15 pound yorkie

[toke]

I agree - but it goes both ways. A lot of the byb/puppymillers do breed tinies so that they can get the BIG $$$ - they just breed more often and more dogs. The bottom line is that they are not breeding to the standard. Too big - too little. They're just breeding to breed.

I don't doubt you. Dogs are just disposable merchandise to some. And they get by with it with the uninitiated...and make themselves some big nefarious bucks along the way.

What's that old saw about the educated consumer??? The net is chock full of information for those willing to take the time to look and separate the BS from the facts.

[a2luckygirl]

Banjo is a chorkie- his mom was a 6# chi- his dad a 4# yorkie-
he is about 20#'s - shock- he weighted 1.8 #'s at 10 wks when i got him!

But he is sweet, loving and very healthy!! And i love him to death!!

I never dreamed he would get this big- but it does not matter to me- i coud not have gotten a better pet- that i loved any more!!

[Plumeria]

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum and I don't know half of what yall do about Yorkies. I am a new parent to a tiny little girl named Jazzi. We got her from a breeder a couple of hours away from us. So far she has been real healthy and has gained twenty ounces in a month. I don't know if that is a good gain or not but the vet was happy with it.

My problem was the food they (breeder and vet) wanted her to eat. Eukanuba...she hated it...so the breeder told me to feed her a small amount of Ceasers with it. Jazzi licked the Ceasers off and left the dry food. I went to another food, no luck, then the vet gave me some wet puppy food with some dry as well. I give her both so she has a choice. She is five months now and I think her teeth are starting to itch because she is eating more of the dry.

The potty training is going very slowly too. She knows it's wrong to go on the floor but does not yet understand that outside is where I want her to go. I've tried the puppy pad and now I bought a potty patch complete with the spray that is suppose to intice them to go...not working so far.

[DerbyLayne]

I can't believe the breeder gave you Caesar's!! junk food! treats only.

[ZoeysMommy]

I am so glad I read this... I was becoming concerned about my yorkies as well. Kaizer weighs 10.5lbs (1 year), Zoey is 11 lbs and Zack is 7.5lbs (Zack and Zoey are bro/sis & 9months). The breeder told me Zack and Zoey would only get 7lbs at most..


I feed them Eukanuba, I asked another breeder about their weight and she told me to stop feeding them Eukanuba and change to adult food...?
But now it sounds like they are normal in size... Not sure if I am doing something wrong or not with their food? They don't look fat! And they are VERY active!!

What are you feeding your yorkies?

*Kristin

[Hedley]

I can confirm that over here in England variation in size is normal. The smaller ones are sometimes sought after and some breeders used to use rather unethical methods to keep them small. I heard that during the first half of the last century, unscrupulous breeders gave them gin to stunt their growth! But they were bred from larger terriers in Scotland, like the Skye, Waterside, Dandie Dinmont etc. So given their origins it would be unusual if many Yorkies werent smaller. There is a feeling over here that the tiny ones are good for a one dog no kids household, possibly a mature couple, but for a family pet youre better off with the larger ones.

Over here it is pretty much the same with Jack Russells. They vary quite widely in size and stature.

[Plumeria]

Originally Posted by DerbyLayne

I can't believe the breeder gave you Caesar's!! junk food! treats only.

Yeah, that's what the vet said too. The breeder told me to get her to eat anything I could. She was less than two pounds when I got her and subject to hyglocemia (sp?). I had a tube of Nurti-cal and gave her that every morning. I was so confused and worried until I got the puppy food from the vet. Talk about worried, I tried to get Jazzi to eat all day long.

I have bought three bags of treats from the vet and Jazzi doesn't like any of it. They were not cheap either. Right now I am using sandwich cheese to reward her, do you think that is okay?

