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Originally Posted by nemo366  hi all
i have a beautiful yorkie named belle she is 10 weeks old and weighs 1pound and 11 ounces, is this a bit small |
That is a fine weight for a 10 week old puppy. All of my last litter were around that. I hope for them all to be around 2 pounds at 12 weeks. That way I can feel good about letting them go to new homes. Some have been a little more some a little less. But that is my average so far.
This puppy weight/growth chart
Yorkshire Terrier - Yorkie Puppy Growth/Weight Chart - watch us grow gives a guesstimate of 4 - 4 1/4 lb for an adult weight when the 10 week old puppy is 1 lb 11 oz (27 oz). That is a nice healthy weight. Another way to guesstimate the adult weight is to double the 12 week weight or triple the 8 week weight. No one can really predict the exact size a puppy will grow to be. Genetics play a big part (not just the parents, but grandparents and a few generations back too). Diet and health can also affect the adult size.
There are no designations of "
t-cup/tea cup or tiny t-cup" for Yorkshire Terriers. Those are just terms like small or petite. Some more commercial puppy sellers will try to use those terms to sell puppies they predict to be small. The weird part is half the time they are using those terms for dogs that are going to be average to above average size! All Yorkshore Terriers are in the
toy class of dogs. So, no teacups only toys.
LOL -- I should have read on through -- looks like I repeated the Tea cup idea already written in replies. Ah well -- just more like minds.
BTW -- there is no minimum weight for the Yorkie standard. The standard is "under 7 pounds."