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05-13-2014, 11:57 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: bronx
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| Is my yorkie big for her expected weight? My breeder said both parents where just about 5 pounds each. She was actually the smallest out of the three puppies. My puppy is now 12.5 weeks and she weights 3.2 pounds. Am I over thinking this lol or she is actually going to be weighting more then her expected weight. Don't get me wrong she is small still, this past month she grown probably an inch or two. Except my vet said she cant get her rabies shot until she is 16 weeks which is true but he also said she has to be at least 5 pounds. Did any of you yorkie mommys puppy weight around this and is actually around 5 pounds today? Last edited by MybunDleOfJoy; 05-13-2014 at 11:58 PM. |
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05-14-2014, 02:28 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| There are no guarantees on adult size, but a general rule for guessing adult size is to double the weight at 12 weeks. Max was the same size as your puppy at 13 weeks and he grew to 9 pounds. (a pound of him is probably hair, and he is very muscular).
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05-14-2014, 03:45 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Pittsboro NC
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| I think it's really hard to tell by parent's weight. My pup's parents are over 7lbs each, but THEIR parents were tiny yorkies (all 4 grandparents were between 2-5lbs) and my pup is 3lbs at 7 months old. |
05-14-2014, 04:00 AM | #4 |
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| My baby stayed really small and grew slowly as a pup. She was so tiny she scared me. She acted like she thought she was a big dog. She was well over a year old when she finally reached 5lbs but she was a very picky eater as a pup. I find that most breeders tell people that the puppy will be 4 to 5lbs but unless the puppies have been line bred and the breeder is very familiar with what the ancestry of the pups produced they can't make a true estimate of adult weight. Most small breed pups should not have their shots on the same schedule as a larger breed pup. They are given the same amount of vaccine as the larger pups so they really need time to grow to be able to handle the vaccinations. Gracie got one injection at a time and had them more than a month apart. We took her for tech visits for most of them and there was no charge for those visits. The vet has to do the rabies injection though. |
05-14-2014, 04:22 AM | #5 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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My boys are full brothers from different litters. They are both larger than their parents, and the largest of their litters.
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