It sounds like he could have some Silkie Terrier in him. They look almost identical, but they are larger. I'd never heard of them prior to coming to this site, and then my vet mentioned the "not full bred" too.
After researching it, it seems like some less than reputable breeders will mat a female Silkie with a male yorkie because they can have larger litters and then pass the pups off as yorkies. Having never bred dogs, I can't imagine how they could fudge the paperwork . Rhett was rescued from a mill that was sellng the pups to stores as "full bred".
But like you, we got chosen by our not-so-little guy. Pure bred, Heinz 57 variety or somewhere in between, it was his personality that won us over.The fact that he's 6 pounds at 17 weeks might be more than we were expecting, but he's the perfect fit for our family. |