|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
01-16-2010, 10:44 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: indianapolis in usa
Posts: 2
| how big??? i have my 1st yorkie, alex. just how big do yorkies get? his nic name is hoss, he weighs 20 lb at 11 months. guess i have the x- large size. he is so funny. thanks |
Welcome Guest! | |
01-16-2010, 11:05 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 8,317
| Yorkies are not supposed to weigh over seven pounds according to the breed standard If Hoss came from a breeder who wasn't carefully breeding to produce Yorkies as close to the standard as possible, that would explain his size. |
01-16-2010, 11:11 AM | #4 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
Posts: 14,776
| Quote:
Hoss may very well come from a breeder that is breeding to standard and line breeding.....Since so many breeds went into the final Yorkshire Terrier, it's always possible that a small one or one that exceeds standard can be produced within the same litter, just as you can have a soft coated and a silk coated pup within the same litter......All has to do with what is in the line. I know that I line breed with the best of lines in my pedigrees, and do get oversized and undersized yorkies on occassion.....This breed is not easy to breed.
__________________ Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Last edited by Mardelin; 01-16-2010 at 11:13 AM. | |
01-16-2010, 11:20 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England
Posts: 82
| Jake is 12lbs and only 5 months...his mam is 6lb and his dad is 8lbs..... dont know how heavy Jake will be when fully grown |
01-16-2010, 11:25 AM | #6 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
Posts: 14,776
| Quote:
Hey your Jake is probably very healthy and loving......
__________________ Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers | |
01-16-2010, 11:28 AM | #7 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| Have fun with your big boy! I have one that is 12 lbs. Hes not standard but hes our standard. He is alot more durable and less fragile than our 6 lb yorkie
__________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427 |
01-16-2010, 11:31 AM | #8 |
Twilight lovin' Yakker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 1,642
| Wow he sounds huge for a Yorkie... but I bet he's adorable still! Please post some pics!
__________________ BellaBlue ~ Mommy to Sasha! |
01-16-2010, 11:36 AM | #9 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Earlysville
Posts: 976
| More to love. Hope to see pix. |
01-16-2010, 11:43 AM | #10 |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
Posts: 14,776
| I have one that is 12.5 pounds.....big yes, but we are stopped everywhere by people admiring how gorgeous he is......He's a beautiful speciman of the breed, but just a bit oversized.
__________________ Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers |
01-16-2010, 11:44 AM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England
Posts: 82
| Thanks Jake is very healthy and loving and so friendly every one just adores him...it does not matter how big he grows he is my Jake and i just adore him |
01-16-2010, 04:15 PM | #12 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
Posts: 23,247
| My yorkie is about 16 pounds and I absolutely love it. Although I used to think because she was bigger that she was not as fragile and could jump on and off things by herself and that ended up not being the case. She jumped off the couch and ended up with a soft tissue injury in her shoulder/leg and took almost a mouth to completely heal and we are lucky it wasn't a brake and now its stairs to go up and down the chair and sofa and she had to be retrained to do that instead of jumping and she has not be aloud to jump off the bed sense her injury. Just be careful with thinking there not as fragile.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
01-16-2010, 04:20 PM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 164
|
__________________ Debbie ~ Spike , Nala (04-09), Cosmo , & Bella |
01-16-2010, 05:02 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia
Posts: 3,262
| Hey, I am happy to see this thread. I have 3 yorkies, my big boy Hobbes is 10 months old and weighs 13 lbs. My vet says he is all yorkie. I saw his mom and dad and they weigh 7-8 lbs. Hobbes siblings weigh 5-7 lbs, they are females. I now have his brother from a different litter and he is 5 lbs at 16 weeks. He came from an excellent breeder but my vet told me you never can tell about genetics. Hobbes is the sweetest, most loving big boy, and more to love.
__________________ SUSAN : TESSIE : HOBBES :CALVIN :SASSY There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face! ~ Ben Williams |
01-16-2010, 05:10 PM | #15 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
Posts: 14,776
| Quote:
__________________ Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers | |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart