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Originally Posted by Clyde_Dexter  I'm not particularly sure if this is accurate, but from personal experience I would say the size of either parent does not guarantee that you will have smaller or larger babies.My Yorkshire terrier, Dexter, had a mother that weighed seven pounds and a father that weighed four pounds. The Grandparents both weighed under seven pounds as well. However, my puppy Dexter weighs almost ten pounds fully grown. I've met plenty of people who had a line of smaller Yorkies bred that still gave birth to larger pups. There is a lot more to breeding than just the physical size of the parents, but the genetics they are carrying for the potential of small and large puppies. Again, I am not a breeder... so I don't really know!! But I do know that there are a bunch of wonderful knowledgeable people here that will have an excellent answer for you! |
I have a tiny little male, my precious Boss that is in my avitar....he has a line of dogs back in his 12th generation that is STRONG for throwing "larger" (breed standard) Yorkies....So that tiny little Boss, consistantly throws beautiful 4-6 pound offspring, regardless of the females I breed him with. So you can not just look at the dam and sire...you can not even just look at grandparents.....pull out that pedigree and go back 12-18 generations and see what you have and know what they throw!