Derby hit the 10 pound mark.
 

That's right.

Derby is now 10 pounds! He's now 5 months old and still teething!

All the small dog owners in the small dog park don't like him because he's "big" (i mean how big is a yorkie at 10 pounds anyway? he's still small!) and don't like him playing with them! while the big dogs love him, but he gets roughed up a lot. He doesn't seem to mind though, and takes it like a chap. But try taking him home early! I have to litterally drag him away because he's whining and pulling the "I don't want to go home mom!" attitude of dragging his feet.

I just feel like Derby is discriminated against because he's a "big" Yorkie. If he was any other kind of dog at 10 pounds, it wouldn't matter. I know that I don't care, and I love that I don't have to worry about him getting badly hurt. he can jump up and down on the couch, and do up and down the stairs and play with bigger dogs... but any time I come across a Yorkie owner, or some snob who says "he's SO BIG!" i feel partly ashamed of him.

Why do i feel like that? It's like having a fat overweight kid. I feel like it's my fault that he's not within standard, even though my husband sought out a bigger Yorkie.

I love Derby, but he's constantly out growing his clothes and I'm in that stage of parenthood where I feel like- will you just stop growing already? No one will want to play with you if you keep getting bigger!!

I guess I'm tired of going to socialize him and no other small dog except bigger dog (as puppies) will play with him.

I want him to FIT IN. The poor guy needs friends!!!!

My poor Derby isn't the norm, and no one loves him as much as I do :(

WHY!!!

I love you Derby!!!

Awwwww - we love Derby and who says he should be a certain size or weight. Obviously, the dogs don't mind... it is just us 'silly people' who set up these kind of standards that unless you are going to 'show' don't mean anything. Who is Derby anyway - is he kind, is he gentle, is he smart, is he a prankster.... tell us all about our beloved Derby!!

((Huggs))

We have Franklin who is 11lbs and Maggie who is 9lbs! We are generally some of the smaller dogs at the dog park because the weight limit is 30lbs but I completely understand how you feel. We love having larger Yorkies because we lead busy, active lifestyles and they just are able to keep up with us. More Yorkie means MORE LOVE. Sending some teapot Yorkie love your way! :D

I WISH my Lola was bigger! How I would love for her to be even a few pounds heavier. Don't let people get you down. Next time a rude yorkie owner says something to you about his size say " Well at least mine is a DOG and not a TOY " LOLOL ;)

Razzle was still teeting at that age. You can bring Derby anytime to play with my 6 lb Razzle. 10 lbs is nothing . He plays with 100 lb dogs all the time at home

Gail

Thor is 4 lbs, but honestly, I would love it if he weighed ten. Even small dogs are usually twice his size. Even a six pound dog is significanly bigger. Once when I took him to the park, a Pomeranian tripped over him. Very big dogs sometimes think he's supposed to be a snack. Be happy with your teapot. :)

Also, small dogs get called "rats" and "fake dogs", so you'll get comments no matter what.

My first yorkie Barry was 17 lbs and over 16 inches high! I loved that dog to pieces - big or not! I know what you mean about fitting in, people always looked at me and said "he's not a yorkie."

His being different is what makes him special. Personally, I would try to explain to the small dog owners that while he's still a bit bigger he's still a small dog. Perhaps if you explain to them that you're concerned about him in the big dog pen because he does get roughed around since is a small dog (duh) they might understand? Perhaps if you still focus on the fact that he's still small and its an issue they'll get it.

There are so many pluses to having a bigger yorkie.. don't let them get you down! (I miss the surprise lap/couch jumps. Winston is just a tad tooo small for those.)

Derby's a good dog. He's still a puppy, so he acts like one. He can be a bit of a whiner, but it's only been more recently and I feel it's the teething?

He loves to chase, jump, and "wrestle" lol he sticks his paws up. He often goes into submission, but I'm trying to get him out of that! "Be a man Derby!" LOL! Some of the bigger dogs bite, so he bites back- that kind of thing. He can be nippy with us when he plays, but as soon as we say "No bite" he licks you! He listens well. He plays with you, how you play with him.

He plays fetch with himself! It's so cute.

He's a bit homely looking I must say. ;) He's groomed at home because my husband gave him quite the shave a few months ago, and we're trying to grow it back. We're waiting as long as possible to get it profressionally groomed! so aside from his hair being a little uneven, lol he loves attention like any other Yorkie!

I guess I'm just upset because I've been taking him out more and these dog owners have taken their "poor" little dogs away from him :(

GAIL---- I know I haven't gotten back to you yet! We were all trying to plan a meet but nothing has been set yet. Do fridays work for you? I have the next 2 off. It'd be nice to get Derby out to play with someone. As soon as Derby sees a Yorkie, he goes crazy! it's like they -know-!

They try to tell me he's "mixed", but we got him from a loving home breeder and while that's not "ok" to some people it was ok to my husband so it's fine with me. Derby's parents were very much Yorkie's as far as I can see. They have us send them pictures, and their little girl had a really hard time letting Derby go. She was in tears... poor thing.

The lap/couch jumps are so wonderful!

Derby does that at the dog park when he needs a break from the bigger dogs LOL! he finds a nice friendly lap to sit on and gets some love and attention. What a suck!

fake dog!?

oh my.

Is it possible that he does play a little roughly with smaller dogs? A lot of times bigger dogs hurt their small playmates unintentionally. I wouldn't care if Thor was playing with a ten pound dog, but if he was getting pinned a lot, or seemed scared, I might tell the owner than their dog is "too big". Also, sometimes really small dogs get freaked out by someone who is even a little larger than them, so even if your dog is mellow and friendly, other dogs might be scared of him. That is one thing that drives me crazy, when owners of German Shepard's or Rottweilers refuse to call their dogs off Thor, because their dogs are "friendly". I was at a yorkie meet the other day, and a couple people came by with large dogs, who probably were fine, but like 85% of the yorkies went batsh*t. Finally we had to tell them to leave - it was like, do you not hear the twenty-five yorkies barking at your dog?

Or maybe the owners are just too sensitive, I don't know, just making a guess.

And yes, according to a lot of people, "real dogs" don't weigh less than ten pounds, so there you go.

Derby continuously goes into submission. He runs up to a dog, and goes on his back with his 4 legs up waiting for playtime.

He does jump up, but he's not playing with 2-3 pound Yorkie's either. I don't often see Yorkies at the dog park, and it's very rare i do. I mean small dogs as in the 5-7 pound range (or more, but Derby normally stands taller).

Do you think it's the demographic of age in the dog's owner where discrimination lies?

Maybe it's ME. I'm almost 30, married, and Derby gets out a lot to play and run around. He's youthful, like us.

Some of the dogs seem like sissy's. (no offense to those out there!) and I don't understand why no one wants to play with him.

Sometimes I'd get snarky and tell 'em "I'll let the AKC know that you think his registration is invalid. I'll get back to you." People who claim things like that are just too ignorant to know better.

Yes he came from a home breeder, but he does have papers! The papers we have say Yorkshire Terrier, so- Yorkie he is to me!

And I should totally say that (CKC!) ha ha.

Go Derby! The bigger the better ;)

Jackson is a sturdy 12.5lbs at 1 year old and I love and prefer his size. Our dog park has some "bigger" dogs in the small dog section because I think it's allowed up to 25 or 30 pounds so he's never the biggest dog there. But I get the know-it-all owners who state, "He HAS to be mixed with something." As if they know my dog. Even if he is mixed, I don't care and I find it kind of rude for them to just assume such things. Jackson's best little friends are two 4-5lb Yorkies so size doesn't always matter! He gets along with them just like he does the "bigger" dogs.