Are females usually smaller than males

[wantayorkie23]

This is what i read that someone wrote

[spr377]

There is no rule of thumb for males or females being smaller than the other. It all depends on genetics!

[bchgirl]

Sometimes.

My female, Ramsey, weighs 12 pounds...my male weighs 8.

Frazier's sister outweighs him by a pound and 1/2.

[Nancy1999]

Not that I know of, breeders tend to keep, larger females around 5-7 pounds for breeding purposes, whereas they like to use smaller males as the daddy. So from some breeders it might be easier to get a tiny girl than a tiny boy because the boy might make a good breeding dog. On the other hand, one male can produce many more litters than one female, so breeder's don't really need to keep too many males.

[mscat]

I am not inclined to agree. Especially when breeding a Yorkie. Which I am never going to do. However, what a good breeder knows is to breed a smaller male yorkie to a larger female yorkie .
I agree that is has to do with genetics! yorkies come in all different sizes, and are pure bred... We have many YT owners who have beautiful teapots, and some that are tinines that are just as healthy as the rest!

[spr377]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Not that I know of, breeders tend to keep, larger females around 5-7 pounds for breeding purposes, whereas they like to use smaller males as the daddy. So from some breeders it might be easier to get a tiny girl than a tiny boy because the boy might make a good breeding dog. On the other hand, one male can produce many more litters than one female, so breeder's don't really need to keep too many males.

And then again, I have a 6 1/2 pound male that produces small puppies! You just never know!!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by spr377

And then again, I have a 6 1/2 pound male that produces small puppies! You just never know!!

Yes, my answer wasn't complete, but that is why it's important to know the line. You might be better off using a 6 pound stud who is the biggest in his line, that a 4 pound stud, whose relatives were all 12 pounders! While you never "know", you can take an educated guess with genetics.

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by wantayorkie23

Are females usually smaller than males This is what i read that someone wrote

The largest and smallest of my current litter of 5 were males. The smallest male has now passed 2 of his sisters. But a whole lot of things can happen from now (7 weeks old) til they are adults.

I purposely picked a small male and a larger female so I could breed them. So, if someone looked at mine, they might think males are usually smaller.