Here is a link the the YHR website of all of our adoptable pups:
Adoptable Pups
Truman is the biggest of all but he is not even a full yorkie. He's a mix so I would say he does not count. IMO
Name: Charlie Girl
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Weight: 3.8
Mammory tumors from breeding
Name: Chase
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Weight: 12
Hit by a car owners couldn't afford surgery
Despereaux
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Weight: 7.15
Breeder "discharge" when no longer needed
Name: Duncan
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Weight: 6.8
Stray, picked up and never claimed
Name: George
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Weight: 6
Grade 4 Luxating Patella severely neglected teeth
Name: Kirby
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Weight: 6.3
Potty training/marking
Name: Marty
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Weight: 7.1
Name: Callie
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Weight: 0
She is so new that she has no bio yet BUT from the picture she is adorable and SMALL!
Name: Katie
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Weight: 4.5
Poor breeding and huge medical issues.........too many to list
Name: Lexi
Gender: Female
Age: 8
Weight: 6
Mammary tumors from over breeding
Morgan
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Weight: 0
Brand new and no bio yet but also looks to be within the 5 to 7 lb range
Zoe
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Weight: 9
Missing any eye and over 10 teeth from lack of care in the breeding situation that she was formerly in.
Baby
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Weight: 8
After 18 yrs the owner moved and couldn't take her with
Chance
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Weight: 11
Mange, Heartworm positive~lack of care by previous owner
Name: Comet
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Weight: 10
Poked in eye and blinded
Name: Fiona
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Weight: 6
Mammary tumors heartworm positive
Name: Fonzie
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Weight: 8
Owner could not afford to fix his broken leg
Name: Gizmo
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Weight: 8.5 he's a little fatty
Family had a baby and gave him up
Isabella
Gender: Female
Age: 6 months
Weight: 10.5
She's is going to be a big girl
Owner had medical issues and was not able to care for a new puppy and she was surrendered
Name: Ozzy
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Weight: 4.2
This little guy was used for breeding...........collapsed trachea, cysts of his eye and right side, BOTH hips were dilocated and replaced.
Name: Tommy
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Weight: 6.3
First, I would like you to take a look at all of the pups listed here. Just about every one is within the AKC standard for size other than Isabella
Just about every one has a serious medical issue that should have been treated by their previous owners. Either they were not able to afford their care or care was just not given and they were used by a BYBer who was out to make a quick buck and did not care about their health let alone what types of genetic defects there were passing along to their off spring. Just because a Yorkie is within standard weight does not mean they should be breed.
This is the reason that we in rescue get so upset when we see people just slapping together any two dogs to make a litter of puppies to sell, give away, barter or trade.
I am not sure where this "idea" came from that all of the Yorkies in rescue are given up because they get "too big".........as you can see that is not the case at all.
The majority of rescue Yorkies are just like the one's in the care of YHR right now. If you look at their bios what many of them have in common is that they were used and abused for breeding, with mammary tumors, neglected teeth, heartworm positive, hereditary medical issues passed on most likely to their offspring...........not that they are too large.
They are the yorkies that are used by people that have no idea what they are doing when it comes to breeding. They are the reason that we come to threads like this one and beg people to not jump into breeding. There stories are repeated over and over.
So if I sounded to "harsh" it is because this is what I see when someone wants to help open a new "Yorkie farm"!