Yorkie body length and weight question My Yorkie Cricket will be 6 months old at the end of September. I Have a question about body length, I bought Cricket a cheerleader dress to wear on Sundays for football season :) it was a size small and my problem was that the skirt was short, it came to the middle of her back and I thought it looked funny so I took it back and exchanged it for a pink football jersey. It is just as cute :) I measured my dog from her neck to her tail and she measured 14 1/2 in.I'm still buying her size small shirts and those look fine. I guess my question is, is she too long? I know I sound crazy and I will love my dog either way. I guess i'm really just wondering. While I'm asking, I should go ahead and ask about weight. About a month ago she was at the vet for a recheck on her bile acids and she weighed in at 5 lbs 3 oz. I saw both of her parents, her mom was about 6 lbs and her dad was 7- 71/2 lbs. |
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Hi, not to be rude at all but whether she is too long or not is irrelevant . There is nothing you can do about that :) You do not sound crazy, just a concerned mommy.. I think your little one is perfectly normal.. It is hard to say what the adult weight would be but if i had to guess I would say 8 or 9 lbs.. My Oscar was a little over 5 lbs at 5 months now at almost 2 years old he is 8 1/2 lbs... |
Most yorkies are long bodied. Clothes run differently according to brand or company. As far as weight, if she is healthy and happy with no food concerns.....she is doing fantastic! |
I'm happy that she has grown because she wasn't growing very fast before her surgery! :) |
Did you measure from the base of her neck to the base of her tail, only the topline? I ask bc 2 of mine are 5#'s & their lengths are 8", so is my 6#. |
I started at her neck where her collar sits to the base where her tail begins. Is that how I'm supposed to do it? |
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Again, it won't make me :love: her any less :D I was just asking. |
When buying clothes for Zadie ... she was about 5 pound full grown and sometimes dresses looked like she was a "girl of the night" her skirt was so far up her back and then others the exact same size was to long ... to bad they don't have fitting rooms for dogs :-) |
Just wanted to add that most Yorkies grow up & they start filling in.;) We have lots of talented seamstresses here on YT. They can make the perfect outfit for your girl. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ore-sites.html |
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Well let me first say that the same happened to me when I got Mandie. There are so many vendors on here, facebook, and etsy that will custom make clothes, I almost never by off the rack. I can have a vendor here make a dress for around $20 give or take...worth it to me. Now, I would also question your measurement. That is pretty long. Mandie is long and she is about 12 inches. How tall (shoulder to floor) is your girl? |
Mine are both pretty square in shape. Maybe an inch longer than tall at most. That does seem long but then you didnt say how tall she is. |
My Huey is 1/2 silky, so he is definitely longer than tall. How tall is Cricket? Just curious, because I have the same problem with clothes not fitting properly on Huey. He is 8lbs and 12" long but only 8" tall at the shoulder. He lookes like he has little dwarf legs. (Makes his hair look longer, tho :D ) Huey is 4 1/2 years old. Doesn't make a bit of difference in my love, just makes fitting clothes a problem, so he mostly goes nekkid, which he prefers, aanyway. |
ZoE is long too. I have difficulty finding clothes that fit her well. If they fit her around the body, they are too short. If I buy for her length, they are always way too wide. |
I'm sorry I haven't gotten back and replied yet. I tried to get Crickets height measurement earlier, and with her being a puppy she wouldn't cooperate and hold still :) I'll try again later and report back. She actually doesn't mind wearing clothes, which I'm happy about! I My mom has a Bassett hound puppy and she cut up a shirt she had and put it on him yesterday. He wasn't sure what to think, he kept trying to pull it off! :) just thought I'd share :) |
I just took her height measurement and she is about 9 inches. I also retook her length measurement, and she is actually 13 inches. I realize this is still probably pretty long. Anyway, i just wanted to report back with my findings. |
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that is fine .. i bet she is a doll.. maybe you could post a pic .. we love pics :) |
Here's a couple of pictures of Cricket 1 Attachment(s) Here's a couple of pictures of her that I actually took today |
1 Attachment(s) Here's the other one. Sorry its kind of dark. |
Lola is 6 months old, 4.5lbs, 8.5 inches tall, and 10.5 inches long. She's supposed to be about 5lbs fully grown. She seems really long to me. Petsmart's smalls fit her pretty well but Petco's clothes don't fit well, the XS fits her well around but she needs the S for length. |
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aww, she is gorgeous.. i love that face..:) |
She is really cute and quite similar to Huey in size. Yorkie standard is usually more square-ht=length, but I have learned they really come in all shapes and sizes and if you aren't showing or breeding, it doesn't matter one whit! Adorable! |
I just love her to pieces and I won't be showing or breeding her. She's actually already been spayed when she had her liver shunt repaired. I was really just asking my question out of curiosity and the fact that the little cheerleader dress looked so funny on her :) but I do realize that clothes come in all lengths. :) |
ur baby is sooo adorable!!! "Singingtiger".... don't worry urself about size cause all of our yorkie babies r different sizes and we r probably all in the same position re: fit. Unfortunately all vendors size differently so i'd suggest that you pull out that handy needle & thread, buy larger sizes and take it in a little. I hate to sew but it is worth it when u see how adorable they are! |
I am not a bit worried about size but Alfie is long bodied and skinny so it is really hard finding the right clothes. Looking for new winter coats right now and I want one that covers him right to his tail base but he is about 13" long and about 12" girth and coats that length are going to hang down from his belly. |
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