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Originally Posted by CO_yorkie_momma Tiny yorkies and larger yorkies often come from parents that are within the standard. They dont always come from tiny parents or over standard parents. The breeder is not always to blame. |
I understand that there are throw backs...however, Its hard for me to believe that a 18 pound yorkie came from parents within the standard or that a 13 pound yorkie came from parents within the standard. The males are supposed to be smaller than the females when breeding anyway, so if you had a 7 pound female which is the largest you could have for breeding purposes if you wish to maintain the standard, what's your male going to be 5-6 pounds? And that's a pretty big male for breeding and that's going to product a 13-18 pound yorkie
I'm not saying there aren't good breeders out there who have tiny ones on occasion or have big ones on occasion but I would say that most of the people who have large yorkies (meaning over 7 pounds) if you traced their roots you'd probably find there were bigger yorkies, meaning over the standard for yorkies, that were bred in their bloodlines.