Small Dog, Very Specific Bag
A Yorkshire Terrier staying with a sitter for a week needs the standard sitter kit rebuilt at her scale, with one rule sitting above everything else: her meals happen on time, every time. Yorkies weigh only a few pounds, their stomachs are tiny, and their energy reserves are small, so a casually skipped meal that a Labrador would never notice can leave a Yorkie shaky and unwell. Pack small, pack precisely, and write the routine so clearly that a kind but inexperienced sitter cannot drift from it.
Food in Tiny Portions, On a Fixed Clock
Measure her food into individual portions for every meal of the week, plus a spare day, because eyeballing a quarter-cup serving goes wrong in both directions — and with a Yorkie, too little across a day matters more than slightly too much. Note the exact meal and snack times, and tell the sitter plainly why: very small dogs are prone to drops in blood sugar when meals are missed or delayed, and the early signs are a dog who is unusually sleepy, wobbly on her feet, shaky, or uninterested in food she normally wants. If the sitter sees those signs, the instruction is a prompt call to your vet rather than waiting to see. Pack tiny, soft treats she can manage easily, and keep her food unchanged — a Yorkie's digestive system does not forgive mid-week experiments.
A Harness, Warmth, and Safe Ground Rules
Send a harness for walks, never a plan that relies on a collar and leash alone: Yorkies have delicate windpipes, and pressure on the throat from a pulling collar can irritate an already sensitive trachea. A harness spreads that force across her small chest. If the week may turn cold or the sitter's home runs cool, pack her sweater — a few pounds of dog with a long, fine, single coat loses heat quickly, and shivering through a week is misery, not toughness. Ground rules belong in the notes: she is carried on stairs if she hesitates, never left on beds or sofas she could jump down from, and watched around bigger dogs and small children, because the most common Yorkie injuries come from falls and from being accidentally stepped on.
Comfort, Coat, and Toilet Arrangements
Her long silky coat tangles less dramatically than a Poodle's but still needs a gentle brush every day or two, so pack her brush and any detangler she is used to, along with the small topknot bands if she wears them. Send the bed and blanket she actually sleeps in; Yorkies bond hard to their person, and home smells do real work during the first nights. If she uses pee pads indoors at home, pack a full week's supply and tell the sitter exactly where they go in the house, since changing the toilet setup and the house at the same time is asking for accidents. A couple of chew toys sized for tiny jaws and one comfort toy complete the bag.
Contacts and the Handoff for a Fragile Patient
Close with the contact sheet — your number, your vet, the emergency clinic, her microchip details — and add one honest paragraph about her health picture: any teeth she has had removed, how she takes anything she is given daily, and what she looks like when she is unwell, because in a dog this small the difference between her normal and her unwell can be subtle to a stranger. Walk the sitter through the portions and the meal clock in person before you leave. Those specifics are the whole safety case for the week, and through KinsLe, a Care Pass keeps your Yorkie's schedule, portions, and key details in the sitter's hands as temporary access that lasts exactly as long as your trip.