[QUOTE=yorkiepuppie;2621243]now i am so confused! i kept thinking that 4-7 was the standard because that's what i read in many posts. so i've been telling people that milu is not a teacup (because we all know there is no such thing, but the general public is very CERTAIN that there is a 'TEACUP' category.)
so milu is also a STANDARD yorkie? (she is 3 lbs.) sigh~ so she could be a show dog if i wanted to show her? just curious, because i had thought that milu fail the "standard yorkie' test since she is only 3 lbs.
but i do agree that it's kind of stupid to have "not to exceed 7 lbs." as a description. doesn't make much sense to not have a limit on both ends.
but i don't think 3 lb. is too small. i agree that they are fragile when they are small and i understand that people have to be over protective when they are that small. but is 1 more lb. really going to make that big of a difference? i don't know, maybe it does? maybe that 1 more lb. makes a big difference?[/QUOTE
It's amazing what a difference a pound makes at this size! My Olivia was 5# when I got her in October, and in the last month or two kept telling her she was getting chunky - and sure enough, when I took her to the vet last week she had gained 1/2 lb. I could definitely tell she had put on weight. But not gotten any taller, since she was 8 yrs old. |