Since one of the purposes of Yorkietalk is to help people find good breeders, when someone comes on Yorkietalk, and says they are looking for a teacup, people have responded perhaps too vigorously to the term. They are often told, "there is no such thing." I often think some of the confusion comes from poodles that have three sizes, standard, which is the larger size, miniature and toy, toy being the smallest size, and people just called the toy size, a "teacup". All poodles in the toy category were called a teacup. However, with Yorkies, there are no official different classes, there is only one category and that is toy, and the standard is 7 pounds and below. However, people would think that the word "standard" meant the biggest size, so it was confusing, and many people just started calling any yorkie within the standard range a teacup. Many breeders still use it this way, and many breeders who advertise teacups sell a dog that is even bigger than standard. Other people use the term to mean a size in the lower range of standard, such as below 4 pounds. Again, there is confusion here because some people think if they buy a puppy under 4 pounds it is a teacup, when its adult weight might be over 12 pounds. I don't care for the term because it has no real definition, and means different things to different people. I don't mind when a person uses the term, I just think you should run away from a breeder who uses the term. |