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sorry that looked like sonny and beau weight , thats their age sonny 5-6lb and beau 4lb:rolleyes: |
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Wow!! I thought my 12 pounder was a big boy. Well, he's still growing :rolleyes: Would love to see some pics! Quote:
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We'd all love to see pics of your little one! :) |
45 lb. Yorkie! I largest one I have ever saw in Person was 45 lbs. and that was at my Breeders House, He was AKC. Registered so I beleived that he was Full blooded Yorkie, he was about knee-high too, rather large! He also had Diabetes so I think that had alot to do with it? He did NOT live that long, she had to put him to sleep. |
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chester is 10 lbs of stubborn and cuteness, I cant imagine that much cuteness at 28 lbs |
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I know, I read that in the breed history too. I was amazed to learn that the larger Yorkies were bred to to the Maltese to make them small and give them their silky hair. Maybe long ago the smaller Yorkies actually started as Morkies??? |
You guys must grow them big over there!!! Are they eating chips and crisps every day??!! :) I can't wait to see photos of these large and lovable Yorkies!! |
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In addition to that, by the time the Yorkie was being developed as a breed, the Maltese had long been (for hundreds of years) a pampered lap dog and no longer used for ratting. Terriers were very much prized for their ratting ability, with their looks being a distant second. If I wanted a champion ratter, I would not cross my terrier with a Maltese. (I have owned 3 Maltese and 4 Yorkies, and their personalities are not at all the same). One of the terriers said to be used in the development of the Yorkie was the Clydesdale Terrier, and it did have a silky coat. |
I have a soft spot for the bigger babies. I'd love to see pictures. Rhett is 12 pounds and I always hear that he must not be a true yorkie. I just tell everyone that he has to have a larger body to fit his larger personality. |
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little axel and big grits 1 Attachment(s) Not so sure maybe these big guys are not all yorkie? I'm just saying because my daughter in law has grits and he is about 18 lbs compared to my axel which is now little over 5 lbs. but he is mixed. I really didn't think they got that big. I like my 5 lbs only because we take him with us so much I wouldn't be able to do that with a 18 - 20 lbs dog. I would feel guilty leaving axel home all the time. But that is why I wanted a small boy! Does not mean I would love him any less. I had a 20 boston for 16 years. |
[QUOTE=tarczely;3406447]Not so sure maybe these big guys are not all yorkie? I'm just saying because my daughter in law has grits and he is about 18 lbs compared to my axel which is now little over 5 lbs. but he is mixed. they are gorgeous, my gino is 100% yorkie, yaaaah for the teapots and the little one, |
Sure, they are all Yorkie. Considering that the Yorkie was developed using other terriers that were all larger (Sky, Clydesdale, Waterside, Paisley), the genes are there and if you get the right sperm and egg together, you get a throwback to the larger size. After all, all the breeds go back to the wolf. Selective breeding gave us all the numerous, vastly different looking breeds that we have now. We didn't have to have a tiny wolf to get down to the size of the Chi, the Yorkie, the Maltese, and all of the very different toy sized dogs that are available today. |
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