Because of their size and attitudes Yorkies will generally draw a crowd around the obedience or agility ring they are working in.  There is nothing more adorable than a Yorkie looking up at it’s owner at heel position or flying through the tunnels and leaping over the jumps in obedience and agility, even if, on occasion, it’s the wrong one!!!!  Sometimes even trained Yorkies have minds of their own.  Performance events  can be a wonderful way to work with your Yorkie, form a bond like you’ve never known before and maybe earn a ribbon and title or two along the way. Here are some things that you might want to do with your Yorkie and the titles you can earn from the American Kennel Club: 
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The novice obedience class includes exercises that show that the handler and dog are working together.  The dog will heel by its handlers side and sit when they stop as well as come when called and stay when and where they are told on a stand for examination, sit stay and down stay!!!  This last can be hard for the average Yorkie to do with their endless supply of energy but can save it's life some day.  The more advanced obedience classes include jumping, scent exercises, bringing its handler back a dumbbell or glove, etc.  Obedience is the basis for most of the other performance events and is a great way to start working with your Yorkie.  Here is a list of AKC obedience titles that a Yorkie can earn: 

Besides the formal obedience classes, the AKC obedience department also offers a CANINE GOOD CITIZEN Test.   The CGC is not an official AKC Title but the dog earns a certificate and is an accomplishment any owner can be proud of.  This is a great way to get started and the ten exercises needed to pass the CGC test include everyday things like having your dog under control for a brushing or vet exam and being able to walk up to a person with another dog and have your Yorkie be under control.  Basic exercises that makes living with any dog easier. 
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The fast paced, fun atmosphere of the agility ring was almost custom made for most Yorkies personalities.  They love to run through a course and really enjoy going through tunnels, over dog walks and flying over the jumps.  There is no dog with more determination and heart than an agility Yorkshire Terrier when it struggles its way up and over the A-frame, you can see spectators holding their breaths until the yorkie makes it to the top and starts down the other side!!  Yorkies are show stoppers in the agility ring and draw a crowd whenever they run a course. 

Here are a list of the AKC Agility titles: 

Although you won’t normally see a lot of Yorkies entered in tracking events, they can do very well and have the fire and determination to excel in a sport that is mainly thought of for big dogs.  In tracking a dog learns to do “what comes naturally” and that is to use their nose to follow a scent. Tracking is usually run in fields and a tracklayer will walk on a pre-determined track making both left and right turns (at a test this track is laid out by the judges and marked so the tracklayer knows where to walk) and at the end of the track is an article (usually a glove or a wallet).  The dog needs to follow where the tracklayer walked and find the article at the end or along the way, in the more advanced classes.  VST or Variable Surface Tracking is the newest type of tracking  and the dog tracks in urban areas near buildings, over mowed grass, concrete, asphalt, mulch, gravel, etc. 
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The AKC Tracking Titles that can be earned are: 
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