Do I have a real yorkie?
 

I have a very big concern,my Missy is 7 month old,but she doesn't really to any yorkie standards,however she has all the papers telling that she is a yorkie.She is 9 pounds,her hair very short,dark silver back,gold color on the sides,and on the forhead almost white,light grey hair. One vet asked me "is she a mix?",and i became really concern with this issue. Do you think it can be possible that she she is indeed some mix,or she is just can be off standards,I was really hoping to breed,and now don't know what to do.

HHmmm it can be a little worrying when someone asks you something like this can't it. A couple of weeks ago someone said to me in the park

"Oh he's got a little bit of yorkie in him hasn't he?" :rolleyes:

I was annoyed at first because to me it is obvious that he is a yorkie but he is a little bigger than some, but alot of the yorkie I have seen have been minitures :(

Next time I go to the park I will take his papers with me :D :p

I hope someone can help you as I would be interested in the replies. Although I think people will just ask to see pictures. Can you post a picture?? :D

thanks so much for reply ,what's the weight of yours?

Do you have any pictures so we can see what your talking about? I know this must be disturbing to you that someone may have lied to you.

Yorkies come in lots of different shapes, sizes,colours.
Somebody once asked me when Pippa was a pup was she an alsation :eek:

Pictures would help, I think it sounds like a Yorkie, the size could be she is just a bigger Yorkie, Bailey is 11.7, it happens.

It's very possible to be registered as a yorkie and not be 100% yorkie especially if the breeder has other breeds also. Some of them aren't too careful and some just don't care.

What is important is that you love him so it really doesn't make much difference in the long run. but boy it can sure piss you off to be lied to.

would love to see pictures

I've had people ask if Gracie was a Silky and it drives me crazy! I'm sure you love her like crazy but if you bought her to breed and were tricked intentionally it seem like there would be something you could do about it. I would think by 7 months her coat would be coming in so that would concern me. As far as size goes it really is hard to know what you'll end up with. Gracie's parents were 3 and 5 lbs, her brother is 5 lbs and she is 8 lbs and has been as high as 10 lbs before the vet put her on a diet.

When Bentley was about the same age, a vet tech pretty much asked me the same question because he was lighter in color and his coat was slow growing in. I was really upset thinking I had paid a whole lot of money and was duped, but the people on this site reassured me that he was very much a yorkie. He is still light but he has a beautiful silky coat and looks and acts just like a yorkie. Although he could be a pygmy goat and I wouldn't care cause he's my heart!
By any chance did you see Missy's parents and does your breeder breed more than one breed?

Which registry do you have papers from?

If you need help posting a picture, you can private message me and I'll do it.

Well, I guess I'll be the one to say it.. :D if you're not sure what a Yorkie looks like to begin with, you should rethink breeding. Please know I am NOT trying to be mean :), just letting you know to search "breeding" on YT first. If you are not an experienced Yorkie breeder, there's more to breeding than you think. It's a HUGE responsibility, and can also endanger your beloved pet. If I were you I would just love my pet, not worry about what breed it is, and forget about breeding your furbaby. This is just my honest opinion, because I too thought about breeding Baby just for "the experience and fun of it." Oh, and make a few bucks too, I'm not going to lie. But then I read all the stories, and decided to get her fixed. I hope I helped, and once again, here comes the disclaimer...I'm not trying to be mean or sarcastic, just truthful and hopefully helpful. Whatever you decided to do, I wish you the best! :thumbup:

Baby is right there is alot to it..and I don't think your being mean your just telling the facts.
We just had a thread about this the other day. If you aren't sure you can always have dna done. But like the others said..yorkies can be all sizes shapes and colors. She already isn't good for breeding because for one she will be too big and you want to breed to the standard plus it sounds like her coat and everything is off. I would get her fixed and just enjoy loving her. If you are planning on breeding there are alot of us on here that would gladly help you learn all there is to learn. BUT. don't ever think you have learned it all..a good breeder never stops learning..she always thrives to improve and learn new things..good luck..

Everyone
 

Yorkie standard is 2-7lbs. But a common misconception is that ALL yorkies are in this area. This standard is for showing. In the same littler there can be "throw-backs" pups that are bigger than the rest. I've learned that also Yorkies tend to go from 2-15lbs. or more. and are still Yorkies. And there is no such thing as a "teacup" Yorkie, and that anyone who attempts to sell you a pup with this labelling is misinformed. Also ears up or down, that also is something that varies. Our older Yorkie, "kelly" is 11 lbs. with down floppy ears, that only go up if she's excited. And our young new pup, "daisy" is only 1.85lbs at 5mos. and her ears go down when she's frightened or tired.

Will you love your dog less if she is bigger that you had hoped? I hope not.

Yorkies come in all shapes, sizes, colors, etc. Just like children, a picture of him would help us!

:wavey:

Welcome to YT!!!!

Hmmmm, can you post a picture, that would really be a help so we could see,
and give you an answer.
Enjoy this site! It's lots of fun around here! :) :) :) :)

I feel ya! I went through a drive thru and that lady said "Oh how cute! My Mom has a chi-wa-wa too!"

