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SoCalyorkiLvr · 06-05-2005, 09:56 PM

Hi Jack~

Unfortunately, no one will "guarantee size" and even if they did, all they would do is take your dog back and give you another and you will have fallen totally in love with her at that point.

Puppies continue growing until they get all their adult teeth in which usually happens at about 6 months or 24 weeks, not 18. At that point, they normally stop growing in height and weight but they will fill out.

There are a lot of different "looks" in yorkies. Right now what is "in" and what you should get if you are paying "top" dollar which you probably are since it's a pet store, is a "perfectly proportioned square (same height from shoulder to ground as lengh, base of neck at back to base of tail), legs in proportion, better short than long, an even topline (no roached back), small, erect ears sitting on top of the head, big eyes, a full, silky (not cottony) coat, short snout (no wolf faces), deep black body with rich tan face, no under or overbites, no luxating patellas, a good eater with a great personality and temperament. Would be glad to assess with photos if desired.

The puppymill issue is usually as it applies to the breeding dogs there and not the puppies. If you google puppymills you will see very graphic photos of female dogs who are bred over and over with no break and the horrible consitions in whoch they are kept. It is also because you need to ask a lot of questions of the person who bred the dog if you plan to have this baby a part of your family fo 15 years or more. For example, a puppy gets most of it's personality and temperament from the mother. It's also important to know if the puppy was nursed on mother's milk with colostrum or bottle fed for health reasons. Sometimes mommies who have had c-sections cannot nurse and the puppies are bottle fed and then you need to know if they were given colostrum to help their immune system from some other source.

Anyway, didn't mean to go off on the puppymill tangenet but we are very passionate around here about not supporting them and you will be too once you find out more about them. Maybe your pet store does not have puppymill puppies.

Sounds like you are learning a lot which is great!

06-05-2005, 09:56 PM	#15
SoCalyorkiLvr BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,246	Hi Jack~ Unfortunately, no one will "guarantee size" and even if they did, all they would do is take your dog back and give you another and you will have fallen totally in love with her at that point. Puppies continue growing until they get all their adult teeth in which usually happens at about 6 months or 24 weeks, not 18. At that point, they normally stop growing in height and weight but they will fill out. There are a lot of different "looks" in yorkies. Right now what is "in" and what you should get if you are paying "top" dollar which you probably are since it's a pet store, is a "perfectly proportioned square (same height from shoulder to ground as lengh, base of neck at back to base of tail), legs in proportion, better short than long, an even topline (no roached back), small, erect ears sitting on top of the head, big eyes, a full, silky (not cottony) coat, short snout (no wolf faces), deep black body with rich tan face, no under or overbites, no luxating patellas, a good eater with a great personality and temperament. Would be glad to assess with photos if desired. The puppymill issue is usually as it applies to the breeding dogs there and not the puppies. If you google puppymills you will see very graphic photos of female dogs who are bred over and over with no break and the horrible consitions in whoch they are kept. It is also because you need to ask a lot of questions of the person who bred the dog if you plan to have this baby a part of your family fo 15 years or more. For example, a puppy gets most of it's personality and temperament from the mother. It's also important to know if the puppy was nursed on mother's milk with colostrum or bottle fed for health reasons. Sometimes mommies who have had c-sections cannot nurse and the puppies are bottle fed and then you need to know if they were given colostrum to help their immune system from some other source. Anyway, didn't mean to go off on the puppymill tangenet but we are very passionate around here about not supporting them and you will be too once you find out more about them. Maybe your pet store does not have puppymill puppies. Sounds like you are learning a lot which is great!