[dezertblu]

I have posted twice on this forum about Yorkie sizes,maybe this will put it all into perspective. The original genes in the beginning of the Yorkie breed were of medium to larger sized dogs....very hearty and robust.The small little creatures we know today as our babies, is due to fashion, it became fashionable for the yorkie to be carried about and seen, so they were bred down to be smaller, as they no longer were only used as rat killers and such.If you look outside of the "showey" circle of yorkies you will find 3 basic sizes of yorkie, they may not conform to mans standard of what a yorkie "should be", but it does not mean they aren't 100% yorkie.There are small , medium, and larger sized yorkies, the breeding programs want to keep them to the standard they set out on paper, hence the size must conform.....all it means if your yorkie is larger is that it may have throw back genes to the larger to medium gene pool from way back when.I live in the North of England, where the Yorkie breed originated....and you will see them toddling about our sidewalks in all sizes, no the medium to larger ones wont pass for show standard, and probably shouldn't be bred for high money, but there are pet quality yorkies and show quality.My Moe is definately a medium to small, not tea cup or little.....and he is 100% yorkie.The original Yorkies topped 30 to 50 pounds in weight, and stood to a mans knees, it serves to reason, you will find bigger yorkies outside of a stringent breeding program, due to the original ancestry.