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Old 04-21-2006, 09:30 AM   #16
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i use a food scale that has a bowl on top, around $12.00 at walmart to weigh mine. i can still weigh the adults in it since they are use to it and it goes up to 7 pounds.

Remember 4 pounds means everything up to 5 pounds. So yours still has 1 pound 15 3/4 oz. of growing room and the chart predicts she will grow 3 pounds more so that is only a 1 pound difference.
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Old 04-21-2006, 02:27 PM   #17
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If she was weighed on different scales, then her weight could be wrong. I have found as much as .3kg difference in my pup's weight on different scales. She may also have just had a growth spurt-my puppy has only grown in length since 14 weeks, not weight.
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Old 04-21-2006, 02:43 PM   #18
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Yeah, she eats a lot but she doesn't look chubby to me. Of course I would love her no matter what, but it kind of sux to buy so many things (and I know that's my fault for not waiting long enough) that would fit an up to 5 lbs dog and then have it be the one dog in the breeder's whole history to grow past that. I know it's impossible to predict, but I feel like maybe it is also impossible to tell by how much she weighs now. I am sure she would look beautiful no matter what and what is important is that she is healthy, but I already spent $1100 for her, $350 for her airline ticket, and another $1000 in pet supplies, including a lot of clothes and a nice carrier all for a dog that is supposidly only 5 lbs full grown. Plus, the reason I wanted a Yorkie was to be able to carry her around and take her on the plane with me. If she gets too big that's not happening. It just would make me sad to have to leave her at home anytime I go out, and not be able to hide her in the carrier, etc.
Sorry you feel the way you do.... I really doubt your yorkie will be 4 lbs.... and it very well might come from small parents but sometimes it doesn't mean much. My mom is 5 feet tall..... my sister is 5 feet 2 and my dad is 5 feet 6 inches. I am 5 feet 10inches....... figure that one..... you just never know.
But I travel with my yorkie all the time. Airline policies are below 10 lbs under the seat.... so I think you'll be OK.
I am very honest with people who buy my pups..... I only do size calculations but I always tell them there is no certain way. I always try to deter from talking about size..... and I always add a little over the charts.
Congrats on your new baby and STOP spending money now for clothes.... wiat till she's older ... like 7 months. Besides... it's summer!
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Sorry you feel the way you do.... I really doubt your yorkie will be 4 lbs.... and it very well might come from small parents but sometimes it doesn't mean much. My mom is 5 feet tall..... my sister is 5 feet 2 and my dad is 5 feet 6 inches. I am 5 feet 10inches....... figure that one..... you just never know.
But I travel with my yorkie all the time. Airline policies are below 10 lbs under the seat.... so I think you'll be OK.
I am very honest with people who buy my pups..... I only do size calculations but I always tell them there is no certain way. I always try to deter from talking about size..... and I always add a little over the charts.
Congrats on your new baby and STOP spending money now for clothes.... wiat till she's older ... like 7 months. Besides... it's summer!
That's true...but couldn't it work both ways though? And how big is your Yorkie (you say you travel with yours all the time)?

Thank you so much for your input!!!
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My first yorkie grew really fast but as soon as she reached 6 months she stopped growing. She is a bit big for a yorkie, she is 9 pounds and her parents were really small. I really don't think your yorkie will be only 4 pounds but she could still end up small. You really can't go by the puppy's parents unless you know their pedigree of at least the last 3 generations because the puppy's grandparents could have been big which would be why your pup is big. It is easier to determine his weight but watching how much the gains and how long it takes him to gain. My second yorkie is not gaining very fast or much weight. I am still anxious to see how big he will get and what he will look like as an adult!!
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"I am so confused though! She says that her puppies grow fast and then stop growing earlier too. Could that be true? I would never stop loving Malibu but, she wouldn't fit on anything I got her (including her carrier) if she got any bigger than 5 lbs. Does anyone have experience with this kind of thing? has anyone had a puppy that weight 3lbs at 12 weeks and now weighs under 5lbs full grown?

