Mutant Yorkie. World's largest yorkie?

[yorkie_momma_46]

Originally Posted by ourfirstyorkie

To the OP: Your Yorkie is adorable. He looks so kind and sweet. Love his face!!!

lol thanks my son is pretty cool too lol they are great dogs my Duke is actually calmer than Roxy

[redwolf41]

OMG!! now i dont feel so weird. my yorkie is not quite 5 months and we went to get a checkup and he weighs in at almost 10 lbs.... and your chewy looks just like my bandit. he does seem to have a longer neck and he is very energetic.. and he isnt done growing yet! but i do love him

[kdhawks]

OP: Your "mutant" Chewy is the cutest little guy. I just want to squeeze him. I'd love to have a larger Yorkie, they seem like they would be a little sturdier. My pup is right around average (5.5 lbs) and I worry about how frail he is sometimes...especially since his favorite hobbies are running around like a wild man and trying to pick on dogs that are much bigger than he is.

[ECasey08]

Originally Posted by Gigi485

Okay, so this is still bugging me that I keep being told Sully is "bogus" and not a real Yorkie. I mean really! What is wrong with people? Why do they insist on making me feel bad instead of just saying..."cute dog".
Here's are the things that this last person pointed out to me:
1. His coat is not "silky".
2. He's too heavy - 10 pounds, 6 months
3. His nose is too long
4. His ears aren't pointy enough
5. His body is too long
6. And this one is really bumming me out....his "Certified Pedigree" Papers are not AKC but they are ACA and according to this person - ACA papers are just a hoax for BYB to pass off "bogus yorkies" to unsuspecting buyers. OMG - is this true?

I love Sully and wouldn't trade him for anything - but I really am wondering if I've been scammed. The "papers" I have go back 6 generations and all list "Yorkshire Terrier"... What am I missing?

PS - This person also said - he's an Austrailian Terrier.

Austrailian Terrier I think not. You're Sully look IDENTICAL to mu Harley who is 17 pounds and 2 years old. I've always done larger dogs. And an Aussie looks nothing like the pictures you posted.

[Jerseymacman]

Our Jack is now 5 and 1/2 years old. He weighs in at a muscular 12 lbs! We think much of his weight is muscle mass. You see, Jack doubles as my "physical therapist." He walks me on our neighborhood patrol an average of 4.5 miles each day. We think Jack is ideally sized for the level of workout he puts in every day.

We get a real kick out of how everyone on Jack's trek knows his name... Yet, we remain anonymous... Too funny. The other neighborhood dogs, big and small, seem to like Jack too... Jack get along with just about every dog he encounters... From Harvey the Newfie, to Bernard the Beagle... Except one particular male Golden... the terrier comes out whenever Jack spots him. None of the other dogs like this Golden either.

I've never seen anything like it. Jack goes into full attack mode, with zero regard to his size disadvantage. Little guy must think he's an 80 lb German Shepard.

We're planning on adding a female fur baby within the next half year. However, we want a pup from larger parents, at least 8 lb female and at least the same weight male.

[Princes mom]

Originally Posted by Hamoth

Nobody believes that my Chewy is really a pure bread yorkie, however I got him from a reputable breeder of yorkshire terriers and he came with AKC papers. Now he was considered incredibly large for his breed when we got him at 6 months and 10 lbs. Much to our surprise, this dog never stops growing. He's not nearly 8 months old and 15.6 lbs!!!!

This is definately NOT a complaint about my dog. I actually thought the breed to dainty for my taste and wanted a more robust dog that would still be happy in my apartment. Boy did I hit the genetic jackpot here! Chewy is about as healthy and adventerous as one could hope and loves a good rough and tumble with other pups as well.

My question is this: I have often read that the breed is only 6 lbs at the largest. But I have every assurance that this is a true Yorkie...Not that I'm hung up on pedigree, but I do derive a peculiar satisfaction in his blatant defiance of the breed standard (you go boy!). The vet actually wanted me to show papers to prove he wasa yorkie, and I think he called the breeder. After a while he told me that he had seen mutants alogn the same line as Chewey but never such a pronounced example. The vet has nicknamed him "mutant" (which I adoringly aslo call him now).

Beside being bigger than most yorkies by more than double size, and continuing to grow even at 8 months, he has a super-long neck (some tracheal problems when he gets too excited sadly), and a crazy flat body that becomes a wierd elongated shape when he's playing on the ground.

Grooming a yorkie this large is a big hasle, so we had him shaved....(edited to add: Shaved sounds so mean, lol...We had him trimmed to the puppy cut. He's much happier now.)

Rambling...

Ok, my question is this: Has ANYONE heard what the record largest Yorkie is? Is mine #1?

Your furbaby is adorable!!!! (He's much too cute for a nickname like Mutant...IMHO.)

[Britster]

This thread is from 2005 ^

But Jackson is my 16lb boy!

