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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  We have a member here "Britster" her boy is about 16 lbs and one of the smartest and well trained I have seen. the good thing about the larger ones are you don't have to worry as much about them getting hurt. |
I have Yorkies of all sizes, from 2lbs up to 18lbs.....I adore them all! My big boys are sturdy and rough house and run like maniacs and play like lunatics, all over the back yard! How refreshing it is to have big, healthy, exhuberant boys!! They barrel thru the swimming pools I have for them, pulling the pools all over the play area,.... they are effervescent and full of amazing, exuberant life! My breeders are all between 5-7 lbs....they are adventurous, inquisitive, energetic, and love to chase birds and explore the back yard, pick all the low hanging fruit from the fig tree, the satsuma trees, and the dwarf peach tree, barreling through the water park I have set up for them, playing like crazy ladies and gentlemen......and then, kept completely separated from all the crazies, there are my itty bitty tinies that were born in litters where brothers and sisters were "standard" size Yorkies, but these tinies were throwbacks in the parents pedigrees. I keep all my tiny little Yorkies....I have never sold any yorkie that I did not expect to reach at least 4.5 lbs, and never will, I just do not deal in "tinies". LOVE them all, and enjoy your big baby, who, oh by the way, MAY just stop growing when he hits 4-6 months of age, and then he may be only 7-8 lbs full grown....remember,
what your baby is governed by, is what is in his pedigree, what is behind his parents for several generations....you can not go STRICTLY by what his parent weigh! Go back and look at pups from 7-9 generations behind each of those parents! THAT will tell you what weight range your baby will most likely fall into...