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Hello! I have a yorkie maltese mix who is now 17 weeks old and is a little over 6lbs !! i think he is too big do you think we are feeding him too much? how big do you think he will get! ???:eek::eek::animal-pa

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Hes just going to be larger. My yorkie is 14 pounds and its not uncommon

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Also he started to eat his own feces!! Does this mean we arent feeding him enough? We feed him 1/4 cup in the morning and 1/4 cup at night...we feed him wellness dry food for puppy

Hi and welcome to YT. It just sounds like he'll be on the bigger side. Maybe about 10lbs. full grown? That is still little to me. :)

Sounds like Scrappy will be a little bigger, but he will still be a small dog... Welcome to YorkieTalk!

Thank you for the warm welcomes!!! i do not have children of my own so my lil puppy is my baby!!

your baby will most probably be able to join the teapot club:)
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Hello and welcome, yes you will just have more to love...oh and it is common for them to eat their own poo or other kinds of poo.

you could try going up to 3/4 cup
he is pretty young so he will burn it off pretty quick

Does the Vet think he is overweight? I had a maltese years ago (my first baby) and he was on the larger side - about 12 lbs. He still seemed small compared to most dogs.

He was the best dog ever!

Feces eating seems to be a very common puppy thing. Lucy finally grew out of it.

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Welcome to YT! I do not have any advice as our girl is a 5 pounder, but even 10 pounds is small to me. I see these huge 100+ pound dogs (which I love too) at the dog park and it makes me realize how little even a teapot Yorkie is! :)

Dog Food Calculator Try that to figure out how much to feed him but puppies arnt really fat but if you are worried ask your vet. My yorkie is 16 pounds.

My yorkie is 10 Lbs and she looks small to me, we have a shih tzu who is also 10 pounds but she looks heavier, with all that hair. As long as your vet is not concerned with your baby's weight then it should be fine.

It just sounds like he's going to be a little bit bigger. My neighbors yorkie is 13 lbs.

I would ask the vet for their assessment/opinion of his weight and overall health before changing your feeding regime. As for poop eating, I've read that if you feed pineapple, it makes the poop unappealing to them. I have not had to deal with that though.

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Hey ladies thank you for all your help!! went to vet yesterday and scrappy got his Lepto shots :) she said he is in perfect health and his weight is no issue! they just love him!! Hes been so happy for walks and we have been playing with him alot!! This weekend we were off to our lake ! hope he does well on the boat Ill keep you ladies updated!

Please get him a life vest if you are taking him on a boat

Although I'm sure your puppy is adorable you are going to have a good sized dog. There are all sizes of Yorkes and if you are totally unaware of the parents breeding you have no way of even guessing what size your puppy will turn out to be. Maltese also used to be a larger dog than you see in the show rings today and all of these dogs still carry genes that can produce the larger size of the breed.

Puppies that are bought from pet stores are taken from their mom's at a very early age in order to make buyers think that this will be a very small dog because they know that is what the public wants. Sometimes they just outright lie about the age. Back yard breeders know nothing about the background of their dogs and most times they are producing the larger size of the breed and many times they are not good representatives of the breed.Those who have gotten their hands on some small breeding stock charge huge amounts of money if they think they may have a tiny to sell. These smaller dogs are prone to genetic disorders not to mention other issues that have not been addressed by the breeder.

I am not giving you a lecture. I hope you will love your dog no matter how big it gets. I just want you to be aware of what is going on in the dog breeding market. Everyone is out to make some "easy' money by selling these cute little puppies. It is sad that many times they grow much larger than the buyer wanted or the owner ends up with huge vet bills from trying to save the life of their little dog.

Welcome to YT. Please read the "sticky" info listed at the top of each forum or go to the library. There is a lot of good info here.