ceeby's wife has been born!!!!!!!!!!! Dilemia!!!!

[Sugar's Mom]

The breeder I got Ceeby from just called today and told me she has my female. There were females in the litter and I can take my pick. They are two weeks old and i won't get to pick until they are five or six weeks old. My problem is this; I took Ceeby in to be weighed this morning and he weighs 3lbs. at five months old. The vet said he might not gain much more. The breeder said he would be around three to four pounds grown and the weight chart on here said 2.89lbs when grown. Course I know that no one really knows how big they will be but i thought I was purchasing a smaller yorkie. Don't care tho, how big he gets as long as he doesn't get too big for my girl The question is how will I be able to at least halfway guess how big my girl will be? I am purchasing her to breed. I know her mom weights five pounds or a little over and her dad is less. Should I go for the biggest girl in the litter?

[chachi]

I would pick the largest female and hope for the best. I will tell you though My female weighed 5 lbs at 6 months and weighs 6 lbs now so they do sometimes still gain weight untill about 12 months so Ceeby might still gain some weight. Hopefully he will still stay small enough though.

[Sugar's Mom]

Originally Posted by chachi

I would pick the largest female and hope for the best. I will tell you though My female weighed 5 lbs at 6 months and weighs 6 lbs now so they do sometimes still gain weight untill about 12 months so Ceeby might still gain some weight. Hopefully he will still stay small enough though.

I hope he stays around four pounds but I really almost expect five pounds. The vet said some have a growth spurt around six months then REALLY slow down. he also thinks that because Ceeby's legs have grown that he has already had his spurt. His legs, while not too long, have gotten longer in the past three weeks. he weighed 2.7 the day after Thanksgiving when I took him t the vet. I think his growing has slowed down a lot since i cut his Nutracal off. I watch him very close now and he doesn't get it unless he hasn't eaten by noon. He needs to fill out some tho. But, two pounds is a lot of weight for these little guys to gain. I know that some of them gain until about a year old and some stop around five or six months old. Thanks for your reply.

[chachi]

Ive never heard that it is unsafe if the male is the same size only if the male is larger so you probably will be okay.

[My2Furbabies]

That is sooo exciting that you are getting a new baby! I think I would pick the biggest one too since you want to breed it! Good luck! Can't wait to see pics!

[Gina1978]

How exiting!! I would choose the bigger female too,if you want to breed her she should be at least 6lbs+ to do so,so bigger is better in this case
Your male could still put on another lb (or maybe not),but even so he is still very little so dont worry about that.There is really no real way of knowing what they will weigh as full grown adults.Lady stopped growing at about 4 months old and at 2 years old she is under 2lbs and has been that way ever since then.The rule of thumb didnt work with her although it did with my other yorkie Jess.
Congrats on your new adition

[yorkieusa]

Of course, there is a good possibility that even the biggest female won't be big enough to breed.

[Sugar's Mom]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

Of course, there is a good possibility that even the biggest female won't be big enough to breed.

I know and that would be just my luck!!!!!!! I know all the other things to look for when deciding but I guess size is just anybody's guess.

[annaschaben]

When you are looking for a mate you need to consider a lot of different things. We had our females first and then got our male. I had the pick of the litter. I looked at them at 6 weeks and the smallest one looked like it would have an overbite (no teeth yet, but gums on top stuck out further). I went back at 9 weeks and picked the pup I thought I would like. then when I went at 12 weeks to pick him up I changed my mind and got a different pup that had a totally different personality from his brothers. Even though pups are from the same litter everything about them can be different even their coat types. so make sure to take all of that into mind when picking your pup. Also if you are curious about the females full grown size ask the breeder how much she weighed when she was born. Generally a 4 oz baby will make a dog that is a little over 4 lb when it is full grown. you will want your female to be atleast 4lb so don't get a pup that was less than 4oz when born.

Best of luck.

[Sugar's Mom]

Originally Posted by annaschaben

When you are looking for a mate you need to consider a lot of different things. We had our females first and then got our male. I had the pick of the litter. I looked at them at 6 weeks and the smallest one looked like it would have an overbite (no teeth yet, but gums on top stuck out further). I went back at 9 weeks and picked the pup I thought I would like. then when I went at 12 weeks to pick him up I changed my mind and got a different pup that had a totally different personality from his brothers. Even though pups are from the same litter everything about them can be different even their coat types. so make sure to take all of that into mind when picking your pup. Also if you are curious about the females full grown size ask the breeder how much she weighed when she was born. Generally a 4 oz baby will make a dog that is a little over 4 lb when it is full grown. you will want your female to be atleast 4lb so don't get a pup that was less than 4oz when born.

Best of luck.

thanks. My husband breeds beagles and he will go with me to check the overbite and things like that, that he knows about. I will check her for the things I have learned about here on YT. I probably could tell an overbite also. I have seen them in our beagles. We just had an experierence where we were heading out the door to the vet right before we were to ship a pup to New York. My husband decided to check them one more time/ He had missed the terrible overbite and also had missed a dew claw. It was an awful oversite on his part and a mistake he had never made before. Thankfully, we had another pup that pleased the buyer in its place. Our dogs are bred to be Field Champions and our line is well known in the world of Beagles. no way would we ever sell a flawed dog. Our reputation would be damaged beyond repair even if it were an honest oversite. He had checked Ceeby for an overbite while I was talking to the breeder and I had not even thought of it till we paid our deposit and headed home. i am glad he was with me that time.