Our story
About Big Sky Yorkies
I'm Jan Hefner, and Big Sky Yorkies is my home in Billings, MT — not a kennel, not a facility, just our house with a lot of very small dogs in it.
How this started
I fell in love with my first Yorkie years ago and never really recovered. My husband is the one who suggested we breed — he could see how much these dogs meant to me. That was more than twelve years ago now, and they are still the best part of my day.
What began with one little dog turned into a small, careful programme built around lines I know and trust. I'm not trying to be the biggest breeder in Montana. I'd rather have a handful of litters a year that I can pour myself into.
How they're raised
Underfoot, not in a kennel
Our puppies are born and raised inside our home. They're handled from the very beginning, and they grow up with the ordinary noise of a household around them — doors, television, the vacuum, people coming and going.
We have four grandchildren who are here often, and the puppies are right in the middle of it. That matters more than almost anything else we do. A puppy who has already met small hands and sudden noises settles into your home far more easily than one who hasn't.
What I'm breeding for
Health and temperament first, then the coat and the face. My girls are chosen for personality as much as for looks, because that's what you live with for the next fifteen years.
We raise traditional, parti, chocolate, blonde, KB black and merle Yorkies. Colour varies litter to litter — some of my favourite pups have been the ones I didn't expect.
— Jan Hefner, Billings, MT
Meet our dogs
Come and meet them
The best way to start is an application — it tells me what you're hoping for and puts you on my list. There's no cost and no obligation.