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jazzybee445 · 05-17-2010, 01:38 AM

HELLO!!!

Welcome to yorkie talk!!! You will love it here, the people here are extremly nice, informative, and supportive!!
I must agree with you that yorkie terriers ARE the best

!!
Anyways to answer your first question, most of the people on this site are from the United States and Perhaps Canada, but im pretty sure your not the only one here from England, and if you are CONGRADUALTIONS, and I welcome you even more.

Ok now to the real question. The AKC (which is the American Kennel Club) says that the standard size of an adult yorkie is between 4-7 pounds ( I believe this is correct) and when someone advertises a teacup yorkie they are often times referring to yorkies that are much smaller then that, some can be as small as just 1 pound full grown. The reason there is such a big fuss about these really tiny yorkies is because some breeders bred with the intention of creating really tiny yorkies because for some reason that is what seems to sale really good. the Problem with this however is that these really tiny yorkies can often times be born with issues because of thier size. And alot of the times people are mating really tiny yorkies (like ones that are only 3lb) for the purpose of creating little tiny yorkies, this can cause the momma yorkie (the one who is 3lbs) to potentially lose her life.

So to really answer what you asked yes, those tiny yorkies are legit yorkies, and they are tiny however there is no classification of yorkie called teaccup yorkies, there is only standard yorkie. Some yorkies are smaller and some yorkies are bigger but there are no different classes of yorkies. People just feel that the breeders who intentionally breed thier dogs to get small puppies are unethical breeders, who are only after monetary gain, rather then the health and welfare of the pup and its parents. I must add that sometimes a breeder may be breeding to fairly normal sized yorkies and end up with a tiny one whom would be considered the "runt" of the litter these little ones, are often times smaller then the breed standard but that is not because of any doing of the breeder. The puppy (when it was in the womb) just didnt have enough nutrients because perhaps they went to the other pups instead, which stunted the growth of the smaller one.

So yea, i really hope this answered your question, and once again WELCOME!!

05-17-2010, 01:38 AM	#2
jazzybee445 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 229	HELLO!!! Welcome to yorkie talk!!! You will love it here, the people here are extremly nice, informative, and supportive!! I must agree with you that yorkie terriers ARE the best !! Anyways to answer your first question, most of the people on this site are from the United States and Perhaps Canada, but im pretty sure your not the only one here from England, and if you are CONGRADUALTIONS, and I welcome you even more. Ok now to the real question. The AKC (which is the American Kennel Club) says that the standard size of an adult yorkie is between 4-7 pounds ( I believe this is correct) and when someone advertises a teacup yorkie they are often times referring to yorkies that are much smaller then that, some can be as small as just 1 pound full grown. The reason there is such a big fuss about these really tiny yorkies is because some breeders bred with the intention of creating really tiny yorkies because for some reason that is what seems to sale really good. the Problem with this however is that these really tiny yorkies can often times be born with issues because of thier size. And alot of the times people are mating really tiny yorkies (like ones that are only 3lb) for the purpose of creating little tiny yorkies, this can cause the momma yorkie (the one who is 3lbs) to potentially lose her life. So to really answer what you asked yes, those tiny yorkies are legit yorkies, and they are tiny however there is no classification of yorkie called teaccup yorkies, there is only standard yorkie. Some yorkies are smaller and some yorkies are bigger but there are no different classes of yorkies. People just feel that the breeders who intentionally breed thier dogs to get small puppies are unethical breeders, who are only after monetary gain, rather then the health and welfare of the pup and its parents. I must add that sometimes a breeder may be breeding to fairly normal sized yorkies and end up with a tiny one whom would be considered the "runt" of the litter these little ones, are often times smaller then the breed standard but that is not because of any doing of the breeder. The puppy (when it was in the womb) just didnt have enough nutrients because perhaps they went to the other pups instead, which stunted the growth of the smaller one. So yea, i really hope this answered your question, and once again WELCOME!!