[Yorkiemom1]

First, let me emphasize that these weight charts and weight guesstimations are JUST that.....the best guess!! You are right....you can triple the weight at 8 weeks and double the weight at 12 weeks, and they also have a chart where you convert the puppys weight to ounces, go across to the weight in oz at the current age, then go down on the chart and get an idea of what that baby will weigh when grown. You will have to look at several charts because your puppy weighs more at 8 weeks than they have on the chart when it is converted to oz. for that age! Now.....it is important to know what this breeding pair usually throws in size, as well as what generations before this breeding pair usually throw....you can always get smaller and you can get larger....these babies grow like monsters, then suddenly, they stop and dont ever get over 4 lbs, when according to all the charts and calculations, they were tracking to be 8 lbs!!! What concerns me is this breeder has never heard of tripling weight at 8 weeks.....instead, she doubled it. That is not correct. This would make me suspect of anything else she tells me! This doubling and tripling method is in all books about Yorkies, and all over the internet....not like this is secret, privileged information that is restricted to breeders only! She should be aware of this method of guesstimation!