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Confused Smokey is 7 months old today and weighs 6.6 lbs. I've met a number of purebred Yorkies who are in the 13+ lbs range and one mother told me that her big boy's parents were 6 and 7 lbs respectively. If the breed standard is 7 lbs, why is there so much variation in size?.. and what can I expect Smokey to look like as an adult? Not that I really care, cuz we love him crazy awesome, but I am curious. BTW, his tail was never docked and his ears dont stand up.. To us, he is perfectly imperfect. :animal-pa |
I'm with you, Keno is AKC yorkie, 15 inches tall and 15 inches long and now 14 lbs. I saw his parents, father 5 lbs and mother 6 lbs. What happen. Keno was 4.8 lbs at 12 weeks. 9 lbs at 6 months. I really wanted a 7 to 8 lbs dog. Don't get be wrong he is here to stay and I love him any how, but really do not understand how this happens. |
Genetics. You could have a breeder that breeds within the standard as far as size with parents both in the standard size wise but somewhere back in their ancestory was a bigger yorkie. When you buy from a reputable breeder like a show breeder they are very careful about their lines and although they may get one that ends up bigger now and then for the most part they can accurately tell you with much more certainty how big your adult dog will be because they know what they produce |
There are so many variations. Bailey weighed 6.6 as well when we got him and the vet put him on the scales at 8 months old. He's 9 months and about 8 pounds. He's what they call a tea pot. His tail wasn't bobbed, but his ears do stand nice and tall. None of it really matters because of all the love (and toys) he's brought into our home. |
Throwback genes. Smokey is adorable. The bigger they are, the more to love!:D |
Ha ha I love it he's "perfectly imperfect." Yes every breed has a standard because it's kind of the blue print of how the ideal of a particular breed should look and behave. While every dog has some flaws, breeders should breed only those dogs that have the fewest flaws and then breed to other dogs that will hopefully breed out the flaws, you have to know what you’re doing, genetics is complicated. Some breeders think if you breed a 10 pound dog to a 4 pound dog it averages out, but that’s not the way it works either. Unfortunately, most breeders don’t even know or understand standard, and just breed to make a buck, they think if they have a “purebred” yorkie it okay to breed. The truth is you could breed two purebred Yorkies for several generations and eventually get dogs that look very little like Yorkies. While it's not important for pet owners to have perfect examples of the breed, it's important for pet owners to support good breeders who are doing right by the breed and breeding for health, temperament, and looks. |
I think yorkies have been over bred and there are alot of people breeding poor quality yorkies that should never been bred, trying to make a buck. |
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Genetics has to do with lines of genes, not just the parents. It's that way with humans as well. I'm 5'3", my ex-husband is 5'9", and our son is 6'1", our daughter 5'10". For people, it's easy to say "oh he looks just like his grandpa!". For dogs, nobody seems to think that way. Many breeders just think about the mating pair and don't consider geneology. |
Yorkies used to be bigger :D |
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It is true they were once bigger dogs but through selective breeding the bigger has been bred out of them over the years. Just like other breeds of dogs have been bred over the years to have certain traits. It is more because of bad breeding why there are larger yorkies. I have a large yorkie so I dont like to hear that but it is the truth |
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my porscha comes from 6 & 8 pounds parents and she turned out a lil over 3 pounds |
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