A Yorkie is a Yorkie and a Silky is a Silky......they are 2 different breeds! Why get a Silky when you want a Large Yorkie? They shouldn't change the Standard at all IMO.
Too bad we can't educate the Public and too bad we can't STOP irresponsible Breeding! It's called Supply & Demand and unfortunetely that causes ridiculous sky high prices, that's what the market is. When a Breed gets Popular it gets over Bred and more Genetic defects show up; poor Health, bad conformation, unsound temperments w/c result in unstable, insecure Dogs! As much as we fall in Love with our Babies they still are Dogs,
A Yorkie should look and behave like a Yorkie and there should be NO Doubt that they are Yorkie's. Too bad we can't enforce the Standard? I have 2, Artie is according to the Standard over weight @ 8 lbs. and Abigail is 7 lbs.
but they are both very muscular since they are exercised 2 times per day and fed a high grade Dogfood. They both have different bone structures too!
Artie is Stocky and Abigail is long & lean, one is not better than the other they just serve different puposes, she's a Marathon Runner, while he's a Sprinter. Regardless of their sizes it all boils down to what you prefer and your Lifestyle? All Yorkies are unique and different from each other, but they are all the same in many ways too.