10 week Yorkie weighing in at 4.7 lbs....

[LunarBerry]

My girl is 9 months and last weighed 11 lbs, she's actually a little overweight by a few pounds (she's long framed but dainty boned) and the vet agreed with me that she should probably be at 8-9 lbs for optimum weight. She's got LP (luxating patella), as well, which is why weight concerned us more than normal, cause otherwise since she was still so young my vet wouldn't have worried about it as much. She's also been fixed and that can make it easier for her to gain weight. I've been giving her joint supplements that the vet recommended and it has done wonders! But she still needed to lose a couple of pounds
She also has the cotton coat so it makes her look a lot more "fluffier" than normal, lol When i get the groomer to trim her down a good bit, I can easily see her body shape. My vet jokingly said, "she used to be so small bodied and big headed, but now she's big bodied and small headed". lol

[MissSunni]

I adopted my girl when she was 10 weeks old (so I was told). No papers or records. Not sure if she's even all Yorkie or not. She had a medical condition which was too costly for the "breeder" to bother fixing..ARGH..well, anyway thats how I came to get this little beauty. I took her right to my vet and at 10 weeks (my vet said that she looked pretty close to that, in her opinion) she weighed 3.10. On Wedensday she weighed exactly 6 lbs. So, I guess at 14 1/2 weeks she's a pretty big girl from what I'm reading. Still feels very tiny to me

[Brianna]

Originally Posted by MissSunni

I adopted my girl when she was 10 weeks old (so I was told). No papers or records. Not sure if she's even all Yorkie or not. She had a medical condition which was too costly for the "breeder" to bother fixing..ARGH..well, anyway thats how I came to get this little beauty. I took her right to my vet and at 10 weeks (my vet said that she looked pretty close to that, in her opinion) she weighed 3.10. On Wedensday she weighed exactly 6 lbs. So, I guess at 14 1/2 weeks she's a pretty big girl from what I'm reading. Still feels very tiny to me

Oh wow, that's a big jump for almost 5 weeks! The person who had her must not have been feeding her well at all! It's a good thing you have her, because you're obviously taking very good care of her. Out of curiousity, how much are you feeding her? I think I may be underfeeding my boy just a bit. Either that or his weight is just leveling off early.

Louie was 3.3 lbs at 14 weeks and, now, at 23 weeks, he's 5.1 lbs. I don't know how exactly big he'll get, but I'm confident that he won't pass 6.5 lbs. His dad was 5.5 lbs and his mom was 6 lbs. If I'm going by the "double the weight at 12 weeks" thing, he should be between 5.2 and 5.5 lbs. As I said, his weight does seem to be leveling off. But he's only 23 weeks old. It's weird.

[MissSunni]

Hi Brianna,

I have the Science Diet ( I think thats it) from the vet at first, but changed her to Blue Buffalo for puppies. She loves it. I also give her carrots, banana chips (dried banana) and bits of apples. Not all at once, lol…but for treats. I use her food to train her too, but she has a big appetite. She's a busy girl. When I got her she hadn't been wormed, so she was in agony, until she got treatment from the vet. It took two shots to clear them out. Thats when she really started to grow. I have to resize my pictures to post on here. But when I got her she was smaller then my tv remote control..now she's almost twice as long from head to end of her stubby little tail, lol. I give her real chicken and bits of steak when I make it. So far this seems to be working.

[Brianna]

Originally Posted by MissSunni

Hi Brianna,

I have the Science Diet ( I think thats it) from the vet at first, but changed her to Blue Buffalo for puppies. She loves it. I also give her carrots, banana chips (dried banana) and bits of apples. Not all at once, lol…but for treats. I use her food to train her too, but she has a big appetite. She's a busy girl. When I got her she hadn't been wormed, so she was in agony, until she got treatment from the vet. It took two shots to clear them out. Thats when she really started to grow. I have to resize my pictures to post on here. But when I got her she was smaller then my tv remote control..now she's almost twice as long from head to end of her stubby little tail, lol. I give her real chicken and bits of steak when I make it. So far this seems to be working.

Ah, interesting. I give Louie homemade turkey, egg, and carrot treats, he loves them, haha. Other than that he only eats his Solid Gold Wee Bit kibble. We tried Blue Buffalo (from Science Diet), but it threw Louie's pH way off balance and he got a urinary tract infection. He's been on Solid Gold for almost two months now, and he's been doing very well! I'm glad your girl got through all that worming ick, that must have been terrible... I wish you good luck with her.

[MissSunni]

I'm not so sure about the Blue Buffalo now that you said that! I just go by what people recommend. I try to get the right stuff. She does pee a lot. I'm sure she doesn't have an infection because I have pretty much brought her to the vet every week since I got her, lol. Maybe I should try to change her food slowly again, before she gets too used to this one.

[Arin81]

Rolo was 4.8 lbs at 12 weeks old, he's now 14 lbs!

[Potter]

Pao was 5lbs at 12 weeks old and he's now 10 lbs at 8 yrs old.