:lol tears

Sorry I know I shouldn't laugh but i'm trying to imagine your face. And what i would say if someone said that to me ;) :p

Thank you to all of you,and of course I love her anyway that she is,it's just so unfair if these people really did this,and it's not only the question of money. When i came to breeder i didn'y see any other yorkies in her house ,there were 4 puppies,that she had and she said that they were imorted from Ireland so of course I didn't see Missy's parents.The papers are from Universal Kennel Club International.She has however very yorkie personality,her ears standing.About breeding of course I would never start doing it just because i feel like,i understand that's huge responsobility,I'd learn about breeding ,and surely consult veterinary. I wanted to do it to develop a very good breed standards ,and i don't want to fix her i want her to live a normal natural life to become a mom, but by anymeans i would never put her in danger. And i want to say thank you guys for your advices,and of course it's cannot be mean or anything we are here to help each other,and any advice cannot be mean.

I have never heard the breed standard as low as 2 pounds.. I always heard and read in all the books I have as 5-7 is the standard...?

As with everyone else, pictures would be most helpful. I'm also curious as to what the parents looked like...if they were breed standards. When buying a yorkie, one must be very careful. While throwbacks are common, looking at the parents will give you a good idea of what the kids will look like.

Good, I'm glad you feel that way! Many people get defensive or take things the wrong way. I like to put a disclaimer to say that I'm not trying to be mean. :D Anyway, I do know what you mean. You want what you paid for. If you paid $1000+ for a Yorkie, then that's what you should get. Some reasons I got a Yorkie was because: I wanted a small dog (I had an apartment at that time) I didn't want a dog that sheds, and I liked the Yorkie demeanor...there are other reasons of course, but those are a few reasons I paid a lot for a pure bred and "had" to have one. If I had gotten a mutt instead (nothing against them, just making a point) I would not know how big they would get and if they would shed or not. Do you know what I mean? Hope I didn't confuse anyone. :confused:

I thought it was 4-7, but I do think 2 is "two" low...get it? LOL

And of course their temperament ;)

Sharon,Charley & Melody xxx

Pictures would certainly help on this issue.
I was once at a breeders home and seen with my own two eye her Maltese locked with her yorkie..... :thumbdown all she said was ooooppppssseee.
Unreal. You have to be careful when they breed more than one bred and are not honest. Always check them out.

When reading the AKC standard there is no minimum size given, just the fact that they shouldn't be over 7 pounds. A picture would help us give you a better answer. Don't listen to people on the street though. I'm always asked if my dog is a silky. Although pet yorkies and silkies look very similiar, my yorkie is only three pounds which is REALLY small for a silky. Many people don't know their dog breeds or they may be comparing your dog to a dog that belongs to someone they know.

As far as breeding, it should only be undertaken by someone who knows what they are doing or has access to someone who does. A lot can go wrong which can mean losing your dog or running into some very expensive vet bills. If you don't breed her, get her spayed, the sooner the better. We lost a dog to pyometra which is a uterine infection. The more heats your dog goes through, the greater the chance of her contracting this. Here's a link so you can read all about it:
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_pyometra.html

Welcome to YT. Would love to see some pictures that would help determine. . .

I have also heard the 4-7 lbs is breed standard. Two pounds is not one you can even show, so I would think that is a clear give away that it is outside of the standard.

I always thought it was 4-7 too. But I just found this on the AKC site.



The Yorkshire Terrier traces to the Waterside Terrier, a small longish-coated dog, bluish-gray in color, weighing between 6 and 20 pounds (most commonly 10 pounds). The Waterside Terrier was a breed formed by the crossing of the old rough-coated Black-and-Tan English Terrier (common in the Manchester area) and the Paisley and Clydesdale Terriers. It was brought to Yorkshire by weavers who migrated from Scotland to England in the mid-19th century.

The Yorkshire Terrier made its first appearance at a bench show in England in 1861 as a "broken-haired Scotch Terrier". It became known as a Yorkshire Terrier in 1870 when, after the Westmoreland show, Angus Sutherland reported in The Field magazine that "they ought no longer be called Scotch Terriers, but Yorkshire Terriers for having been so improved there."

The earliest record of a Yorkshire Terrier born in the United States dates to 1872. Classes for the breed have been offered at all shows since 1878. Early shows divided the classes by weight - under 5 pounds and 5 pounds and over. Size, however, soon settled down to an average of between 3 and 7 pounds, resulting in only one class being offered in later shows.

While a Toy, and at various times a greatly pampered one, the Yorkshire is a spirited dog that definitely shows its terrier strain. The show dog's length of coat makes constant care necessary to protect it from damage, but the breed is glad to engage in all the roistering activities of the larger terrier breeds.

The Yorkshire Terrier standard does not have any qualifiying weight other than not over 7 lbs. Now what you will find is that as show exhibitors, we show usually dogs in the 5-7 lb range. The reason for that is that we don't breed girls under 5 lbs as they are just too small. Personally I would never take a chance on maybe a dog dying just for puppies. Anything over 7 lbs is just too big and as such loses breed type and no longer looks like the breed it's claiming to be. Type is what distinguishes one breed from another. In this instance what would make it different then a Silky.

So is your dog a purebred, well again like everyone else says a picture would help, but that will not even confirm it. Makes me wonder why it's registered with the organization you mention. At this point I would just love her as a pet. Good luck.