question about my new puppy

[feminvstr]

Originally Posted by fl24019

This math situation is driving me nuts.

It's simple. 1.14 lbs = 1 lb + 14/100ths of a lb, not 1 lb + 14 oz. It's a digital reading.

I would trust the breeder in this situation.

there is NO SUCH THING of a 100th of a lb, it is gram/ounce/pound!

[Carters Mom]

Originally Posted by feminvstr

there is NO SUCH THING of a 100th of a lb, it is gram/ounce/pound!

Kim:

I'm laughing -- really I am -- but not at you -- with you!

Its a math thing.

On your scale in your bathroom, is it digital?

Does it read in pounds and ounces specifically or in decimal format?

If it reads in pounds and ounces, it is because it is converted for you.

If it reads with a decimal point, then it is in decimal format.

1.14 is a decimal. It means 1 pound and another 14% of another pound or 2.24 ounces.


One way to find out what a scale is doing (like at the vet's office or the bathroom scale) is to increase the weight on the scale. Does it progress from 1.14 to 1.15 to 1.16 then 2.0? If so . . . then reading the directions that came with the scale - it would be reading in pounds and ounces . . . but doubtful in most cases.

If the progression is 1.14 to 1.15 to 1.16 to 1.17 to 1.18 . . . to 1.20 to 1.21, etc., then it is decimal format.

I'm being serious . . . . I taught Algebra and I had a perfect 4.0 in every single college math class and quantitative business analysis class I took.

[feminvstr]

Lisa it is a food scale that is digital !! yes it does grams, ounces, pounds and a combination of all.

as does my vet use a digital, his and mine always match on weights.

if someone gets a read from the vet it's usually lbs then ounces! not 100ths of a lbs come on now!

[Carters Mom]

I believe you when you say what your scale does and that your vet's scale coordinates. I respect you and don't have a reason to think that you'd be saying that if it weren't so. A food scale would measure in grams, ounces, pounds.

At my vet's office though, their scale reads in decimal format on a digital scale. Their scale progresses like this: 1.14, 1.15, 1.16 . . . 1.19, 1.20, 1.21 . . . . 1.98, 1.99, 2.0, 2.01.

The girls at the counter even say 1.9 pounds so that equates to about 1 pound 14 or 15 ounces (which is what they told me when I got Crissy).

[Twinkie_love]

Im sorry if I come across as being rude but does it really matter how much the puppy weighs?
The point is to have a health puppy regardless of its weight.

Congradulations on your new puppy!!!

[yorkieangel]

Originally Posted by feminvstr

Lisa hon your wrong 1.5lbs would be 16 plus the 5...equals 21
1.8oz equals 1 and 1/2 lbs.

Yorkieangel sorry you are so wrong!!! 14th of a pound is two ounces away from reaching 1 pound! one ounce equals = 0.0625 pounds

ounces are a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams - pounds are a unit of mass equal to 16 ounces

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHh NOPE... a 14th of a pound is not 2 ounces away from a pound. With that math you are saying a 14th of a pound is equal to 14 ounces???????

[KELLYLYNN]

Hello everyone! i just joined yorkie talk today, my name is Kelly and i have two beautiful Yorkies, my boys name is Harley and he is 9 months old and my little girl name is Haley and she is 5 months old, i love them dearly,
my question is if anyone can help me, my girl was so easy to potty train, but my boy is very hard, any sugestions? thank you

[shecass]

Originally Posted by SnowWa

My vet was totally thrilled with my dog's weight. He's 17 weeks old and weighs 5 1/4 pounds. He said it is so refreshing to see such a healthy - normal sized little guy. And he went on to read off a list of serious problems he encouters daily with tiny little dogs....He said "It is criminal to breed a Yorkie that weighs less than 5 pounds" adding "People just don't see what I see."

He said that Yorkie breeders aren't the only people who do this. It is being done with a lot of other small breeds as well.

I would hope that your little gets up to at least 5 pounds. He has such a better chance for a long healthy life if he does. So please - don't want or hope for a very tiny little guy!
PS: I can't believe that your breeder bred two such small little dogs - shame on her!
Carol Jean

That is a great size. At 20 weeks Wyatt weighed in at 5 1/2 lbs. and he was the runt of the litter. He looks so much bigger than Mollie who is between 6 & 7lbs. only because he is more musclar than she is. He takes after his dad. I'm thinking that he may be between 7 - 8 lbs as his final weight.

What do you guys think? Which is doesn't matter to me.

[shecass]

Originally Posted by KELLYLYNN

Hello everyone! i just joined yorkie talk today, my name is Kelly and i have two beautiful Yorkies, my boys name is Harley and he is 9 months old and my little girl name is Haley and she is 5 months old, i love them dearly,
my question is if anyone can help me, my girl was so easy to potty train, but my boy is very hard, any sugestions? thank you

First of all welcome. My suggestion is just to be patient some take longer than others and he is still a baby. Wyatt my 5 month old just had an accident in the house last night. First one he has had in over 2 weeks.

[KELLYLYNN]

thank you for your advice and the warm welcome

[sshaw]

I get 30 ounces and my chart says 5 1/2-6 pounds for a 9 week old pup, which is hardly a T-cup.

[fl24019]

Originally Posted by feminvstr

there is NO SUCH THING of a 100th of a lb, it is gram/ounce/pound!

1.14 is a fraction stated as a decimal.

I have filled out time sheets in tenths of an hour which equals six minutes.

It's a different way of expressing a number.

My vet's scale gives this type of reading as well and it has to be converted if you want a reading in pounds and ounces.

[artierae]

I am always confused when weights are stated as l point something pounds. They do it that way at our vets, too. Our scale weighs lbs and oz. (But only goes to 5#, so it is only for the puppies). When we got the puppies their second shots, I asked specifically, when the tech said "one point 6 lbs." whether she meant "point six" lbs. or "one pound, six oz". She looked at me like I was crazy to ask and said "Well, it is one pound, 6 oz." Like I should know that point six lbs was actually six oz.! So, at our vet, the scale is in pounds and ounces, just like our home scale. At least that makes it easier for us.

[Carters Mom]

Update -- the OP has another thread where she has posted that she called the vet's office this morning to question the weight.

Her baby is 1.14 pounds which is 18.24 ounces according to the vet's office.


http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28027

[ke4qwe]

My Mickey at 8 weeks was 1.9 lbs and at 12 weeks was 2.4 lbs now to get two 2 lbs at 8 weeks it was only .1 lbs that was needed as the weight is in 10ths not ounces.