Is my yorkie normal in height?

[chewysmom]

Don't worry about the white. Chewy has a lot of hair but the roots are all white, I'm almost afraid to get him groomed. Also on the note of size, lik the last post said, some yorkies arejust small plain and simple. Just be mindful of him - we never wear shoes in the house anymore - and you will be fine.

[ReconsMomma]

Welcome to YT your little guy is very adorable.

[chloeandj]

Originally Posted by chewysmom

Don't worry about the white. Chewy has a lot of hair but the roots are all white, I'm almost afraid to get him groomed. Also on the note of size, lik the last post said, some yorkies arejust small plain and simple. Just be mindful of him - we never wear shoes in the house anymore - and you will be fine.

That is so true about the shoes! And my yorkie is 5 lbs! We all leave our shoes at the door.

[jodykane]

Yes, I live in Sacramento. Rupert weighs 1 pound, 2 ounces. He has a fat belly!!! When I got him he had coccidia. No worms. But the coccidia was bad enough. He is all well now. He has been on the bald side since I received him. I couldn't imagine his hair going through a thinning period! He will be bald then!! YUK! It's already horribly thin compared to all the pictures of all your babies.

[chloeandj]

Well I can imagine that coccidia might cause hair problems, but I'm not sure about that at all. Hang in there, they do tend to go through a bit of a scraggly stage before they turn into swans.

[Stitches29]

Originally Posted by jodykane

Hello, I am relatively new to YT. I have a yorkie who is 19 weeks old, weighs 1 pound 2 ounces(according to the food scale), he is only 4 inches tall. If that! His little belly is only off the ground by 2 inches, if that. Is this normal? He doesn't look like he will ever grow taller. His little legs are very fragile and fine boned. Oh yeh, short too. How tall should he get? Thank you for your input and information.

You may want to re-measure. If he's 2 inches off the ground, that would be 2 inch legs. That only leaves 2 inches for his body and head. He may be taller than you think.

[txshopper73]

Omg!!! I Want Him!!!!

[suzysmitt]

Welcome and you're baby is absolutely adorable. Gwen is 3 years old and only 2lb2oz, so mabe your baby is going to stay little like her. Just watch you don't sit on him. Gwen always sits down right when I'm ready to sit down. Silly girl.

[MeganS]

Hi and welcome! The white on the top of his head doesn't mean he's going bald it means he's going to hav e avery light coat. the same thing is happening with tucker. but he is 11 weeks. he is absoulty beautiful and i love his name!!

[Bella0722]

jodykane,

Rupert is precious! Oh, what a face!!!And such a nice name. I only wish that General Patton was smaller(now 4lbs at 11 weeks)
Welcome to YT.

~Bella, General Patton, & Maria~

[sophiedog]

He is so very gorgeous! Beautiful fella! Don't worry about the thin hair, Lida has it too, the vet said it was puppy hair and her adult coat would be thicker, sometimes they have a vitamin deficiency inutero but it won't affect the adult coat. He looks a lot fuzzier than Lida though, he is absolutely precious! Welcome to YT! This is a really great place, don't be shy!
Windy and Lida Rose

[Sidney]

Hi...thought I'd share a picture of Pepper. He had very short legs. This picture was taken when he was around 10 months.

Abby had very thin hair and I was discouraged because I thought it was never going to grow. She is over a year and its Finally starting to fill in!!

You're little Rubert is adorable!
jeanne

[sshaw]

Originally Posted by jodykane

My yorkies name is Rupert! His picture is below. Thanks for everyone responses and the nice welcome. I am usually on-line reading all your questions and replies. Sometimes, a little too shy to talk. Thank you everyone!!

If I did not know, I would think it was Dennis the Menace! Of course I agree that Rupert is quite a handsome. He does not look balding to me, though just this week I have noticed that Dennis is also thinning on top or is getting just a little silver. I keep putting on my glasses to get a better look, but I still can't tell.

I would not worry about his hair though, it looks great to me and he is just young yet.

Sue

[tarawood]

Oh my goodness! Rupert is absolutely adorable. If I had him, I would just carry him everywhere and never put him down! I bet you could sneak him in anywhere! You'll have to keep posting pictures of him so we can watch this little guy "grow up."

Oh, and like the others, I wouldn't worry about his hair.

[Latuya]

He is sooooooo darn cute. I wouldnt worry about his size. As long as he's healthy. My Gus was only 1.8 lbs at 7 months. And now he's a year and 3 months and is 2.5 lbs, well he was before his accident. He wasnt eatting and was getting so skinny. so I was giving him humen food and quite a bit of nutacal. and now he's just under 3 lbs. He's a tiny chunky little guy. Legs measure 4 1/2 in. And his body (head to tail) is 10 in. They come in all different sizes and are all precious!!! Welcome to YT. Oh did I say,,, he's so darn cute???