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[camile]

My Chloe went the other way. She weighed about that at 10 wks and according to the weight chart, she should have been between 3.5-4 lbs. She's coming up on 11 mos and weighs 6.4. True. she could stand to lose some, but for her over-all size, she should not be below 5.5-6 lbs. It is really hard to determine the adult weight of a puppy.........Welcome to the YT family. This is a fun site for information.

[angelakc]

Welcome... My Zsa Zsa is 16 weeks old and weighs 1lb 8ozs !!

[JoshieBoy]

to Yorkie Talk. You are going to love it here.

[nesha]

Originally Posted by tnurse

My Riley weighed 1lb when I got him at 10 weeks. At 4 months he was 1.6lbs. He's 6 months old now and still doesn't weigh 2lbs.

welcome to yt and this sounds about right denzel weighed in at 1.2lbs at 11wks and now hes 9months and he weight 3.4lbs so you just make sure your babies is healthy and it will grow

[Lesley Carol]

Just to show that Yorkies are unpredictable - at 10 weeks, Lucy weighed 1lb 10oz. She's just turned a year old, and when she was weighed last week, she was 8lbs! (She's still very small, and certainly not fat, so I guess this is okay)

[Vwitscher]

Originally Posted by BLowry

I'm certainly no expert on weight but, to me, it sounds like she will be around 4-5lb range...And there is NO such thing as a tea cup or tiny tea cup...these are just words BYB's and mills use to jack the prices up on puppies...This is a toy breed. Their weight should be between 5 and 7 lbs,...correct me if I am wrong... breeders...

The AKC Yorkshire Terrier description states between 3-7 lbs for a show animal. This man made breed was made up of dogs that were up to 16-18 lbs and we've bred them down smaller. There will be some smaller and some larger than the standard, all still purebred. Some people will use the term t-cup and although descriptive of a supposed size there is not this term used in the standard. Unfortunately, some breeders will charge extreme prices for what they say will be tiny dogs but they grow bigger than expected. If a breeder keeps a puppy for 6-7 months they have a better than average chance of being right on the size. If a breeder sells a puppy at 6-10 weeks it's highly likely they may be wrong on the guess. It's also more than just the parents DNA but also their grand-parents and their parents and so forth. I've found often the genetics skip a generation and you will get offspring that take after the grand-sire/dam. The other thing is if a breeder has been breeding a line for a while (mine is 6 generations so far) they will have a better idea of how their liine grows out. Mine tends to grow fast and finish growing by 6 months. I have a friend who's line grows slow and doesn't finish until they are over a year.
Sorry this got so long.

[yorkie mad]

Tia was around that weight at that age and she is now a healthy 5lb 5oz at a year old. x

[Lisa and Pic]

Hello and Welcome to YorkieTalk!

[nemo366]

thanks everyone for all the info its so interesting reading everyones opinions. i am learning so much from this site

[BonBon]

Originally Posted by nemo366

thanks everyone for all the info its so interesting reading everyones opinions. i am learning so much from this site

Welcome to YT! This is definitely a great place to learn.

[Jeri Cunningham]

Originally Posted by BLowry

I'm certainly no expert on weight but, to me, it sounds like she will be around 4-5lb range...And there is NO such thing as a tea cup or tiny tea cup...these are just words BYB's and mills use to jack the prices up on puppies...This is a toy breed. Their weight should be between 5 and 7 lbs,...correct me if I am wrong... breeders...

You are correct there IS NO SUCH THING as a T-cup. Standards are 3 to 7 lbs.

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

[BLADE]

Welcome! Kimbo weighed 1.4 oz at his 9 week vet appointment. He's 10.5 weeks old now.

[becky k]

welcome .my baby is 11 wks old .she weighed 1.7 lbs at vets when she was 9 weeks. ive had to keep her belly full set my clock every 3 hours or so feed her well as she has had seizures in the night from hypogylcemia we think at least since ive been keeping her fed throughout the night she has had no more problems. they say once she hits 2 pounds this should get better. she goes friday to the vet again to be weighed. and get shots.

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by nemo366

hi all

i have a beautiful yorkie named belle she is 10 weeks old and weighs 1pound and 11 ounces, is this a bit small

That is a fine weight for a 10 week old puppy. All of my last litter were around that. I hope for them all to be around 2 pounds at 12 weeks. That way I can feel good about letting them go to new homes. Some have been a little more some a little less. But that is my average so far.

This puppy weight/growth chart Yorkshire Terrier - Yorkie Puppy Growth/Weight Chart - watch us grow gives a guesstimate of 4 - 4 1/4 lb for an adult weight when the 10 week old puppy is 1 lb 11 oz (27 oz). That is a nice healthy weight. Another way to guesstimate the adult weight is to double the 12 week weight or triple the 8 week weight. No one can really predict the exact size a puppy will grow to be. Genetics play a big part (not just the parents, but grandparents and a few generations back too). Diet and health can also affect the adult size.

There are no designations of "t-cup/tea cup or tiny t-cup" for Yorkshire Terriers. Those are just terms like small or petite. Some more commercial puppy sellers will try to use those terms to sell puppies they predict to be small. The weird part is half the time they are using those terms for dogs that are going to be average to above average size! All Yorkshore Terriers are in the toy class of dogs. So, no teacups only toys.

LOL -- I should have read on through -- looks like I repeated the Tea cup idea already written in replies. Ah well -- just more like minds.

BTW -- there is no minimum weight for the Yorkie standard. The standard is "under 7 pounds."

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by Jeri Cunningham

You are correct there IS NO SUCH THING as a T-cup. Standards are 3 to 7 lbs.

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

Jeri -- Want to agree about the no T-cup, but the standard does not have a minimum.

Vwitscher/Jeri -- No minimum weight from AKC or YTCA -- The actual standard from AKC says, "Weight Must not exceed seven pounds."