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Piper · 12-26-2005, 09:29 AM

I posted here recently about purchasing a second puppy. My little boy, Angus (4 lb.), was missing his buddies. There were two Yorkies, Pepy and Pica, who lived next door, and he used to play with them all of the time. After much thought and research on the matter (realizing he needed the company, and we love Yorkie's so . . . it wasn't a problem), we decided to look for a little girl. I purchased one who was 6 weeks old. We have had her for 3 days. The breeder told me verbally that she was "one point fifteen pounds". Doing the math I thought "ok, that is 16 oz. plus 15/100 of a pound. That would be 18.4 oz." This would put her at approximately 5 lb full grown (bigger than Angus, but not overwhelming for him). My neighbours had told me that a 5 lb companion would be a good size for Angus (he is definately on the smaller end of the standard). I realized later, at my vet's, that when the breeder said "one point fifteen pounds" she meant "one pound fifteen ounzes". Doing the math again I found that I had just purchased a puppy who would be twice Angus' size full grown. I feel I was misled, because the breeder had told me she would be 4 or 5 pounds full grown. That made sense with my first calculations, but not when I put in the correct weight. I am seriously considering returning her to the breeder. She is very sweet, but not what I thought I was purchasing. My conscience has been eating at me about this - not only is it a long committment (hopefully 16 or more years), but also a family dynamics thing. Was I misled? Is it ok to return her?

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12-26-2005, 09:29 AM	#1
Piper Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 12	Puppy "Huge" Misunderstanding I posted here recently about purchasing a second puppy. My little boy, Angus (4 lb.), was missing his buddies. There were two Yorkies, Pepy and Pica, who lived next door, and he used to play with them all of the time. After much thought and research on the matter (realizing he needed the company, and we love Yorkie's so . . . it wasn't a problem), we decided to look for a little girl. I purchased one who was 6 weeks old. We have had her for 3 days. The breeder told me verbally that she was "one point fifteen pounds". Doing the math I thought "ok, that is 16 oz. plus 15/100 of a pound. That would be 18.4 oz." This would put her at approximately 5 lb full grown (bigger than Angus, but not overwhelming for him). My neighbours had told me that a 5 lb companion would be a good size for Angus (he is definately on the smaller end of the standard). I realized later, at my vet's, that when the breeder said "one point fifteen pounds" she meant "one pound fifteen ounzes". Doing the math again I found that I had just purchased a puppy who would be twice Angus' size full grown. I feel I was misled, because the breeder had told me she would be 4 or 5 pounds full grown. That made sense with my first calculations, but not when I put in the correct weight. I am seriously considering returning her to the breeder. She is very sweet, but not what I thought I was purchasing. My conscience has been eating at me about this - not only is it a long committment (hopefully 16 or more years), but also a family dynamics thing. Was I misled? Is it ok to return her? mg: