Tiny yorkies - need advice !!!
 

Hi there,

I'm new to this forum, but i'm finding it great so far!

I'm in the progress of buying a yorkshire terrier, I live in South Australia and there aren't that many breeders here. Many of them breed for show, so it's difficult getting one. I have been looking for 1 year now. I was in America not too long ago and we kept coming across these tiny, tiny yorkies! Very adorable. The locals kept calling them 'teacup' size. Over there the term 'teacup' is actually recoginsed as an actual breed. And quite common. When I arrived back in Australia, and inquired about this breed, yorkie breeders would look at me like i'm crazy!!! I'm just going by what i was told by the locals over there.

To cut a long story short, my partner and I really want one of these beautiful tiny dogs, but everyone here keeps telling us we would never find one here!

Can anyone give me some information or advice on this, I'm just a little confused about it all. I've been told different things, but I really want one of these tiny beautiful pups.

Hope to hear from you all soon!

Kind Regards
'all for yorkies'

Welcome to YT! :)

"Teacup" is actually not a recognized term for yorkies. All yorkies are toy dogs. There are a lot of great threads here about how to find a good breeder. Just look at the bottom of the page and you'll see an option to search this entire forum.

I am not sure where you live in Australia -- any chance you might want to get one from SE Asia?

There are plusses and minuses to having a very small dog. Mine is 4 lbs and I think he's perfect, but many people can tell you why having a larger yorkie is great too. A lot of people say the smaller dogs aren't as healthy, but I don't think that's necessarily true, just make sure you find a good breeder.

You might find this helpful!!

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...uch-thing.html

By the way...Welcome to YT!!

tiny size is on great demand in France or most of places.
 

I am a lover of mini-sized yorkshire because my 1st york was only 1K8 and he lived with me over 11 years, my 2nd one was only 1K65 and now I am having one weighing only 1K150 and another one bigger weighing 2K8.
After my study of mini-sized yorkshire, the critierie of selection is mostly based on the sizes of the parents of the baby dog, for exemple, my 2nd one had her parents in which the dad weighed 1K7 and the mum weighed 2K.
My present york of 1K15 has his parents in which the dad weighs 1K2 and the mum weighs 1K5 as I was told. Another one of 2K8 has her parents in which the dad weighs 2K and the mum weighs 2K2.
of course, the development of babies are very varied according to their foods as I am told. The criterie of weights based on 2 months and 3 months are not very accurate cos different baby has different development even the critirie of selection not really reliable counting on the weight of the parents.
The best is to find a baby at the age of 8 months until one year when their growth is stable afte this age on general.

Wow really? a mom bred at 2lbs ....:(

the adv of sale of babies of France.
 

1st of all, I guess that 4lb makes 2kg so 2lb makes only 1kg, so it should be 2.5lbs to equalise the 1.5kg, right? However, it is said to be risky for a dog mum of small size under 2kg to bear babies dog because many cases got to have operations for producing the babies, sometimes, the dog mum dies for that. It was why I didn't breed my last dog girl with the weight only 1K65 in order to keep her safe and not suffered from the operation for producing the babies. In France, many adv. of selling yorks mention the weights of the parents of babies, the age of the babies with their weights because may people still count on the basic standard of the weights of 2 and 3 months of babies dog, I have seen many and I found one issued few times ago as follows telling COLOR="red"]the weights of the parents and the baby weighs 700g at 3 months old[/COLOR]
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Vends chiot yorkshire miniature lof

vends magnifique chiot mâle yorkshire miniature inscrit au lof, né le 19/11/2008. la mère (the mother's weight) pèse 1k500 et le père (the father's weight) 1k600. elevé en famille, très sociable et calme, ayant l'habitude d'être seul. vacciné et pucé: 250269602547021. je serai disponible à l'âge de 3 mois (3 months) avec mon rappel de vaccination. aujourd'hui, je pèse 700 grammes. prix: 900 euros, facilités de paiement et livraison possible. tél: 06.10.50.04.24
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Moreover, the price of babies are upwards regarding the size of babies, the smaller, the more expensive, this is trendy nowadays.

I see so 2k is 4lbs correct? then that is better my apologies I was going by US weights .. :p

exchange informations here.
 

it is absolutely ok, we are all learning here.
As I remember clearly, I have seen once ago an adv. selling baby whose mum weighed only 1K2, I was so astonished, I didn't know if the mum needed cesarien by producing the baby or not, however, it was none of my business.
It is true for a small sized dog mum bearing baby not good at all.

My sister used to live in Melbourne and she got a beautiful silky terrier (very similar to a Yorkie) from a RESCUE place - she said it was all matted and dirty but once they had it groomed it was the cutest little doggie ever!!

:D

1kg = 2.2 lb

2kg = 4.4lb

I think it's a good thing that breeders there don't recognize "teacups" as a breed or the correct term in describing a Yorkie because it is neither. It is a good way to get a lot of money for a very small dog. :( Most good breeders would never consider using this term.

There are lots of great breeders in the US. Depending of quarantine law in Australia, could you fly to the US, get a pup from a good breeder and fly back with it in the cabin?