[LindaA]

Spunky is my very first small dog. I have had huge dogs all my life. Right now I have a Great Pyranees mix (96 lbs), an Australian Shepherd mix (70 lbs) and an Australian Shepherd (75 lbs) (all rescues). I am hoping that Spunky will grow larger. At six months, he has just cracked 5 lbs! The Aussie Mix is young and while she is amazingly gentle with Spunky (which is probably why she is still alive some days, ), I get terrified when the chase together. Let me know what you are feeding Chewy. Maybe I'll try it with Spunky!!!

[Dara311]

Very cute!!!!! Fiona is a good 12.5 lbs!!!!

[lexi43]

Wow he is really beautiful. I would love to have a big yorkie so I could stop falling over him all day. At least if he was big I could see him better.

[dinkyweil]

Originally Posted by Hamoth

CUTE!

I also give my dog raspberries, we refer to the result as "squiggly dog" and kiss him right on the snooter. (that's his nose's name)

I thought I was losing it with the raspberries on Dinky's tummy, but, as usual other Yorkie lovers are already there!

[Vinniedoggy]

Original yorkies were around 30 pounds or so. They were used in England to capture vermin (rats and mice). They were "bred down" over the years to appeal to people who wanted lap dogs. So, the larger yorkies are actually the true yorkies! My Vinnie is about 13 pounds and I love every ounce of him!

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by Vinniedoggy

Original yorkies were around 30 pounds or so. They were used in England to capture vermin (rats and mice). They were "bred down" over the years to appeal to people who wanted lap dogs. So, the larger yorkies are actually the true yorkies! My Vinnie is about 13 pounds and I love every ounce of him!

Where are you getting that? Over and over in this thread people are writing that original yorkies were 15, 20, 25, and now 30 pounds??? Better read the actual history of the Yorkshire Terrier.

"Yorkshire Terriers were given their breed name by 1874, although it had been around since 1870. Originally they were known and shown as Broken Haired Scotch Terriers or Toy Terrier (rough and broken haired).
Broken Haired Toy Terrier
Almost all of the classes were divided by weight. The classes were for Broken Haired or Rough Scotch Terriers less than 5 lbs. or 6 lbs. and under; Toy Terriers 4 lbs. and under, or 5 lbs. not exceeding 7 lbs., or 6 lbs. and over; or Blue Scotch Terriers under 7 lbs. or 7 lbs. not
exceeding 9 lbs. The largest weight class in which they were reported
to have been shown was for Broken Haired Scotch Terrier 9 lbs. not exceeding 12 lbs. This record should prove that although there were larger Yorkshires they were not being shown at the dog shows. The record proves that the small size was available for breeding from early days." From Joan Gordon's The Complete Yorkshire Standard and part of the official History of the Yorkshire Terrier on the YTCA site.

You have to be careful with some of the online references. One person mis-speaks and then it gets repeated a hundred times, perpetuating a myth.

[marcie]

It really does not matter....he is wonderful

[Britster]

Originally Posted by FlDebra

Where are you getting that? Over and over in this thread people are writing that original yorkies were 15, 20, 25, and now 30 pounds??? Better read the actual history of the Yorkshire Terrier.

"Yorkshire Terriers were given their breed name by 1874, although it had been around since 1870. Originally they were known and shown as Broken Haired Scotch Terriers or Toy Terrier (rough and broken haired).
Broken Haired Toy Terrier
Almost all of the classes were divided by weight. The classes were for Broken Haired or Rough Scotch Terriers less than 5 lbs. or 6 lbs. and under; Toy Terriers 4 lbs. and under, or 5 lbs. not exceeding 7 lbs., or 6 lbs. and over; or Blue Scotch Terriers under 7 lbs. or 7 lbs. not
exceeding 9 lbs. The largest weight class in which they were reported
to have been shown was for Broken Haired Scotch Terrier 9 lbs. not exceeding 12 lbs. This record should prove that although there were larger Yorkshires they were not being shown at the dog shows. The record proves that the small size was available for breeding from early days." From Joan Gordon's The Complete Yorkshire Standard and part of the official History of the Yorkshire Terrier on the YTCA site.

You have to be careful with some of the online references. One person mis-speaks and then it gets repeated a hundred times, perpetuating a myth.

I think a lot of people think this, because Huddersfield Ben, known as the 'father of the Yorkie' in a way was between 9-12lbs himself. He was a larger dog who produced smaller pups. And a lot of the terriers that were used to create the Yorkshire were also bigger terriers. In the early days of the breed, "almost anything in the shape of a Terrier having a long coat with blue on the body and fawn or silver coloured head and legs, with tail docked and ears trimmed, was received and admired as a Yorkshire terrier" (P. H. Coombs in The American Book of the Dog, pg 443). So, it seems before there was a proper standard put forth, Yorkies were considered lots of different things and there probably were some terriers in the 20lb range called Yorkies back then.