Is 2.8 TOO small?

[Bizzymammabee]

Zoey is 2 lbs 13 ozs at 9 months. As long as your girl is healthy then I say don't worry about it. She still has some time to put on some weight. Also after they are spayed they tend to put on a few ounces.

[Go4HelloKitty]

Mochi was 2.75 lbs when we took her home; she was 4 1/2 months old. She had been gaining 1 oz per week, and was so on track when comparing to the Yorkie growth chart. During the past month, she stopped gaining for 3 weeks, and then gain 3 oz in a week. Then for the last 3 weeks, the same thing happened. Now she is 10 months old and weighs 3 lbs 1 oz.

She is a active girl, always running around the house and checking things out. She is not skinny.

I believe your baby will still have a little bit to grow.

As other posters said, the main concern for these little ones are accidents like we stepping on them or falling off furniture.

[Mayas Mommy]

Maya is 15 months and weighs 2.8 lbs. - I understand I always worry too but Maya is healthy and so is yours so I guess it's just fine !!!!

[mizzwanned]

She might still gain a few ounces since she is still young. I have a yorkie that is 2.8 lbs and is almost 2 yrs. She is really healthy as far as i know, i take her to the vet a lot, she just got spayed and did really well. She is solid, it worries me sometimes too how little she is but they have such fragile knees that they dont need extra weight, it can mess them up.

[lulababy]

Originally Posted by mizzwanned

She might still gain a few ounces since she is still young. I have a yorkie that is 2.8 lbs and is almost 2 yrs. She is really healthy as far as i know, i take her to the vet a lot, she just got spayed and did really well. She is solid, it worries me sometimes too how little she is but they have such fragile knees that they dont need extra weight, it can mess them up.

tell me if your baby girl gains a significant amount of weight after her spay.. i am wondering about this

[doodandy]

Idon't know if this makes any sense , It doesn't to me..... when I took my Samson to the Emergency Room Vet he weighed 2.7..... that sort of concerned me..... but I was told... some scales are different.... some are weighed in ozs.... 16 oz in 1 lb ...... and some scales are by 10's ....
Maybe someone else can explain it ..... it made sense to me when I heard it...

[ckuz13]

Just curious. Did you get a 1 year health guarantee knowing that this baby was going to be really small?

[mizzwanned]

Originally Posted by lulababy

tell me if your baby girl gains a significant amount of weight after her spay.. i am wondering about this

I haven't weighed her yet but so far she seems the same. Her tummy looks a little more full, she did go without exercise for the 2 weeks after the spay to be safe but she wanted none of that. All she wanted to do was run and hump her stuffed animals, yep she didn't lose that urge lol I will let you know if she gains weight

[baileysmom31]

My little Tia was 3 pounds, 2 oz at 2 years old. The vet said she could loose a bit of weight I was shocked... Took her to the vet the other day and found out her weight dropped to 2 lbs., 5 oz. and I was concerned ( we have a new puppy in the house..warmer weather so more outside adventures!) and he said she is at perfect weight for her bone structure.

[KathyK09]

Hello!

I'm so glad to hear from so many others who have "little ones".

As I had said I hadn't planned to get such a little breed. My daughter slept at a friend's house who had recently had a litter of Yorkies. Mariah's parents are bigger so we expected her to get bigger - which was just fine with us...but that didn't happen. It's turning out she is the "runt" of the litter had her brothers and sisters are much bigger. I didn't get a "health guarantee" and to be honest I am all new to this and didn't even know this existed. We go to church with the people we got her from and our daughter's are friends.

Julie, It is interesting to know we each have a bichon and a Yorkie. Our bichon took quite a while to get used to the new puppy. She's 7 yrs old and just wasn't interested in "playing" at first - which is all Mariah wanted to do. It took a while but now they get along so well! I love it when they curl up and sleep together because for a long time I wasn't sure it would ever happen!

Baileysmom31, It's so strange because I have a cat named Cosmo and my daughter's name is Tia. I LOVE that name!

I too am very scared to have Mariah go under anethesia and get fixed at her small size. We haven't discussed it yet at all. We never did get our bichon fixed. I was so nervous about her having surgury that we kept putting it off and next thing you know so much time had passed! I always wonder if we made a mistake or not. I just wasn't sure the risk of surgury was worth it. I guess I'll have to do a lot more research before I decide either way.

We are having so much fun with our little Mariah - she is such a blessing!

[Yorkieluv]

She still definitely has time to grow. My maltese was 2.9 lbs at 6-7 months, and at almost 2 yrs old, she is now b/w 4-4.5 lbs and not one ounce overweight