I just got my little one Toby. I had a choice between Toby and his brother which was a chocolate. His fur was not like Tobys or his sisters. In my case though the chocolate one was bigger than Toby and their sister. I talked to the breeder recently and she told me the chocolate one is already up to 4 lbs and he is 15 weeks old. I guess thier sizes vary just like normal colored yorkies do. She also said he was the first chocolate yorkie her yorkies have ever produced. Since then she has had 3 more litters and no chocolates. I do not know what causes them, but I have seen a couple in Petsmart that the owner said was a chocolate and thier coloring as adults is gorgeous. The only reason I did not choose the chocolate was because Toby stole my heart when I held him and he wrapped his front paws around my finger. As far as size goes Toby was teeny tiny when I brought him home barely even a pound. The vet told me when I took him a month after I got him that they were worried he was not going to make it as tiny as he was when I first brought him in. He is 15 weeks and 2 lbs now and he is healthy as healthy can be. The main problem with a teeny tiny one is their blood sugar can drop and they can have seizures. I kept that from happening by giving Toby a finger full of karo syrup in the morning before we left to go somewhere and at night before bed as precautionary measures and he did fine. |