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Originally Posted by gracielove  I love to see the latest members of the teapot organization. I kind of wish they would invent a different category of Yorkies that would be a 10 to 20 pound range. With the Yorkie personality they would be fantastic family pets and fun to take on outings in more rustic surroundings.
I love my little Yorkie. She is perfect for my life right now but I can see how that personality would thrive in a more challenging environment!  And they are so darn cute!
It does make me sad to see the cast off teapot Yorkies that were sold to people with the promise that they would be under 5lbs. There is a really cute teapot sitting in a shelter in a shelter in the NYC area. Anyone? |
Sad that people would actually give their dog away because it's not 2 lbs. as an adult!! Wouldn't they miss the dog? Is the poor thing that repulsive because it doesn't fit in their purse?
I didn't even know what a Yorkie standard weight / requirements were before I adopted Miles. All I knew is that I was going to adopt a beautiful, sweet dog. I think that under 7 lbs. (AKC would actually prefer 4-6 lbs.) standard is a little unrealistic INMO. Of course I am sure that the folks on here with the tiny little Yorkie will beg to differ. Someone on here once said that "IT should be spayed" referring to someone who wanted to breed their dog. I think it was a mixed breed, but still "IT"???
Yorkies were developed from medium sized dogs originally weighing 20-30 lbs. so those genes are still present in the dogs somewhere. Oh well, what to do. All of our teapots are beautiful regardless of AKC standards
