I want to make sure that although I am disagreeing about the early weight of the Yorkshire Terrier, I am in no way downing ANY yorkie of any weight. They are all lovable to me and you know I think Jackson is one of Yorkietalk's STARS! I love him! He is a beautiful dog and full of personality!

Yorkies were always meant to be tiny dogs. Just as there are yorkies over standard now, I am sure there were some back then too, but I wanted to dispell the myth that they were supposed to have been 30 pound dogs -- not so. The statement I was in disagreement with was where the poster said "original yorkies were around 30 pounds or so." If she had said there were some dogs called yorkies in the 20 pound range, I would not have held exception, but to intimate that the standard was anything like 30 pounds is incorrect.

Where did you find Huddersfield Ben's weight? I have looked over the years. I found where his daughter won 1st place and his son won 3rd place in the 5 pound and under category in 1867. I saw that his grandson Ted weighted 4.5 pounds. Ben won in 1869, 1870, and 1871... the YT History also includes this excerpt "At the Crystal Palace show in 1871 held in London, Mrs. Jonas (Mary) Foster (who was acknowledged as having brought the breed to its prominence, as well as being the first woman to judge dogs in England) showed in two classes. In Broken Haired Scotch or Yorkshire Terrier, her Huddersfield Ben (KC no. 3612) was second being beaten
by his son, Mrs. Foster’s Bruce (KC no. 3595).
Third place was won by her Emperor (KC no. 3609) also Ben’s son. She also showed dogs in Toy Terrier Broken Haired under 5 lbs. winning 1st with her Little Kate (KC no. 4001), later owned by Lady Giffard. Kate was also a daughter of Huddersfield Ben. Third in the class was Ben’s son, Foster’s Sandy (KC no. 4016). In 1873 Mrs. Foster won a 3rd place in Broken Haired Scotch and won all 3 placings with her dogs in the Broken Haired Toy Terrier under 5 lbs." -- still no firm mention of Ben's weight, although it seems to put him more in the lower weight category. I think some have seen the painting of him and his daughter Katie and thought since he was larger, then he must be over 5 pounds, but we don't know how old she was or her exact weight either, and of course it is just a painting, not a photo. Here is another site about weight of the Yorkshire Terriers: Weight History Of the Yorkshire Terrier confirming the smaller weight categories of early yorkshire terriers as well as the broken scotch that were forefathers.

Oh, yeah, I know you're not knocking the teapots! :p

According to Huddersfield Ben's wikipedia page Huddersfield Ben - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia he often produced smaller puppies, but he himself weighed 9-12lbs. It was referenced to a website, but it's not loading properly on my computer.

Here's a few links talking about the 30lb Yorkies:
Yorkshire Terrier Care
Collosal Yorkies - Threat to the Teacup Fad
Yorkie Terrier's History | eHow.com
Pictures of Yorkies

maybe gino might be the rare one lol ,:pat 18lb 7mnths is there any bigger babies on yt sooo interesting:D

sorry matey but have lost
 

my elly is a yorkie and weighs 12.75kg which is 28.05 pounds. this is her current size but only last year she weighed nearly 15kg which is 33 pounds.
i love her and is the best dog. i also have a yorkie called tilly which is 3kg
so am i right in saying my yorkie is no1.
i would love to hear back from people.

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I know about a yorkie that is about 20-24 lbs :D she's here in iceland, she's FAT !
Fido is about 16 lbs.

We have a Yorkie that weighs 140 pounds. He answers to Carlo, and he wants to bad to be a lap dog, but just to heavy.

giant yorkie
 

thank you for your reply's but at 28 pounds she is still heavier but she is not fat she is quite solid.
to the person who typed that they have a 140 pound yorkie i cannot take that serious.

And I thought my Yorkzillas of 12 and 14.3 lbs were big! I have to explain to people all the time that Yorkies can be bigger. Both have flopped ears, which adds to the confusion.

And, on top of that, the one I got in October (rehomed) is Parti colored. So, you take a 14.3 lb dog with flopped ears that is parti colored and try to explain that he is an AKC registered, full blooded Yorkie, and people look at you like you've got 7 eyeballs. I've about given up on telling the truth, and am considering just saying he's a "terrier mix" when asked what he is. However, when I took him to the vet last week for a check-up, the groomer took one look at him and got so excited -- she recognized immediately what he was.

@markm1ller: I want to see pics of your Yorkzilla! And yes, shodanusmc was teasing and not being serious about a 140lb Yorkie, that's a Cane Corso.

My friend Ashley has a 15 pound Yorkie, Murphy, he is absolutely gorgeous and very good natured. Hey my baby brother is 8 inches taller than me and has a beard. Genetics have ways of working beyond our control, doesn't make him or I any less a McLean, hahahaha

I believe this was a joke about their second dog if you look at their avatar

I have a 12lb yorkie. A lot of people ask me too what is he.
My big yorkie is the most well behaved out of all of them.
He's just too adorable, I want to steal him!

Can't takem e seriously/ Why that is almost like saying that you still believe the USA is a colony of Great Britan!

I should have said that he believes he is a Yorkie. I can tell you first hand he wishes he was....they he would have a ton of cloths, a spot on the couch, and get carried around!

My purebred yorkie is 24 pounds and she is only 3. You wouldn't believe the size of my dog, she isnt fat fat but she is plump! I am curious what the world's largest is?

First off...Your "little" boy is just adorable! My Gizzy was almost 9 lbs. at his heaviest but stayed about 7.5 for the most part.

Secondly...it is such a guy thing to name parts...:biggrin8: ... however gotta love the tail name!

:p I love giving them raspberries!! Especially when they are little pups! They get this look on their face like they are (yes) giggling! It is Fantastic!