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Originally Posted by ehunney To be honest with everyone, I love the tinies! I think they are so adorable, petite and look like puppies forever. I adore them. BUT I also absolutely LOVE yorkies that are 6 pounds and over. They're cuddley and beautiful and like I said earlier in the thread, the most beautiful yorkies I've ever seen were 6 pounds and over. I don't see a problem with people wanting and loving tinies, I want one in the very near future, but I don't like the way people act like larger yorkies are defective, inferior, not as cute or attractive as tinies and not true yorkies simply because they're not 3 lbs.  My tucker was only 4 lbs. and I get so offended when people insinuate that tinies are somehow superior to larger yorkies. It saddens me that people can't see beauty in all sizes  |
I totally get what you are saying and do hate when people get so offensive and playing the my dog is smaller than your dog game
. I think the most important thing for any owner who owns a dog is that you love them for everything they are. Whether they are big or small, whether they are 6 years old and not potty trained
Whether they tear up your sofa or harass your cat
You love them regardless! I don't think people should act like the "bigger" yorkies are defective but I do think you have to realize where some people are coming from. Myself, I am very picky about my preferences when it comes to pets. I like my pets to be AKC and within the AKC standard and for yorkies that's under 7 pounds. Growing up all of our pets were AKC and that's just what I became accustomed to.
So, when people act like bigger yorkies are "not superior" maybe they are just meaning they are not within the standard and are wording it wrong. I personally don't think that weight makes them any less loveable or cuddable or cute. I've seen some 8-10 pound yorkies that are adorable! On the other hand I've seen some others that don't look like yorkies at all... both big and small ones, and to me, I want a yorkie that looks like a yorkie. I want specific colors, a certain type of coat, erect ears, a cropped tail and a certain build. So maybe you can understand where some people are coming from when they say that a "Big" yorkie isn't a "true yorkie" perhaps they just mean that a big yorkie is not within the standards, but besides weight this goes for colors and everything else. I always wonder why people get so caught up in the numbers....I mean you don't see post about my yorkie has a cropped tail and yours doesn't or my yorkie's coat is the exact perfect colors and yours is a chocolate. An animal can't choose what it looks like, how much it weighs or even its tempermant. Some people don't even know exactly what kind of yorkie they are getting until its grown up. Maybe someone wanted a tiny and ended up with a big one? I don't think everyone should own a tiny and I don't think everyone should own a bigger yorkie but I do think everyone should respect the fact that everyone else has the right to own whatever it is they like best and if other people don't like it as well or think there dog is cuter or superior than the others...who cares?
You love them right?? And that's all that counts
