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Originally Posted by lvtyorkie  I would have to say, lots more problems have been bred due to trying to make the yorkie smaller. Liver Shunt is one of those. Red flags should go up-teacup yorkie, micro yorkie... Research tells us...usually smaller happens for a reason. Regardless, once you take a puppy as a member of your family you love them, big or small. Making a new Yorkie parent feel bad they bought a over sized serves no purpose. I personally would prefer a larger healthy Yorkie rather than a tiny Yorkie with health problems. We should encourage healthy Yorkshire Terriers within the standard and steer away from breeders whom do not adhere to standard.  |
The Yorkies I had growing up were a 7-8lb male and a 8-9.5lb female (they both gained weight as they got older) and I don't have a problem with Yorkies being larger than the standard. Heck, my grandparents had a big boy who had to be at least 12lbs! I
do have a problem with people purposely breeding for tinies due to all of the health issues.
Unfortunately, I don't see how raising the standard weight for showing would change anything in our breed when it comes to the trend of downsizing and breeding tinies - the people breeding these dogs DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH! It has happened to other breeds as well. The shih tzu breed standard is 9 to 16lbs, however there are many now breeding "Imperials" who are TINY little shih tzus, some under 5 lbs.
Of course any dog that becomes a member of a family should be loved no matter how big or small he/she is! And no one should be made to feel bad about their family member. My point is that Yorkies are being way over bred by people who know nothing about our beloved breed and there are too many posts on here where new members post pictures of their dog to ask "Does she look like a Yorkie?"