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Originally Posted by keithgs1  I don't understand why you have to have a Yorkie weigh 7 pounds or less to be considered a real Yorkshire Terrier. Why don't these clubs like AKC recognize Yorkies that weigh over 7 pounds? My Yorkies are all over 8 lbs. In fact most Yorkies I see are over 7 lbs. These standards should be changed to toy, miniature and standard. They do this for a lot of other breeds. We should petition these groups to change the standards. What do you think? |
I have a yorkie over 7lbs and personally, I wouldn't like to see the standard changed.
The intent is to keep them under 7lbs, but if you occasionally get one or two that are over, that's fine as they make good pets. But my concern would be that people would then think it's ok to breed these bigger yorkies and then size/weight could keep creeping up & up. If I wanted a big breed I would have bought a big breed dog. I wanted a lil dog, and while she's bigger than both the breeder & I thought she'd be, she's still a lil dog & she's perfect for me.