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07-01-2008, 03:16 PM | #1 |
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| Why does size matter???? I just need to vent... I had someone email me intereseted in buying Polo. She filled out the questionnaire and everything. I told her that Polo was not available and then told her all about Marco. That I thought he may be around 7lbs full grown. I told her how wonderful and sweet he is and she says that he will be "way to big for her" She wants a playmate for her havaneese that she said is 19 lbs. HOW ON EARTH is 7lbs too big???? I don't really care that she feels that way because I would not want him to go to someone like that but it is just really irritating that some people only care about appearance and not health.. Marco is actually my favorite now as he has the best presonality of them all but noone wants to give him a chance... Such a shame that people feel that way....I know that the perfect home will come along but I just had to vent about this....I feel better now |
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07-01-2008, 03:23 PM | #2 |
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07-01-2008, 03:23 PM | #3 | |
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07-01-2008, 04:13 PM | #4 |
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| I don't understand either...My 11 lb yorkie is the sweetest little guy ever, and everyone that meets him falls in love with him. Just because he's bigger, it doesn't make him less of a yorkie or less loveable!!
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07-01-2008, 04:56 PM | #5 |
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| Why does size matter? I think it's stupid because I wanted a yorkie for a pet I could spoil rotten and I could care less if Mufasa is 10 pounds or 3 pounds as long as he is healthy. That's what's important to me!!!! Marco is an absolute DOLL and I would love to have him!!!! |
07-01-2008, 05:11 PM | #6 |
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07-01-2008, 05:17 PM | #7 |
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| I don't get the size thing either. I was shocked at how small some yorkies were when I was first looking at getting a puppy. Both their actual weight and their projected weight. Now that I have Bella, I don't care how big or small she will be. Just as long as she's healthy and happy thats all that matters. whether she's considered/called teacup/standard or teapot - which I had never heard until I came on here. I snuck Bella into Target when I first got her to get her carrier and the manager of the store came over because she had Yorkies. She asked how old she was and then made the comment "oh she'll be a little bit then". I had never heard that term and I said excuse me. She explained that a "little bit" is between a teacup and a standard. I told her that all of those terms were incorrect and there are just Yorkies. She wasn't very pleased with me, but oh well
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07-01-2008, 05:24 PM | #8 |
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| I'm having this issue with my own mother. She wants a yorkie so I told her I'd get her one from the same place I have Leo from... She then starts telling me she wants a tiny "pocket" puppy. I told her that getting a il tiny one was not a good thing and I told her everything I have learned here about it all.. she still wants a tiny one.I told her I"d not get her a tiny one she'd have to get that herself. I wanted to get her one because Leo is just the cutiest lil fuzball I've ever had adn he is just soo sweet and loving. SO until she changes her mind about size, she's not getting a Yorkie from me. ha ha
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07-01-2008, 05:36 PM | #9 |
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| Coming from someone who is new to the world of yorkies, even I can appreciate that comment. When people ask me if Keelyn is a teacup I go, no thank god because they tend to have a lot more health problems. People want her to stay this little! (2.4lbs) and I say, I signed up for a dog, not a beanie baby as cute as they may be . Granted if she were little I would love her just as much! But to go out of your way to get a little one seems naive. Even when my mom tells people "Lauren has the cutest toy yorkie" I scold her and say, she isnt a toy, it is a toy breed, she is going to be a normal size and I have to differentiate b/w the tiny ones and the normal sized ones and I told her that there are even some that get to be 12lbs! More of them to love and cuddle with . Anyway, I definitely appreciate the aggravation. Maybe we should all round up and do an HBO special on yorkies to educate the public hahah |
07-01-2008, 05:43 PM | #10 |
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| As for me...size did matter a lot. That is why I bought a pup that was 6 months old and knew that he was pretty much full grown. I have been in the same line of work for over 20 years and have bad hands and wrists. I have no strength left. So I wanted a 3-5# yorkie for a reason. So I could carry him without a lot of pain.
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07-01-2008, 05:47 PM | #11 |
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| well that is a rational reason atleast! I was referring more to the people who want to be like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears! Not for me thank you I love my Keelyn just the way she is |
07-01-2008, 05:50 PM | #12 |
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| I am in agreement with some of the previous posts. But if "Some" breeders would not put "special verbs" to describe their babies and then charge quite a bit more for the "special verb". (I am not calling yorkies verbs.) It is the ploy to get some people hooked to buy. I could never breed because if I had a smaller yorkie I would very very particular on who was going to be taking care of this baby the rest of their life. NOT the price I would get for the baby. I think it is much more important for the person to be qualified for lack of better terms to be able to actually care for the little furbutt. Seth is 11 pounds, and Sasha is 7 pounds. I would not trade them for anything!!!! They are my 6 and 7th child.
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07-01-2008, 05:50 PM | #13 | |
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Back on track...I have 2 teapots, Charlie is almost 8lbs and Nyla will be a big baby she is only 3 months and weighs 3.7 lbs, 2 standards Blaine at 6.5 lbs and Lucy at 5.5 lbs and I have one tiny at just 3 - 3.5 lbs (she fluctuates in weight in winter and summer) Sabrina and I got to say she is the one that worries me the most out of all of them especially when she jumps, she is so tiny. I love my teapots though they are too cute with their big ears and paws and their long tails. I love my babies wether they were tiny's or teapots it doesn't matter to me at all, in fact when I first purchased my babies I just knew blaine would be a teapot because he weighed 4 pounds when I got him at 16 weeks he was so cute as a big puppy with his floppy ears, but he stopped growing at 6.5 lbs and his ears stand straight up now. Last edited by nydia; 07-01-2008 at 05:51 PM. | |
07-01-2008, 07:06 PM | #14 | |
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See that just goes to show that just because a puppy is big does not mean he will stay big.. 6.5lbs is a great size and at 16wks weighing 4lbs you would have thought he would be 10lbs... I was playing with the puppies today and Marco is so thick and healthy.. It is so much fun playing with his fat butt that if I didn't think my husband would leave me, I would keep him... He will make someone VERY happy...... | |
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