Did I buy a yorkie? Help needed in San Diego

[teri88]

tucker is 7 pounds and he out weighs his mother and father. the breeder was wrong to tell you that the pup would only be 4 pounds, they can't know that for sure at such a young age. you will just have to wait and see. in the mean time, enjoy, what a pretty baby you have

[JDsMom]

My little guy was supposed to be around 5lbs full grown. His mom was 5 and his dad was 2.75lbs....JD will be 1 year old and he weighs 12lbs. I think you definitely have a yorkie...he is just on the bigger side like JD! She is adorable!

[cheryl000]

It's just not looking good. I think the person talking about the alpha female was right. I wish I would have known.

[eyedoc]

Cheryl, Fagan was 3.7 lbs at 9weeks and he is 6 months old now. We had him neutered 2 weeks ago and he weighed 5.9 lbs. He still seems very small and I know he's not done growing yet, but he's still a good size. I love him to pieces and would at this point no matter how big (or little) he was. The pictures show an adorable little girl and you got a great price as far as I can tell. I paid $725.00 for Fagan. Good luck and I hope you have many happy times with your baby...

[wd6474]

[QUOTE=kewtee]She looks adorable! And VERY much yorkie!
I think she will be a very healthy big yorkie! Ig she gets over 12 lbs she could be what you call a silky terrier - looks ezactly like yorkies but are bigger.


is this correct? yorkies over 12lbs are considered silkies. i have never heard of this. i thought silky terrier was a different breed. where did you get this info from? i would like to read more on this.

[kewtee]

Well, in Denmark a "real" yorkie must be between 6 and 12 lbs to enter competitions. And from the books I have read on the breed I can read that the only difference from yorkie to silky is size.

I have no clue to the standards in the states, but I do know that the standards of YT is that if it's cute it's a yorkie - and honestly I like that standard much more than any other

[Bentley&BitsysMom]

My adult boy, 12 lbs and adult girl, 7 lbs, had an accidental litter and their pups are now 7 months old and range from 4 to 12 lbs!!!

And from what I've read on here a very small male and an average size female can still spurt out an occasional 12 pounder. I don't think it's true that a yorkie over 12 lbs is a silky. I know there are pure bred yorkies on here that exceed 12 lbs. A silky is a totally different breed I think

[cheryl000]

http://www.puppy.com.my/forum/Breed_...rrier_P203632/

that is the diff.

[wd6474]

this site explains that there are three diffrent typed of terrier breeds. it also relates the silky terrier to the Australia Terrier since they both come from australia and the yorkie came from scottish background. i printed a phrase to maybe clarify this you can read futher if you go to the site

Because many terrier breeds are closely related and have maintained similarity in size, color, temperament, and other characteristics, it is efficient and helpful to profile them together. Thus we have the Yorkshire Terrier, the Australian Terrier, and the Silky Terrier, each with the same bold, bright terrier demeanor but with slight differences in history, temperament, health, and suitability for particular families.


http://www.canismajor.com/dog/yosiau.html#Intro
hey val help us out !!!!!! i know you know the answer to this question you always seem to have the right answer. whats your take on this. are silkies and yorkies the same except for weight.

[Athina]

[QUOTE=wd6474]

Originally Posted by kewtee

She looks adorable! And VERY much yorkie!
I think she will be a very healthy big yorkie! Ig she gets over 12 lbs she could be what you call a silky terrier - looks ezactly like yorkies but are bigger.


is this correct? yorkies over 12lbs are considered silkies. i have never heard of this. i thought silky terrier was a different breed. where did you get this info from? i would like to read more on this.

Silky Terriers are a COMPLETELY different breed. You can have a 13 pound Yorkie that is a Pure Bred Yorkie. A Yorkie doesn't turn into a Silky when they hit a certain weight.
This is what a Silky Terrier is Basically the only difference between a Silky and a Yorkie is that Silky's coats don't keep growing and they are built a bit more solidly. This breed too, is non shedding. Silky's are considered a "Toy Breed" and there snouts are bigger and longer.

[Athina]

Originally Posted by amanda350

Well I don't know if this helps or not, but I was in Petsmart the other day with my family and this couple that had 2 yorkies stopped to admire Tucker. They told me that their older dog Benjamin was 5yrs old and they just recently got Franklin who was 11wks at the time. They got him at 6wks and they said that it took Benjamin about 3 wks to fully accept Franklin and start playing with him..I had asked them about this because both were boys and I thought that the older one would have been Alpha.. It turned out ok for them!! As for the weigh your puppy looks and her size, I am not trying to down CKC because I know that some people register them CKC because the fees aren't as high, but they do not have any requirements to register a dog other than that they are a dog. The picture of the father does not look like a purebred and dogs do not have to be purebred to be CKC registered. There is a great chance that she does have Silky in her or something else, but then again she could also be purebred since being large does not mean that she is not a Yorkie. I think she is precious and you should give her a chance to become friends with your other one...

Dog's coming from CKC are Purebred. Are you kidding me with this sentence "but they do not have any requirements to register a dog other than that they are a dog." Your making it sound like just because this woman's Yorkie is from CKC that it could not be Purebred. I have no clue what your talking about. CKC AND AKC are basically the same. i could say the same thing about AKC. I suggest you do some reading before you make such comments.

[Sydney'sMom]

Maybe Syd just had strange growth spurts...but she was 2.75 lbs when I got her at 8 weeks and she grew to be 6.5 lbs full grown. Your yorkie may not be huge. Maybe just 7 or 8 lbs. But she definitely will not be 4-5 lbs like the breeder told you. Honestly a 6-8 lb yorkie is a good weight. You won't have to worry about her being as fragile.

[Bentley&BitsysMom]

In defense of amanda350,

I had to register Bitsy CKC because I got her as an adult and long story short, I couldn't get her AKC papers from the lady I bought her from. I can tell you that it is very easy to get CKC papers. All I had to do was send in pictures of her and I got her papers. There wasn't any way we could get AKC papers because they required more proof that she was indeed a yorkie! AKC and CKC are different and do have different standards and rules for acquiring papers!

[StewiesMom]

Originally Posted by Athina

Dog's coming from CKC are Purebred. Are you kidding me with this sentence "but they do not have any requirements to register a dog other than that they are a dog." Your making it sound like just because this woman's Yorkie is from CKC that it could not be Purebred. I have no clue what your talking about. CKC AND AKC are basically the same. i could say the same thing about AKC. I suggest you do some reading before you make such comments.

I think that one of you is talking about the Canadian Kennel Club (of CN) and the other one is talkign about the Continental Kennel Club (of the U.S.)

[Athina]

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

I think that one of you is talking about the Canadian Kennel Club (of CN) and the other one is talkign about the Continental Kennel Club (of the U.S.)

I am talking about the (CKC) Canadian Kennel Club. If this person is talking about the Continental Kennel Club (which i have never heard of) than i apologise for my last post. But if they are talking about the Canadian Kennel Club than obvy i was offended and they need to do more research because what they wrote is absolutely not true.