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I don't know much about breeding yorkies and I'm a new yorkie mum however I do know that surely weight shouldn't matter. And how come people estimate potential full weights? I saw my Addies mum and dad, dad was the heaviest and weighs 3.8lbs. Addie is 12 weeks old and is currently already 3lbs. So not likely to be mum and dads size.
Although mum and dad were small they seem super healthy
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I'll tell you my story
Boss of my boyfriend has 2 chihuahua's. They were long hair and very cute. I went through a "I really want a chihuahua" phase. My boyfriend said "okay". I did my research on chihuahua's and then came across yorkies and was absolutely sure that a yorkie is THE ONE. It's that love at first sight feeling
And seeing yorkies in the parks was the most exciting feeling! So going through a "I really want a yorkie" phase, my boyfriend said "okay". I started obsessing about how to care for a yorkie, what I need, where to get them etc... I didn't care prior about the size as I JUST WANTED A YORKIE and would move heaven and earth to find one
Where I live, pet stores are not allowed to sell pets like dogs and cats except for turtles, bunnies, hamsters, fish, stuff like that. It's been more than a year I been keeping an eye on breeders and e-mailing. This one is the only one that only breeds yorkies that lives close by cause I like keeping in touch with the person where I get my puppy from before and after. So with this breeder we discussed many things (and where he shared who the parents was, their personality, size, the bloodline..) and this is how I ended up reserving a baby girl. The family I spoke to does breed as a hobby (if this is good or bad idk but they seem very dedicated to what they do and show that in their pride of their babies). Now I don't know if the family is the "perfect breeder" but so far that family seems the most reliable out of all the others.
So here I am now, hoping and praying all goes well when Marie is born. They don't charge more than any other breeders around. Here a yorkie is generally between 500-800euro. He just explained the sizes and that's how I found out that they do keep it around 5lbs. Some bigger some smaller - that's the surprise.
Other breeders has little to no info of the parents as if it's a dog farm which I certainly won't support and is a major red flag for me.