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Originally Posted by kingston_james  Kingston is a standard size yorkie, i.e. ~7 pounds. Most people seem to (sadly, in my opinion) think that yorkies are supposed to be no more than 3-4 pounds.
This last week I was sitting in the vet's office (he got snipped snipped lol) and talking to this woman who was there waiting for her two little yorkies to come out. When Kingston came bolting out the door she exclaimed loudly "Oh my, you got a really big yorkie!" Her's came out shortly thereafter and I noticed her yorkies were the "teacup" size (don't even get me started on teacup size yorkies lol).
I said nicely, "No, he's the standard size. Have a good day!"
Grr. Ok so this turned into a rant... anyways. Does it bother anyone else to have your "big" yorkie looked at funny? When did the runt of the litters, I mean, "teacup yorkies" become the norm and standard size yorkies became worthy of a raised eyebrow.
Disclaimer: Not trying to put anyone down who has a "teacup" yorkie. My issue is just being told that my "standard" yorkie is "big"  |
I LOVE this thread!! We get the same thing whenever we are out. I have had people tell me Mazee is a bigger yorkie, and I am like seriously?? Mazee weighs less than 6 pounds! I think it is insane and will usually tell anyone that makes a comment on her being a "bigger" dog, LOL. I mean h*** my purse weighs more than her!! haha!! I have one friend in particular. She was bound and determined to get a "tiny" yorkie. I kept telling her that you have to be really careful with a tiny one. She bought one and was told she was only going to weigh 3 lbs. Her dog weighs over 6lbs now and my friend thinks she is huge-she now has another pup that is 3 months old and weighs 2 lbs, she thinks she is going to be tiny, I think she will be about 6 or so pounds. I keep telling her that under 7lbs is standard, but a lot of people don't really care about that, all they care about is what "looks" cute! I think it gets tiring to try to educate all the time about yorkies-sometimes I just agree with them, yep, Mazee, she is huge, a total cow!! LOL sarcasm really ticks people off at times..LOL
