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03-28-2005, 01:53 PM | #1 |
Pita Power!! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Port St Lucie, FL
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| How do you weigh your yorkie? Do you have a special scale to weigh your baby on or is there a certain one I can buy? |
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03-28-2005, 02:00 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Orlando
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| I weigh Cocoa on a normal digital scale that we (the people) use. It's quite accurate as the result is pretty similar to what I get whenever I weigh Cocoa at the pet hospital. If you want a more accurate result (or if your puppy is very small), I guess you can also pick up a small package scale (you know, the kind that they use to weigh packages)... I remember seeing it at office supply stores like Staples, OfficeMax and OfficeDepot... for the price ranges from $20-$40. |
03-28-2005, 02:33 PM | #3 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| Ebay has postal scales you can buy. They are pretty small so they don't take up alot of space. I am planning on buying one.
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03-28-2005, 02:42 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
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| I have an E-bay business so I use my postal scale. The only downside is mine only reads ounces so I still have to divide by 12. |
03-28-2005, 03:28 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Manhattan
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| I too use a normal digital scale. I think it's pretty accurate as well. |
03-28-2005, 03:34 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern California
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| Ounces to Pounds I have an Ounce scale myself. 16oz. = 1lb. I just divi. it up by 16 to whatever my yorkie weighs. Here is a good Link to convert Oz. to Lbs. or vice versa. http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_common.htm |
03-28-2005, 03:50 PM | #7 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South Texas
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| yorkie scales I purchased a nice chrome antique looking scale at Wal-mart! It was in the dishware section and is very easy to calibrate and keep accurate. It looks like the old time scales that were found years ago in a grocery store fruit section. It has a large removable bowl on it that the smaller pup sits in. I remove the bowl and put a flat surface like a wood cutting board on it and recalibrate it to 0 with a twist of a knob. (My adult dogs prefer the flat surface weigh in.) Check to see if it's still offered at a reasonable cost... I don't remember exactly what I paid for it, but it was under $40 then. Glenda |
03-28-2005, 04:30 PM | #8 |
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| I figgered my diet scale might as well get some use, so it sets on my kitchen counter where it is always handy--- to weigh my pups..he-he-he |
03-28-2005, 04:52 PM | #9 |
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| to weigh I stand on a regular scale holding Jackson in my arms. Then I just weigh myself. Subtract my weight from our combined. |
03-28-2005, 05:49 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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| On the postage scale at the office! I just deduct the weight of the bowl to get Gracie's weight!
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03-28-2005, 06:27 PM | #11 |
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| My husband ordered a regular digital "baby" scale online for about $70. It has a "hold" button and averages the weight to accuracy for a wiggly baby. Works really well.
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03-28-2005, 09:10 PM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Iowa
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| I too have always just weighed myself and then picked Gracie up and stood back on the scale then did the math...it has always worked pretty well unless you have a very small puppy.
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03-29-2005, 09:45 AM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orlando, Fl.
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| I was going to take my yorkie up to Publix the grocery store and use their scale. Although, it's probablly full of germs etc. maybe not such a good idea.lol. Ordering one through Ebay sounds like a good idea. |
03-29-2005, 09:59 AM | #14 |
Pita Power!! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Port St Lucie, FL
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| Thanx for the replies everyone! I will checkout ebay and walmart! My scale at home (which I avoid) is not very accurate so that won't do. |
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