My pup is about 10 months old - and weighs about 9 or 10 pounds (my guess). His mother was 12 pounds and his father was 4 1/2 pounds....
BUT - even at 9 or 10 pounds - he is a very little dog. Weight is a tricky thing - because my neighbor has a 5 pound Yorkie that really isn't much bigger than my dog. Her dog is older - has longer legs - and is very very thin and slender. My pup - not much taller than hers - has shorter legs and is a rolly polly more-puppy-looking little guy. She says she has tried to put more weight on her little dog all his life - but it just doesn't happen.
When these two dogs are running around the yard playing - one certainly doesn't appear to weigh twice as much as the other. From across the yard, they appear to be about the same size. But when you get closer - you can see that one is very thin and slender and the other a real little "chunk" (looks like a lot of puppy fat to me).....
Hair - To date, I have kept my guy in a puppy cut - so, I have no idea what his coat would do if I let it grow. It does grow fast, and he definitely has silky, easy-to-manage hair, but it is a little wavy and fluffy. I like it short so well and he's so cute that I'm not sure I will ever let it grow long. But then - who knows!!
Carol Jean |