To the left is a painting of Chester, a Yorkshire Terrier. Martha captures the hardiness and vitality of this scrappy little dog, belying the image of pampered purse pet. After all Yorkies are terriers, bred to kill rats. In WW II a Yorkie named Smoky earned 8 combat stars by warning his human squad mates when incoming shells were approaching their foxholes. Smoky even had his own customized parachute and went on numerous fighter sorties with the Pacific Army Air Corp. Just as we shouldn't prejudge people, we shouldn't prejudge dogs. Some little dogs are tough and some big dogs are sissies.
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