I have seen several ppl on here w/ larger Yorkies and I have seen them called Tea Pots on here... Just because a Yorkie is big doesn't mean that he is not pure bred... As w/ most small breeds Yorkies were bred from a genetic pool that had large size back there, so not all will be the 7 pounds or under that the standard calls for... In the book by Joan Gordon and Janet Bennett, "The Complete Yorkshire Terrier" it talks about Yorkies being judged in different classes; over 9lbs, under 9lbs, and under 5lbs in England... It is also interesting that the first AKC registered Yorkies were described as sky blue and tan and later 1 was registered as blue and white... in the AKC they were classed as under 5lbs and over 5...
It also talks about the breed points (standard) used for judging in 1878 which describes them as having a range of colors from a clear silvery hue of a deep sky blue to a black blue, getting lighter w/ age and the top dogs are listed as 10lbs and 4 3/4lbs...
Eventually they described the color as a bright steel blue and the size to be in 2 classes; under 5lbs and over 5, but not to exceed 12... then they changed it to the dark steel blue and not to exceed 7lbs and got rid of the 2 classes... bringing us to today where Yorkies are still born as in the old days of different sizes and different colors, but still this breed that we love so much...
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