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07-27-2011, 11:24 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hebbronville, Texas
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| Question about size I am aware that by akc standards a yorkie should weigh between 4-7lbs, correct? Now my question is for breeders who breed to the standard, not to produce the tiniest pup ever... Do tiny puppies come from standard sized Yorkies on a normal basis, or are they a rarity? |
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07-27-2011, 11:55 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hebbronville, Texas
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| So are Yorkies under 4lbs considered to be bred poorly? I am asking because our little boy who we are picking up on Friday is charting to be between 3-3.5lbs. My female is 4-4.5. |
07-28-2011, 12:26 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hebbronville, Texas
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| Thanks for the info! I read somewhere that Yorkies should be between 3 and 7 lbs, so maybe I am wrong! |
07-28-2011, 12:45 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hebbronville, Texas
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| When I was searching for a breeder I came across two who had Yorkies that were 13lbs and 15lbs. |
07-28-2011, 04:13 AM | #8 |
YT 1000 Club Member | There are Yorkies here on this Forum, who weigh more than 20# In fact there are "Groups" for our hefty "Teapot" Yorkies, see... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gro...apot-club.html & http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gro...ers-group.html & http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...apot-club.html Saying that there is some consistency in the size relation between those in a Litter and their Sire and Dame is only related to the individual pair. I'd say that a given pair can usually throw a given size puppy... most times ! ? For instance, both of my Dogs are from the same Parents. Males from them are always large. Sneakers is leveling out at just over 12# and nearly 3 years old now. However, My Female Becca (last time I checked) was at 6.5# and almost a year old now. I think she'll make TeaPot within another month or two, that being greater than 7.1# Oh, and I need to mention that both of their parents, are in the mid-standard weight range for the Breed. Though thee is no official "class" of Yorkie called TeaCup, we do use that term to describe those which mature out in the lower standard or below, weight range. Those little ones are sure cute, and most Breeders who work their stock toward that weight range, get a LOT of money for them. I've herd/read that there are a lot of health problems which occur with Dogs "bread" to be very small like that. Personally, I'd give up "cute" any day, for a healthy animal.
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07-28-2011, 04:31 AM | #9 |
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| Is a Yorkie considered a "tea pot" if they get over seven pounds? My female is probably a tad over seven pounds and three years old. She's not going to get any taller, does this make her over weight? Sometimes she looks like a sausage with legs but when she's wet she looks small. I've had a couple of comments about her weight, not from the vet.
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07-28-2011, 05:21 AM | #10 |
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| Even out of yorkies bred in the standard, smaller ones can happen. The breeder I got 2 of mine from is a show breeder and Lexi is only 3 1/2 pounds. Her parents were between 5 and 6 pounds.
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07-28-2011, 05:28 AM | #11 |
YT 1000 Club Member | k-y, Yes, the Weight Minimum for TeaPot, is 7.1 pounds. Please understand, that is a YorkieTalk standard, not an official/national one. It is the minimum weight for membership, in the TeaPot Club, here on this Forum. AND, "we" would be delighted to consider your Female for Membership ! HA, I know what you mean by "sausage" ! My Female Becca (when much younger) had such a tiny waist and nice deep chest. But, after My Male taught her to beg so well, that dimension started to increase a little more each month. I hope that soon Becca will meet the minimum standard for TeaPot Membership, and then both of mine will be Members. Though I don't expose my animals to many others outside our Pack, comments on their size would fall on deaf ears. I don't care if they are 2 or 20 pounds, don't we love them just as much....
__________________ Dogs know that you love them, weather you own them or not Mbrs of YT Teapot Club: SNEAKERS since Apr 2011, Ichabod SOON ! RIP my darling Becca. |
07-28-2011, 05:32 AM | #12 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida
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| Yorkies come in all sizes...depending on their line....A pups size isn't based on just its parents size...AKC standard is 4 lbs but not to exceed 7 lbs, meaning they want them to weigh in between 4-7 lbs for showing and a bitch must weigh over 5 lbs to breed....but a yorkies size goes much further back than just its parents...you could research many generation back in both parents line and find that a few pups full grown weighed in at 9 lbs but for the most part all were standard...so there is still a chance that even tho most were standard, that you could get a pup when full grown will be 8 to 9 lbs or more...Not even a show breeder who does research many generations back for size and health on both parents, can guarantee the size of their pups when full grown...and a yorkie will continue to grow and full out for the first 2 years...and their coat changes so much in the first 2 years, that theres really no guarantee of color or if they will have a silky or cotton coat. And yes a show breeder that breeders to standards, can still have a tiny in the litter...hope this help. and for the record I'm not a breeder...but I'm very good friends with my breeder and before I moved to South Fla, we lived only a few houses down from each other....I paid attention and learned alot from her.
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07-28-2011, 06:16 AM | #13 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
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| The standard says nothing about a Yorkie weighing 4 to 7 pounds...it simply states.."Not to exceed 7 pounds"...that is the ideal size..but I have had many 2 and 3 pounders from much larger parents...one of my favorite bitches, Nadine was 8 pounds, she had 6 pups once...none went over 4 pounds..and the sire was 5 pounds...genes are very tricky. |
07-28-2011, 07:07 AM | #14 |
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| Tinies do come from regular size parents sometimes
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07-28-2011, 07:08 AM | #15 |
Therapy Yorkies Work Donating Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Central, Florida
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| I have had both smaller and bigger dogs happen. IMO small dogs are more worry. I am afraid of falls, them getting stepped on, low blood sugar etc. I am afraid to place them in a home if their are young children, other bigger dogs, the parent is not working from home and so on. But there are many very healthy smaller Yorkies. Because they are small does not mean they are not from a good healthy line and a good breeder. |
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