female yorkie with long legs

[MamaZiggy]

Originally Posted by Maximo

It's a new technique where they go in through the front legs and......as you know, they sometimes shave for the IV line.

i wonder how my vet will have to go in considering Ziggy's undescended testicle!!

[FoxxysMom]

Choppa had long legs and I kept thinking look at those legs. He turned out 5 pounds at a year old no health issues.

[Cherie6446]

[QUOTE=Deuce;3425830]Great post Maximo

Rizzo is a long legged yorkie, he is tall and long but dainty he is 5lbs at just over a year old.
His legs were shaved because of his recent neuter, lol, his skinny little chicken legs [/QUOTE]

Why were both of his legs shaved? That seems odd to me. Zoey has skinny chicken legs too.
Cherie

[YorkieGuru]

My Abbie has long legs, and she is 6lbs. She has the best personality, and is the best dog. I wouldnt change a thing about her.

[d-bo]

Originally Posted by d-bo

everywhere I read about the size of Yorkies, ppl say to double the size at 3 mo. but Daisy was 2.5 lbs until about 8 mo. then 4 lbs. until 1yr. she is now 1 year and 7mo and weights 7.8lbs, she is not fat just long and tall. So I guess I'm just saying the 3 mo rule does not always apply.

she has actually grown about an inch taller in the last couple of months, her size makes no difference to me, she is beautiful, it just makes me wonder how tall she will get as her parents were not as big as her. Has anyone else had a puppy continue to grow after a year?

[Yorkiesatwork]

My Max was 4.6 # at 15 months... He was much smaller than I anticipated... his little legs were long, but bird-like. I was so afraid he might fall off the bed at the hotel on the way home, I lined the floor all around the bed with pillows. At 2 1/2, he's very muscular, strong as an ox; eats like a horse; and can almost 'levitate' from the floor to the recliner if there's a bowl of popcorn involved.

I think we have the 'breed standard' to blame. A size 12 for women today is not the same as a size 12 was in the 1950's... Have you ever toured a castle and looked at the low chairs and the tiny armor displayed. People are bigger and Yorkies are bigger. But they won't let the standard weight rise. Nutrition is better; health care is better; and these babies are TERRIORS, not bird legged, back-combed, prissy boys... I shudder sometimes when I see the extreme hairdo's of the show dogs. I'd love to see a short sheared, flowing skirt, long nosed, blue collar ratter shown sometime... I have two of them, and I think they represent their breed well.

[Yorkiesatwork]

Originally Posted by d-bo

she has actually grown about an inch taller in the last couple of months, her size makes no difference to me, she is beautiful, it just makes me wonder how tall she will get as her parents were not as big as her. Has anyone else had a puppy continue to grow after a year?

Yes... Max was 4.6# at 15 months... At 2 1/2 he is over 6#. I don't think the 7# limit for breed standard is reasonable. Max came from a show home... they pay attention to nutrition, but keep the dogs very thin... not that different from a wrestler or boxer that keeps their weight down to qualify for a lower weight class. Once these babies are fed freely, I believe most show dogs would exceed show weight within a year. I'm not promoting fat Yorkies... but Max was painfully thin with almost no muscle mass when I got him. He's a healthy, strong boy now, and a much more appropriate weight for his bone structure.