little Smoky sitting in Wynne's combat helmet.

White House dog

* Pasha, Tricia Nixon's pet Yorkie, lived in the White House during the Richard Nixon presidency.

Celebrity Owners

* A Yorkshire Terrier named Spike was the former canine sidekick of television celebrity Joan Rivers. The corporate logo of Rivers' PGHM (Please God Help Me) Productions featured an image of her beloved Spike in a prayerful pose with a halo over his head. Joan Rivers also owned a Yorkie named Veronica.
* Missy Elliott owns a Yorkshire Terrier named Poncho. The dog appeared in the music video for Elliott's song "Lose Control."
* Kelly Rowland's Yorkshire Terrier, Mocha, was featured on an episode of Cribs on MTV.
* Justin Timberlake owns two Yorkshire Terriers named Bella and Bearlie. The dogs appeared with Justin in a 1997 US Weekly feature on the members of *N Sync and their dogs.
* Model Gisele Bundchen has often been photographed with her Yorkshire Terrier, Vida.
* Bruce Willis owns a Yorkshire Terrier named Wolf Fishbein (Wolfie), after a character in the Woody Allen movie Crimes and Misdemeanors.
* Raven-Symone owns a Yorkshire Terrier named Shawty Pimp. The dog appeared with Raven in a photo shoot for Ebony magazine.
* Professional football player Brett Favre owns a Yorkshire Terrier named Jazzmin.
* Actress Tara Reid owns a Yorkshire Terrier named Stoli.
* Public relations professional Lizzie Grubman from MTV's PoweR Girls owns two Yorkshire Terriers named Peanut and Crunch.
* Actress Taryn Manning owns a Yorkshire Terrier named Speakers.
* Jon Wood of the Nascar Truck Series owns 3 Yorkshire Terriers all bred and purchased from Vicky Welch's Yorkies.
* Kurt Busch and wife Eva of Nascar fame own Ginger the Yorkshire Terrier featured on the inside forward page of the book Pit Road Pets: Nascar Stars and their Pets. Ginger was bred and sold by Vicky Welch Yorkshire Terriers.