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I wonder if we got our dogs from the same breeder. ..that is exactly what I was told. I kept questioning my puppies size even before he arrived . She assured me that her dogs stop growing early and the charts meant nothing. Well he grew to alittle over 7 pounds .. everything went exactly by the chart.....
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CMedici -- From all the posts, it sounds like your pup may become any number of different weights when it grows up. I think the only way you're really going to know what your pup is going to weight is to "wait and see."

I'm sure no good breeder "guarantees" the size of any Yorkie. But, I do feel they can make an honest (and usually correct) estimate.

Boy - you know now that you should have waited and not bought so much ahead of time for your little Yorkie. Mine has outgrown everything I ever bought him. And - I even got him things that were "way too big" when he was younger.

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My cousin has two Yorkies from the same litter and one weighs 4 1/2 pounds and the other weighs 7 pounds.....(and to top it off -- the bigger one was the smaller puppy...)

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Old 04-23-2006, 11:50 AM   #23
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Thank you so much for all the inputs! Here is what the breeder wrote to me just a few days ago about this issue:

"When I got Gracie as puppy I got her for breeding purposes and wanted her a little bigger so at 8 weeks she was at least 2 to 2.5 lb - she looked alot like Malibu. When you ask me if it surprises me that Malibu is 3 lbs at 12 weeks no I am not surprised. She is right on. You keep saying double the weight at 12 weeks --- no it is double the weight at 8 weeks. I am not sure where you heard the 12 weeks but that is not what we as breeders use. In my time as a buyer, breeder etc I have never heard of using 12 weeks as your basis. Anyway, going back to Gracie. She weighed 2 to 2 1/2 lbs at 8 weeks and she is now 4 lbs. or so and Chance's puppies always grow at first and then slow down ---- soooooo I think you are spazing (as you say) for nothing. I think she is going to level off anytime now. Poo poo on the recessive gene stuff.....Chance was purchased when he was a little over a year old so I am not sure how big he was at 8 weeks. Knowing what I do about Gracie's mom is that she is abount the same size as is Gracie her daddy is small. Chance's dad is the same size as Chance and I am pretty sure that mom is about the same size as I know all of her dogs are pretty much the same size. Do not let her get overweight cause as I said before she will eat all day if you let her."

I guess I will just trust the breeder. She probably knows best.

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I would have had more confidence in your breeder except that she said double 8 weeks - no, no, no its triple 8 weeks (or 2 months), double 12 weeks (or 3 months). Apparently, she wouldn't agree, but I bet every other breeder does. I'm not saying that hers don't follow that pattern, but it is definitely not the rule of thumb.
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How can a breeder guarantee the size of a puppy?
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I would have had more confidence in your breeder except that she said double 8 weeks - no, no, no its triple 8 weeks (or 2 months), double 12 weeks (or 3 months). Apparently, she wouldn't agree, but I bet every other breeder does. I'm not saying that hers don't follow that pattern, but it is definitely not the rule of thumb.
Well, if it is triple the weight at 8 weeks, then my puppy should only reach 4.5 lbs. She was 1.5 lbs at 8 weeks and she has been 3 lbs for three weeks now. So maybe she doubled her weight and kept it and will only grow another 1 1/2 pounds. Everyone was saying though that given her weight now she would be big. So the breeder is still right on by saying she will be under 5 lbs.

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I just took Chance to the vet on Sat. he is 5months old and 3lbs...how big will he be?
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They do seem to grow a pound more than the formula predicts. Do a search on weight chart and members posted what the weight chart predicted and how much they ended up being. you will find that helpful.
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Here's one link, there's probably a hundred more, since this seems to be the first question new owners have and comes up at least once a week.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...t=weight+chart
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Also keep in mind that this specific chart was done by one of our YT members based on the growth of her breeding lines..so other puppies might not exactly fit to the chart..while it's good at having an estimate, you can't go by it..every puppy and each line is different..
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