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12-02-2010, 01:45 PM | #1 |
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| Yorkie weight and size I am a new Yorkie owner. I have owned a Maltese in the past, but Rocco is our first Yorkie. I think he's going to be pretty big . His dad is about 3 pounds and his mom is about 7 pounds. We thought he would weigh in somewhere in the middle. But, at his 8 week check up, he already weighed 2.8 pounds!!!!! Anyone have a guess as to how big he will be as an adult? |
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12-02-2010, 01:47 PM | #2 |
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| MY quess is about 8 lbs. You take the 8 wk weight and triple it
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12-02-2010, 03:11 PM | #4 |
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| Why a sad face about him being bigger?
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12-02-2010, 03:24 PM | #5 | |
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12-02-2010, 04:02 PM | #6 |
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| My Sophie is about 5-6 lbs, Peyton is probably going to be 8-9 lbs, I'm guessing since at 10 weeks he is 3.2 lbs. I'm glad! You have to worry more when they are tiny. Sounds like you have a healthy little guy too!
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12-02-2010, 04:05 PM | #7 |
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| Piper was 2.6 lbs at 8 weeks. She is now 2 1/2 years old and weighs 6.7 lbs.
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12-02-2010, 06:06 PM | #8 |
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| I would say around 7-8 pounds, which is a perfect size. I have a 7 lber and he is much more tough and sturdy than my 4.5 lber. I would definitely not be sad about having a healthier, more robust yorkie.
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12-02-2010, 06:50 PM | #9 |
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| maddie is a small "11 pounder" alot more yorkie to love!!!!!!!!!
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12-02-2010, 07:12 PM | #10 |
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| My guess is between 8 and 9 pounds for your Rocco, just like my Winston.
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12-05-2010, 02:55 PM | #11 |
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| I hate when people post with a face about being "bigger". You are STILL going to have a "small" dog and I'd hope you loved them regardless. An 8lb dog is still SMALL.
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12-05-2010, 03:18 PM | #12 |
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| This is good information to have. When CaptainJack was 12 weeks, he was 2.5 lbs...the vet I was using told me he should not get over 5 lbs. That vet almost killed him during a neuter visit, but that is a story for a different day. He got up 8.5 lbs and my current vet did determine that he was overweight and that I was giving him too many treats and not enough exercise....so now he is 7.2 lbs and she says he is perfect and very healthy. So does that sound right to you all for a 4.5 year old. |
12-05-2010, 03:20 PM | #13 | |
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Jackson was 6lbs at 12 weeks old and is 15lbs at 2yrs old.
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12-05-2010, 03:22 PM | #14 |
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| Riley was 2lbs 13ounces at 10-weeks. He weighed in at 6lbs 2ounces at 7 1/2 months. Not sure when they stop growing........ I am feeling much more comfortable with him now, being 6lbs..... than when he was 4lbs. |
12-05-2010, 03:45 PM | #15 | |
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Pls don't feel badly about him growing into a regular size yorkie! As Britster said, a show yorkie is not to exceed 7 pounds, but many, many Yorkies do. Any dog 15 pounds or under is considered a small dog. My Jack Russell is 11 pounds and she is still a lap dog. We don't want to grow them small as much as we want to grow them healthy and happy! Just love that baby boy no matter what size he might turn out to be! That does make a lot of us sad to see someone put that frown face next to a concern over a yorkie pup maybe getting a little bigger than an owner wanted. Sure makes me glad I am not breeding anymore. To be honest if someone did that about one of my pups, I would be tempted to get in the car and go get my pup back!
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