I think a common misrepresentation in the yorkie breed is if you feed it to much it will get big.
A puppies food should never be limited. Its all genetics, a yorkie will be small or large because of that, not because of feeding it to much. Of course if you recieve a puppy who has been deprived of food they may appear smaller because they are malnourished........but they will probably act sick or look sick.....(eye drainage, dull coat, not active)
As an adult, your yorkie may become overweight, because of them eating to much and you may need to manage that one day, but based on your yorkies frame and height that determines their end size.
Misjudging the size of a yorkie by a breeder by ignorance is one thing but blatant lying is another. Yorkies are hard to determine because of their heritage, thats why I try to take a litter history on my yorkies. You can somewhat judge the size at 8 weeks but even then its iffy, 3 months is a better judgement.
But if you were told you had a 4 lb yorkie at adult size and end up with a 10 lb yorkie...........lol........thats alot of ignorance or alot of lying.
In the world we live in, its very hard to tell the good guys from the bad. |