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Originally Posted by sashajade  The reason yorkies come in so many sizes is because when the yorkie was first bred it was a much larger breed and was bred down in size over the years by breeding 2 runts of litters together to produce a smaller breed so even now yorkies of the same litter can be different sizes.
Years ago what is now called a 'tea cup' would of just been called the runt of the litter which most people did not want as it was associated with health problems so as you can imagine breeding two runts together was prob not a good idea and could be where the breeds health problems come from today.
Breed standard of a yorkie is up to 7 pounds but thats just for showing yorkies.
I have had yorkies from 6 pounds up to 18 pounds.  |
Am I right or wrong here...or does anyone really know?
I'm just trying to get it figured out, out of curiosity.
It's hard to figure out what is fact and what is not and honestly I'd prefer to get research from the country of origin rather than here...but either/or
That in England the Yorkie is an averaged 6-8 pounds, until recent years when it was changed 4-6 pounds, and the breed standard there is slightly larger than here?>height and weight? That previously even with downsizing of the originating breeds, Yorkies were still intended to be around 10# until the registration began and people with smaller lines had their dogs promoted as the breed standard?
So what used to be considered a "teacup" was a standard size Yorkie now here and what is called a "teapot" now was the standard prior in England?
I think I just confused myself here!
