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my new Yorkie puppy is off the charts! ...the size charts, that is! I just brought home my lil Rocco today as a lil buddy for my Bella. Up til a couple months ago her best friend was a cat, however she sadly passed away.. :( Rocco is a sweet baby at right about 12 weeks and is a chunky lil thing! :p I was checking out the site Yorkshire Terrier - Yorkie Puppy Growth/Weight Chart - watch us grow and according to their pounds to ounces converter (now i think i did this right, how badly can i screw up a generated conversion??) he would be at 80 ounces which is not even on the charts until 26 weeks!! So it's quite obvious that he's not going to be a six-pounder lol! My Bella is half yorkie and is 7 lbs even. how much bigger than her do you think Rocco will be? I don't mind the extra thickness but i would like to have some idea to prepare myself for a potentially 16-20 lb lil boy who was estimated to be "6 or 7 lbs" by the breeder lol. thanks in advance, and i apologize if there is already a thread out there like this one.. |
Wanted to bump this before it got lost.... How much does your guy weigh right now (in lbs. and oz.)?? |
How old is he and how much does he weigh in lbs. and ozs.? |
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No reputable breeder will guarantee a pups final size. The only way you can guarantee that you obtain the size that you desire is by purchasing a yorkie that is older. |
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I see this is your first post :)! Congratulations & Welcome to YorkieTalk Post some pics when you can. :D |
Zeus was three pounds at nine weeks and I thought he was off the charts. He is now over a year old at 7lbs. I think he is the perfect size for us. You just never know what size they may end up being. |
Welcome to yorkie talk. I guessing your Little one is going to be 9-10lbs. Just more to love . I have a 14lb boy and a 20Lb Boy and they are still small dogs. |
Welcome to the amazing Yorkies forum. My boy was supposed to be between 5 and 6 lbs turned out to be 12lbs 3 oz. The girl is now 8lbs.. The other boy is 5lbs (was supposed to stay around 3lbs) My Shih Tzu is 8 lbs. And yes they are still small dogs, that is if you compare to my daughter's black lab who weighs 80 some odd lbs. LOL |
Gracie followed the growth charts pretty much. She was supposed to weigh 5 1/2 pounds. She weighs 6 and is very solid! Bristol is 12 1/2 weeks and weighs 2.8 pounds so we shall see what she does. Parents were under 6 pounds for all. |
Both of mine ended up bigger than the weight charts said they would be |
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Rily was following the chart to be around 6 lbs. The lady I got him from said between 5-7 lbs, so that's what I thought he would be. However, after he was neutered at 4.5 months he had a growth spurt. He is now close to nine pounds at 9 months. Saydee started out tiny, but that changed. She is a big eater and now at 4.5 months, she is around 5.5 lbs. and off the chart. However, she is much shorter than Rily and she appears to be slowing down. I also measurer their back and leg lengths. Both have not gotten much longer or taller in over a month, but they have filled out some. I personally don't think you can put much faith into the charts....each pup will be what it will be. They all are different. I hoped for tiny dogs because they are easier for me to handle, but even at 9 pounds, Rily is still a small dog. :animal-pa |
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Wait wait wait Are you saying you have a 12 week old puppy that is 5 pounds right now? Are you sure? Did you mix up grams with oz? If he were 80 Grams or 2.9 pounds that would be 41 oz. Therefore he would be 4.5 to 5 pounds on the chart. (You can thank my husband for the math! LOL) |
My Baby Bear is a little over 6 lb at 5 months. I would love for him to be 10 lb or even more. Do you think he will end up being a "bigger" boy? :) Thanks |
Mine is "off the charts," too, and both parents were in between 6.5 and 7 lbs. At 9 weeks, she weighed 38.4 oz. At 10 weeks, she weighed 50 oz. That's a gain of 30% in one week. That would be like a teenager going through a growth spurt and going from 100 lbs to 130 lbs in one week, skeleton and all. :eek: Every week except for two her growth rate (%) was in the double digits. At 15 weeks, she was 91 oz, tomorrow I weigh her at 16 weeks, who knows how much she will have grown then. I brought a spreadsheet with her weekly growth and % growth per week to show the vet, he just laughed and said "That's amazing!" (Maybe he was laughing at the geeky pet owner that brings in a spreadsheet with growth rate calculations, I dunno). He said it wasn't a problem in small breeds, but would be a problem in larger breeds. She is definitely thriving and healthy, and since she is a companion and won't be used for breeding, health is the primary concern and larger and sturdy is fine. We are thinking of changing her name to "Yorkzilla." |
thank you all for the replies and warm welcomes! My lil boy is almost 12 weeks and when i weighed him the other night he was right at 5 lbs..i dont mind him being a little bigger than "standard" but my husband worries that he will get too much bigger than our Bella. personally i think Rocco will be short and stumpy and just really wide and thick :p i will have him weighed more accurately at his health exam. thanks again! i can already see i will love it here and soon be on this site every day! :) |
When Lucas was 12 weeks, he was 3.5 or 4lbs. He is now 1 year and 4 months, and holding steady at 6 lbs. So if your boy is only 5 lbs at 12 weeks, I don't think he'll be anywhere near 20lbs. Lucas was off the chart too, I believe, but he is now totally average sized :) |
Sherman will be 6 months on Jan 29, 2010 and he is 15.3 pounds and gaining steadily. He is not overweight at all per the vet. He is strong and sturdy. In the litter of 5 pups there was a bro and sis weighing just below 5 pounds and then two bros just over 10 pounds and then Sherman Tank at just over 15 pounds. Mom was just over 8 pounds dad was just over 6 pounds. There was such a huge difference of weights in the same litter that I dont see how anyone can predict the weight of a puppy. Somewhere in mom and dads genes there was an EXTRA LARGE SUPERSIZE yorkie gene that 3 of the 5 pups received. |
gatsby was off the charts for his age until he was about 6 mounths old then he just stoped growing at 5.5 pounds you never can know what i would do would be to prepare yoourself for a 20 pound dog then when he is smaller you will be plesently surprized |
Thanks everyone..and to OwnedbyJezebel, I think "Yorkzilla" is an appropriate nickname :D It's quite clear that no two puppies in any one litter are going to be the exact size, no matter what size the sire and dam are. Of course this doesn't give me or anyone, for that matter, any clear-cut ideas of future weight, but then nothing is guaranteed anyway. We will just wait it out and see. Thanks everyone for your replies :thumbup: |
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When I used to breed yorkies for show, I had 2 lines. One line would grow steadily but staying small. The other line would grow so big, so fast they seemed as if they would be giants among yorkies but the woul stop. I knew what to expect because of familiarty of how the lines grew. If you don't have that information, it's pretty much weight and see, but the charts seem to be a decent tool. The older the puppies, the better I think the chart applies |
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