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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom I can understand the frustration with the breeder but it is because you don't understand. I bought my little male because I was looking for a smaller yorkie. he weighed nine ounces at eight weeks and the breeder told me that she would GUESS he would be about four and not over five pounds as an adult based on his parents sizes. Well,, that little booger had a growth spurt at about five months old and went off the puppy growth chart on here. i was mad at the breeder. Then, guess what happened, he slowed his gaining down and at the age of six and a half,, maybe seven months, he topped out. He is a year and a half old now and weighs four pounds, maybe four and a half pounds on a good day when no one else is in heat. When I have a girl in heat, he loses a few ounces cause he stops eating. I learned really fast tho that no breeder can give you an exact size and no one that I know guarantees size. it's just impossible. All you can do is look at thee size of the parents and make an estimate. I have a litter now that I am expecting to be between three and five pounds when grown. One of Ceeby's past pup was estimated to be between five and six pounds because she took after her mother. But that is still a small dog and just right for showing or breeding or just to be a snuggle bug. |
Yeah, maybe she's on this growth spurt thing. Who knows!