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Originally Posted by Sunnie  You cannot judge wqhether it is a yorkie or a silky by weight alone. Silky Terriers are a whole different breed than a yorkie and look totally different. If the papers say a yorkie, I would believe them. Yes, there are some unscroupulous breeders who will try to pull one over on you by altering papers or lying to AKC, but on the most part, if the papers say it is a yorkie, I would go by them. You have to remember that ALL breeders do NOT breed within the standard. Some breed 10-15 lb yorkies and will have BIG yorkies, but they still are yorkies. A yorkie's coat can be silky (preferred) or cottony, or even wooly. Those bred within the standard will be up to 7 lbs and have a silky steel blue and gold coat. That does not mean that a yorkie cannot be 2 lbs and have a wooly coat or 16 lbs and have a silver coat. Those who fall into that category are still yorkies, just not within the standard. Doesn't make them better or worse or any less loveable. They are yorkies and deserve to be loved like evvery single yorkie I have seen, big or small, steel blue or silver or black, ears up or down, long hair or short. None of them look exactly alike, but all deserve that love. |
My Oscar just turned 4 months old and is already 7 lbs! His papers say he's Yorkie, and I guess my only choice is to believe them/the breeder.
I'm sure the OP will love his/her yorkie even if he's 20 lbs and purple, although it is disconcerting to have people suggest that you were somehow lied to and didn't get what you paid for ... so I understand their concern.
The other day at the dog park this little snot sneered down her nose at Oscar and asked, "He's full-bred
Yorkie?! Oh, so did you just get him at a
pet store or something? I can only assume this was a thinly-veiled insult or insinuation that he appeared to be something else.
So to those who don't know better and assume yorkies should only weigh .5 lb full grown I say
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