WHY does everyone want a "teacup"??????

[MomGadget]

I've only just become educated on the whole "teacup" issue in the last few days. When I first met Molly, a lady sitting near me told me she as a "tiny teacup Yorkie" - the owner didn't.

It wasn't until I got Molly home and read her AKC papers, that I realized she was called, very simply - Yorkie.

I'm totally fine with that.

Now I'm more concerned over Molly's size and hoping she'll be healthy above all. Her daddy is about 4 lbs and mama is about 3 lbs. I believe.

Molly seems super healthy - very happy, playful and sparkling eyes with soft shiny coat - so I can only guess she's perfectly healthy until we visit our vet.

I'm SO glad that I came to this site and learned the truth about Yorkies.

You can bet I'll be correcting people who call my baby a teacup from now on. I don't want her labeled as anything that's unhealthy - even if it is tiny and "cute".

[ILOVEYORKIES2]

Many people that ask for 2 and 3 lb. dogs are really thinking eye weight. I have so many times heard someone say their Yorkie was 3 or 4 lbs but if you were to put it on a scale it would be over 5 lbs. Sometimes they look smaller then they really are. A 2 lb. Yorkie would be really really tiny or really skinny. People now days are living in a dream land.

[alaskayorkie]

Good for you for taking the high ground and not trying to breed "teacups."

You might try finding some reputable Web sites that discuss the inherent health problems with tinies, and then pass those on to anyone calling and asking for one.

[TeddyandTiffy]

You know something to that I was thinking about...My cousin Roger that I gave Bonnie to he said he cut her coat down due to her matting I kept telling him he had to get those mats out of her but U know men he is good to her except for dealing with the matts but that is fine too if he wants her in a shorter coat anyways (I tend to ramble on and on! LOL! Sorry) he said it took him 3 hours to cut her down & she just turned 9 months old and our babies has good thick coats and her's was silk. See I have to wonder how much weight our Yorkies really weigh when their coats are cut down...I mean isn't part of their weights coat too??? When he called me to tell me Fri. night the 1st thing he said was I traded Bonnie to a Chihuahua I said U did what. He was laughin and said he had cut Bonnie down and she looked like a Chihuahua with her ears. LOL U know how their ears look bigger when U cut them down. I said I bet she does. He said she was flying through the house running herself to death. He said she thinks she's a new dog now. Just something for U all to think about and if anyone has any thoughts on the weights and their coats please post. Hugs

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by TeddyandTiffy

You know something to that I was thinking about...My cousin Roger that I gave Bonnie to he said he cut her coat down due to her matting I kept telling him he had to get those mats out of her but U know men he is good to her except for dealing with the matts but that is fine too if he wants her in a shorter coat anyways (I tend to ramble on and on! LOL! Sorry) he said it took him 3 hours to cut her down & she just turned 9 months old and our babies has good thick coats and her's was silk. See I have to wonder how much weight our Yorkies really weigh when their coats are cut down...I mean isn't part of their weights coat too??? When he called me to tell me Fri. night the 1st thing he said was I traded Bonnie to a Chihuahua I said U did what. He was laughin and said he had cut Bonnie down and she looked like a Chihuahua with her ears. LOL U know how their ears look bigger when U cut them down. I said I bet she does. He said she was flying through the house running herself to death. He said she thinks she's a new dog now. Just something for U all to think about and if anyone has any thoughts on the weights and their coats please post. Hugs

hair really doesn't weigh much at all. I can't remember details but I've read stories of dogs being shaved and all their hair being weighed and it wasn't much at all.

[ARCHIE]

People follow trends for whatever reason and tiny is today's trend it seems.
I wish people would stop searching for the tiny Yorkie so they would no
longer be breed and prevent so many pups from dying of health issues.
Ignorat people just won't listen.
I for one would never own a dog smaller than 7lbs. 9-10lb range for
me if I do look for another. I never expected Buddy to get to 15lbs but
I did deliberately pick him out because he was larger than the other's.
Good luck in finding the perfect forever home for your little one's.

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by yellowmellie

I would say they are very inexperienced, which means theres a lot more they don't know about yorkies...and therefore should do some more research before actually buying one anyway

Agree 100%

I can't count the times I've had people ask for teacups or have seen 2.5 lb Kasey and cooed, "I want one his size." I just sigh, roll my eyes and say, "no you don't.'

[nydia]

My Sabrina is a T-cup, When I started looking for my babies I wanted standard if not bigger sized yorkies with all the yorkie traits for my breeding program, the breeder I bought Sabrina from told me she would grow to be atleast 6 to 7 pounds which I was extremely happy and excited about, unfortunately Sabrina didn't grow that much at all, she grew to only be 3 pounds. When I knew she wouldn't grow that much I wanted to get her fixed but my vet at the time told me he wanted her to gain a little more weight before putting her under for surgery but somehow she got pregnant which cost me $3500 for a c-section, she is fixed now, but the point to this was that I know for a fact the breeder who sold Sabrina to me truly believed in her heart that my baby would be a bigger yorkie because the dogs she bred were both over 7 pounds but it really doesn't matter the size of the mother and father, because both Sabrina's parents are over 7 pounds, she must of just been the runt of the litter. I will tell you what though, I used to be so scared for Sabrina even when she plays with my other dogs who are all over 5pounds, Lucy is 5.5, Charlie is 7, and blaine is 6.5, but to be so small she holds her own, in fact she has given Charlie and Blaine a couple of good cuts from biting them she is extra fiesty and territorial.

