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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  5lbs is still VERY small. If the 5lb dogs was really that much bigger than your 3.5lbs dog, it probably didn't weight 5lbs. Also, weight in itself doesn't tell you anything..it all depends on the dogs frame and if that weight is healthy for that dog's frame. My parents have a small framed-yorkie (short legs, short body) and he is 7lbs...he is overweight and should probably weight more like 5.5lbs. He is a very small dog...just has a round little belly. Lacy is also 7lbs but looks larger than my parents yorkie because she has a longer body and longer legs...she is just at a healthy weight. So they weigh about the same but my dog is really the larger one.
Also, your dog is not going to stay 3.5lbs if she is only 4 months old. She still has quite a bit of growing to do and will probably be 5-6lbs full grown. Still a very small dog. |
I just have to say, this is all VERY true. The frame does have alot to do with how big/small a Yorkie looks - NOT just the "weight". My Tatum is a very tiny girl, BUT....you know what? She is a little FATTY! lol. She is much smaller than Stedman (length, height, neck, little tiny bones, and just her "frame" in general) yet feels almost heavier than him when you pick her up. She is just my plump little piglet
And I LOVE it!
You guys should see her when she is wet
Her head looks like a golf ball (seriously) and her stomach looks way too big for her body, lol - it's hilarious!
As for Stedman, I actually think that he is way too skinny and would LOVE for him to get up to 5 lbs - although I honestly don't think it is ever going to happen for me
But as long as he puts on a little weight and "fills out" in his stomach a little more - that will be good enough for me
One needs to gain, and one needs to lose - SIGH, I can't ever win
lol.
Bottom line though, is that weigh, size, color, blah blah blah does NOT matter. When we get our babies we are NEVER *guaranteed* of any of these things, and THEY love us for who WE are....so why can't we just love them for who THEY are!