Thread: standard yorkie
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Old 04-27-2006, 11:58 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by sashajade
after reading some of the posts on here i just looked at a site called ARTICLE ALLEY which says tha first yorkies were in the 1850s and were shown between 5 and 18 pounds then in 1886 the english kennel club recognized them. the first yorkie welped in the usa was in 1872 and the akc divided the yorkie in to 2 groups under 5 and over 5 pounds but there wasnt many entrys for the over 5 pounds so they now have one group 3 to 7 pounds and the breed standard is 7 pound for the akc and the english kc.
Could you please post the link. Sounds like they have lots of interesting info and I would also like to read up on everything.

Thanks!
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