The dog I bred Lucy with weighs 3 pds, but Lucy's babies both weigh over 5 oz, the girls weight was 6.2 oz and the boy was 5.8 oz when they were born, I have to weight them again today, but basically both of Lucy's babies were good sized babies and I'm sure they will be over 5 pounds because when Lucy was born she only weighed 4.5 oz and Charlie weighed 6 oz so based on their weight when first born I'm guessing my new babies will be over 5 pds. What do you guys think?

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by nydia

My Sabrina is a T-cup, When I started looking for my babies I wanted standard if not bigger sized yorkies with all the yorkie traits for my breeding program, the breeder I bought Sabrina from told me she would grow to be atleast 6 to 7 pounds which I was extremely happy and excited about, unfortunately Sabrina didn't grow that much at all, she grew to only be 3 pounds. When I knew she wouldn't grow that much I wanted to get her fixed but my vet at the time told me he wanted her to gain a little more weight before putting her under for surgery but somehow she got pregnant which cost me $3500 for a c-section, she is fixed now, but the point to this was that I know for a fact the breeder who sold Sabrina to me truly believed in her heart that my baby would be a bigger yorkie because the dogs she bred were both over 7 pounds but it really doesn't matter the size of the mother and father, because both Sabrina's parents are over 7 pounds, she must of just been the runt of the litter. I will tell you what though, I used to be so scared for Sabrina even when she plays with my other dogs who are all over 5pounds, Lucy is 5.5, Charlie is 7, and blaine is 6.5, but to be so small she holds her own, in fact she has given Charlie and Blaine a couple of good cuts from biting them she is extra fiesty and territorial.

The dog I bred Lucy with weighs 3 pds, but Lucy's babies both weigh over 5 oz, the girls weight was 6.2 oz and the boy was 5.8 oz when they were born, I have to weight them again today, but basically both of Lucy's babies were good sized babies and I'm sure they will be over 5 pounds because when Lucy was born she only weighed 4.5 oz and Charlie weighed 6 oz so based on their weight when first born I'm guessing my new babies will be over 5 pds. What do you guys think?

I think there is no such thing as a T-cup

[yoyo27]

It's hard for any breeder to guess and that is what it is a guess. You can get parents size but still that doesn't say too much. I got my first yorkie that was to be no more than 7 lbs and ended up with a 14 lber. Oh well she was the sweetest dog. But my breeder sure didn't know where she came from. As she never had one get that big. And it wasn't like she was a big puppy either. I now have a new puppy I got at chirstmas and the runt of that littler is 4lbs and mine I got is only 2.15 at 15 wks. So one never knows what is going to happen. All you can do is educate people about the dogs and the parents and what time is needed for yorkies which most have no ideal about. Its not like scaring the people off but they need to read about the breed they think they are interested in and what they require before getting the dog. I have seen some people happy to get a larger dog. So hang in there they will have some good homes before its over. Keep trying to talk to people.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

I think there is no such thing as a T-cup

I think that's what Dolly Parton wears.

[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by nydia

My Sabrina is a T-cup, When I started looking for my babies I wanted standard if not bigger sized yorkies with all the yorkie traits for my breeding program, the breeder I bought Sabrina from told me she would grow to be atleast 6 to 7 pounds which I was extremely happy and excited about, unfortunately Sabrina didn't grow that much at all, she grew to only be 3 pounds. When I knew she wouldn't grow that much I wanted to get her fixed but my vet at the time told me he wanted her to gain a little more weight before putting her under for surgery but somehow she got pregnant which cost me $3500 for a c-section, she is fixed now, but the point to this was that I know for a fact the breeder who sold Sabrina to me truly believed in her heart that my baby would be a bigger yorkie because the dogs she bred were both over 7 pounds but it really doesn't matter the size of the mother and father, because both Sabrina's parents are over 7 pounds, she must of just been the runt of the litter. I will tell you what though, I used to be so scared for Sabrina even when she plays with my other dogs who are all over 5pounds, Lucy is 5.5, Charlie is 7, and blaine is 6.5, but to be so small she holds her own, in fact she has given Charlie and Blaine a couple of good cuts from biting them she is extra fiesty and territorial.

The dog I bred Lucy with weighs 3 pds, but Lucy's babies both weigh over 5 oz, the girls weight was 6.2 oz and the boy was 5.8 oz when they were born, I have to weight them again today, but basically both of Lucy's babies were good sized babies and I'm sure they will be over 5 pounds because when Lucy was born she only weighed 4.5 oz and Charlie weighed 6 oz so based on their weight when first born I'm guessing my new babies will be over 5 pds. What do you guys think?

I think it's scary you don't even know that there is no such thing as a "teacup" in the Yorkie standard and you are breeding.

[NanaDtreasures]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I think that's what Dolly Parton wears.

ROFLMAO~!!!!!

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I think that's what Dolly Parton wears.

[NanaDtreasures]

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

I think there is no such thing as a T-cup

I feel the same way~!
I have a lil man who's not quite 3 lbs.
And I worry about him all the time.
I wish he weighed more.
People just dont get it.
He was one of a litter I had to hand feed , the runt.
You get healthy runts sometimes.
But I just cant imagine someone breeding these tiny ones on purpose.