[Raineegirl]

I was searching as to why my Yorkie, Jet, is 17lbs and found this site. I have 3 Yorkshire terriers. Jet, my big guy, is lazy and lovable. It's just who he is and although he's chubby, he's solid as well. Jet was very tall as a puppy, definitely not your standard requirements for a Yorkie. His legs were long early and he sort of filled out to his height with weight looking large put more proportionate. He has a beautiful Yorkie face but his features are larger.. basically the black part of his nose (not the length of his snout)
Bebe, my 4 year old girl is 8lbs. She's a perfect size, not too tiny to cuddle with and tiny enough to carry around. Unlike Jet's colors of Black and tan, Bebe is blue and gold. Very pretty with her long eyelashes. However, Bebe is longer than the average Yorkie required body length from head to tail. Just a tad, but enough to notice.
Bear is my little man, he just turned 3. He is tiny tiny about 5lbs on a good day and is mostly gray and tan.. (black and tan as a baby) He's got a great, very happy personality. He is perfect but some may say, a little small. I noticed one thing that may be a hint as to determining how big your Yorkie will be. I think the size of their features as babies say alot. If they are bigger. Tea cups or smaller Yorkies have very tiny features.. everything is smaller, medium size Yorkies have a little more to thickness to their features and so on.
I guess since I literally have "Small, Medium & Large" in my Yorkie family, this became apparent to me. Just thought I'd share it with you.

[susan lynn]

My 3 are the same way, Tessie is 11 lbs, Hobbes is 15 lbs and Calvin is 8 lbs. Calvin and Hobbes have the same doggie parents but are a different litter. They are 21 months old, 19 months old and 13 months old. Hobbes is the most laid back and sweetest of the 3.

[jlclark777]

My yorkie is about thirteen pounds now at 16 months. I think she might be slightly overweight because she is having trouble rolling over like she could before. My significant other feeds her table scraps, so I think this unhealthy eating habit is what is doing it. However, she was just fine at 11 and 12 pounds.

[Verbena]

Eating table scraps are unhealthy. Too much fat. If your S.O. wants to feed her. Take a few pieces of dog food and give it to her.

[Clyde_Dexter]

Clyde is 12.5 pounds right now and weighed 13.5 pounds at his heaviest weight (but 12.5 pounds was the healthiest weight for him to be, he had gotten a little tubby a little while after getting neutered but he is back in shape now).

Dexter weighs 5-6 pounds right now, and he is only a four month old puppy. He weighs the same amount that Clyde weighed at his age. I have a feeling Dexter will weigh somewhere around Clyde's weight (his parents were only five and eight pounds). Dexter is AKC and supposedly from a champion line, but I have never looked into it.

I read somewhere once that Yorkshire terriers used to be heavier set dogs (twenty-pounds) before people started breeding them for smaller sizes and then the breed standard was set.... I don't know if this is particularly true BUT if you think about it one of the dogs used to create the Yorkshire terrier was the Airedale or "waterside terrier" ... and they are big dogs ... and that is why larger Yorkshire terriers will appear ... I do not know if this is true. I could be saying this and being totally INCORRECT .... but I'm just thinking that because of this fact it would make sense that larger Yorkshire terriers are here. This is more of a theory or hypothesis than anything else.

[Franceslongo]

I wanted a smaller size dog , my Rocky is 13.8 pounds !! Strong and fast like a jackrabbit !! Life is like a box of chocolates !! Love him

[matese]

my last girl tipped the scale at 17lbs lol, beautiful sleek body. My adopted boy is 12 lbs, he seems tiny to me after my 17 pounder. A yorkie is still a yorkie regardless of their size. The bigger yorkie fits into my life style. I ADORE the 5 pounders but prefer the larger ones.

[Dudley's Mom]

My first Yorkie was a tiny little thing at 3 pounds and mine now is around 9.5 pounds. My tiny one was a lot of fun and adorable but cost me a fortune in medical bills because of the melamine in chicken strips made in China. I lost him at 10 years old. Micky is almost 2 and I love this little guy. He doesn't seem too big. I love holding him in a hug and he wakes me up with kisses. Both are adorable but Mickey has his way of wrapping me around his little foot. He has the cutest little round baby butt.