Apparently Yorkies are either fat and/or muscular or the perfect 4 lb weight.

I agree to get an adult. The only way to tell for sure what your dog is gonna weigh is to wait and see.

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I can only speak for myself, but the posts I've read come across to me that the OP is overly obsessed with the weight of the puppy. I view this many posts about a tiny puppy's weight as very unhealthy. Posts on forums and other written communications, like emails, can come across the wrong way, so it is possible they are not interpreted in the manner the OP intended. However, the way they read to me makes me think the motivations are either some type of fat phobia, a concern for the OP's physical limitations over the best interest of the puppy or maybe some other motivation that the overall vibes of the posts again make me think this is not in the puppy's best interest. I think others must read them the same, or they would not be expressing such concern. I think the members of this forum showing concern are very aware of or have personally experienced the tragic consequences associated with toy breeds and lack of adequate nourishment when they don't eat enough, so the thought that one would intentionally limit food intake to control size seems unconscionable. And the OP's posts give me the vibes that she would do so. So I have to defend the responders posts, because if they read the OP's posts the same as me, I understand their concern.

Woohoo my 12 week old is 3 1/2 so she must be perfect then :p

Maybe for the next couple of weeks. I don't think Max was ever 3 1/2 pounds!

;) but she will a
Ways be perfect to me... Well wait she will be perfect after she stops her bad habits :p

If you willhold her water, she won't pee and then roll in....just my opinion. :):eek::p:p:D sidenote: this is a joke. :)

I understand you want to keep your baby at a certain weight because of your health issues with your back. Many of us are expressing concern because of your puppy's potential health issues due to underfeeding during the important growing phase to achieve what you think is an ideal weight for your dog based on your needs. I feel people are concerned that if your puppy does end up weighing over your 4 pound mark you might reduce calories to achieve your goal thus putting your comfort over the dogs health. Or as we have seen before abandon your dog because it no longer fits you ideal weight. I have learned in life to listen to all points of view and then I am able to make an informed decision. You can learn as much from a fool as from a wise man. From one what not to do and from the other what you should. Consider me erring on the fool side. I gave Buster too many treats and we are now dealing with getting him to loose weight. Feed a regular healthy diet without too many treats. If your baby ends up weighing a little more and it hurts your back get a stroller so that you both can live a happy and healthy life.

Hmm you might just have an idea.. I mean I would much rather have a nonpee-pee smelling dead dog from no water than a healthy teapot in training that smells like pee :p :rolleyes:

Is she still paw painting? ;)

It is so hard not to feed them treats with those cute little faces. lol my crazy butt was rubbing liver treat on his food to get him to eat :grin2: :eyebrow2:

I'm just jumping to the end of this thread so I apologize if I am repeating what may have already have been said... I am just concerned... I am noticing that the op has posting multiple threads concerning her babies weight... I did reply in the first couple, but this is getting a wee bit over the top! Op, you can't change what the future holds for your baby!! Just love him!! Quit obsessing over it!! Instead, learn more about training,.... Or sewing some awesome clothes!! We might all buy some of those from ya!! I'm just worried that you are taking this size and weight thing a bit far!! Trust me, even if you want a 2 pound dog and yours grows into a 10 pounder, the love that you SHOULD build between now and then will be so much more than a few pounds will matter!! Even with your back problems, a 6 pound baby is super light!! Trust me I have one!! And he's not that much heavier than my 2 pounder!! Good luck to ya and let's move on to something else now!! :)

The "size" of your dog does not equal "beautiful yorkie". I think a lot of us on here have seen pics of horribly underweight yorkies that can only be described as "tragic and sickly" looking.......far from cute or beautiful. I've seen many yorkies that are a oversized thatare beautiful dogs with beautiful coats. A beautiful dog is a beautiful dog...weight and size has no bearing on this. Just love your dog and forget all the nonsense.

I used to add treats too to motivate him to eat, and then treats for training and created a little treat monster. I have been reading a fascinating book called Chow Hounds by Ernie Ward DVM. He writes articles for the PetPlan magazine. In the book he talks about 2 studies conducted 20 years apart in 1983 and 2003. Dogs when given their choice consume 20% - 30% of their calories from protein. The study then gave to dogs a choice of a diet with no protein and 6.4% sugar and one with protein and 6.4% sugar they chose the diet with the protein. But when they raised the sugar level in the no protein diet to 25% the dogs preference for the no protein diet more than doubled. One third of the dogs chose the food that contained no nutritive value other than the sugar. He goes on to explain how all the sugar, fat, and salt added to treats and food are causing little furry addicts. I really recommend the book for anyone interested in learning about their dog's diet, how to calculate the calories needed, and great information on reading labels too.
Like AAFCO regulation PF(3) the With or 3% rule. "The with rule allows a dog food to be named after a relatively minor ingredient, one constituting as little as 3% of the content weight, after any water has been removed"
So for example Healthy Recipe Dog Food with Beef would only have to have 3% beef.:eek:

Thank you so much for the kind words! You made my day :)

Just my 2 cents on determining size. I will speak for myself and not say "all" but for me...I do not own a crystal ball (wish I did LOL) so I will never give a new yorkie parent a for sure size. All I can do is use the Yorkie Growth Chart, along with my knowledge of both mom and dads lines and give an educated GUESS.

I would never tell someone "Spike will be 3 lbs full grown, no less - no more " What I do say is "Spike is charting 3 lbs, or Spike is estimating to be 3 lbs give or take" etc...

The "Charts" are just that....a chart to "estimate" your dogs size. Each Yorkie line is different. Some grow fast and stop....some grow slow and speed up. ALOT more plays into the growth of a Yorkie than just their birth weight, their current weight etc.... Genetics can just not be predicted.

I get so many people wanting a 2 lb Yorkie. I don't breed for that size. Yes a tiny will happen, but I believe the smallest I have ever produced is 3 lbs. I prefer a nice fat healthy baby :) Which goes to show, some of my babies do start out nice chubs, but tend to slow and stop growing.

I will only give an "educated guess". And a guess is all it is :)