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Originally Posted by kt_luvs_kitties  I bought Dora, and she weighed 1 pound 3 ounces. Now she is almost 4 months old, and she weighs around 2 pounds - 2 1/2 pounds.
I PRAY she gets to be a "bigger yorkie". Other than the fact that I think bigger yorkies are SO adorable, I have a chihuahua that weighs barely 2 pounds, and he might even be a little less than two pounds! And he is an adult.
It is SO hard to keep a smaller dog safe.. You worry about everything from jumping off the couch, to stepping on them, to not being able to let them play/wrestle with other dogs. I would NEVER EVER suggest a tiny (1-2 pound) dog to anyone. Hypoglycemia is also a HUGE factor.
I am sure you will love yours either way! And I dont think their is any way to determine how big one will get, until they are grown  |
Your right! I've had pups at 8 weeks be 2# and not get over 4# grown... I do get the larger ones as well as the females I like to be bigger 6-9#... But these same dogs have pups that are 3-5#.. I get more people wanting the larger pups do to so many tinny ones have so many problems.. But this is not good either as larger ones can have same problems as the small one if the breeder dosen't know what they are doing and just mass production of sale able pups.. Your pup is large for it's age.. He will be a larger dog but you won't have to worry over some one stepping on him or him jumping to floor from you furniture... Also less likely to be sat on or stepped on.. My tinny ones I always scoop up and put where I can keep track of them.. Pups always want to be on your feet or around them.. Just love the pup you have and don't worry about his weight.. If you like the way he looks and he is smart and healthy, that's the thing. If you bought him under the guise of going to be a pouch puppy then that would be different.. Also I've run into breeders that don't feed their pups if they know they are going to be on the larger side... They starve them and when you get them they bloom to normal size they would have been in a short period of time. I knew one breeder fo poodles that fed macaroni to her pups so they would be small when bought!! UGH! I know of another person who shipped a dog in and it was 5 months old and weighed in at 3# and month later the dog weighed 7#.. The pup was skin and bones when it was shipped.. Know the breeder before buying..
Don't just buy the lst dog you see..
