I think while i loved my baby i would be asking for a partial refund, by their responce it sounds like they knew about this and were trying to hide it. Its just me but i wouldn't have paid $950 for a mixed breed there are tons of those at the spca you were paying for what you thought was a pure bred, you said he had papers can you report her if she isnt willing to give you a partial refund?

Max weighs 16 lb and Sam weighs 12 lb. MY boys aren't "fat" either. They are
admired by all.

The Yorkie is a mixed terrier, and it's people who have interfered with nature, to make the smaller breed.

Just like people, who look genetically like their ancestors, it's not surprising that there all larger Yorkies.

The smaller of the Yorkshire Terriers, are refered to as "runts".

I know of quite a few larger Yorkies.

"it's not surprising that there all larger Yorkies".

it's not surprising that there ARE larger Yorkies.

Mutant - no way!
 

Hi there! I also have a very large full breed Yorkie - 28lbs to be exact!

He is chipped and has papers!

His is appropriately named Leo - as he thinks the world revolves around him!

Fabulous dog, I must say!

I was told he was the "runt" too before I took him from a client of mine and he was discounted because of him being the runt.... but how funny as Leo is huge!

Funny thing is - I saw two more in a neighborhood I was looking at for homes... and mind you - their dogs were also full breed...

I am doing a search for myself to find out more...

Pamela

Hi Pamela, Welcome to YorkieTalk! I would love to see pictures of Leo. I bet he is a real cutie.

My Gus is a solid 10 lbs - and Gabe before him never got above 5!

suki is 8 months and already she is 4.8 kg or more than 10 lbs...we love her juz the same and we couldn't be happier. the bigger they are the more love you have :D

Wow what beautiful dogs and so big. My Schmoo is a Yorkie crossed with aYorkiex Cairn. he looks like pure Yorkie to me but is a bit leggier.

Funny his sister looks like Toto (Wizard of OZ) just smaller. I think the Cairn that was in her Mummy has come out in her. Poor thing has no undercoat like Yorkies so feels the cold in winter. Still have lots of coats for her :o):animal-pa

oh a larger yorkie would be awesome! i do wish there were more for sale, or adoption.

I've heard that there are larger Yorkies to be found in shelters because the owners thought they were buying a "teacup" but their puppy grew larger than they wanted so they just got rid of them (shallow people!). I myself didn't find any Yorkies in a shelter when I was looking for one, but I live in a rural area, the shelters here get a lot of lab mixes.

Reminds me of the childhood story - Clifford the Big Red Dog. The dog that never stopped growing....

He's so cute!

lol, that was what i thought too. lol.

my yorkie poo is a good size.. .not too small not too big, lol. i like that he's a bit sturdier, so he can handle the toddler a little better.

i'm from cleveland, and petfinder seems to have a good amount of shelter yorkie pups for sale, and yorkie grown ups too... but when i was looking, so many of them had lots of emotional problems from being bred or born at puppy mills. poor things. i couldn't really look into getting a special needs dog, as i'm so new at owning dogs, and have small kids.

My dad's yorkie, Lewie, is about 20 pounds. It's crazy :)

I breed Yorkies,:) and every litter I have I get one huge puppy.:confused: Our vet said they are throw backs, from way back, before they bred them down to the smaller size. :aimeeyorkThe first time I saw one of them full grown I was shocked.:eek: Luckily the lady didn't care and loved her Yorkie anyways. But I was still shocked,:eek: as my female is about 11 lbs and my male is about 9 lbs.

hahaha u crack me up! Do you have a name for each part him?

like many others already said, he is too cute and gorgeous!!! more to love thats for sure! he's definitely a larger sized yorkie, i think i'd LOVE to have one.

First let me say that all the pups are beautiful. Miagra is in a happy home now. Thank goodness for folks like you. My husband and I both watched your video.

I have put puppies on PuppyFind and I often look at the puppies for sale and I have noticed that some breeders list their puppies as Tea-cups but what they are doing is listing the puppies as tea-cups, not what their guesses of what their adult sizes will be. That makes me mad because people think they are getting a tiny dog but it will grow up to be over 4 lbs. Usually, over 8 lbs. That is bad for all of us who breed for the love of the dogs. After 6 years of breeding Yorkies I can usually tell by the listed sizes and ages that the puppies won't be the "tea-cups" that they have been advertised as.

I have all sizes, I breed dogs that produce tinies and I have 11 pounders to breed for bigger dogs for people who have small children but want the prestige of owning a Yorkie. I never lie to people about the predicted sizes and I aways tell them that there is a chance that the dog could be bigger or smaller than predicted but it is my best guess according to the lines I have and my experience with them.

My first Yorkie, Pirogue, weighed 2.10 lbs when I got him at 8 weeks old. I didn't know he was huge. He seemed small to me and I was in love. He grew and grew and grew but the breeder never lied to me, I just didn't know the right questions to ask. He is a throwback, he is bigger than his parents who were both about 8 lbs. I bought a female to breed him to, she was older than him by 6 months. By the time he was big enough to breed, he was too big for her. By that time I had already bought a 2nd female and he was much to big for her. I went searching for another male and found one, Mr. Big, who was about 6 weeks old when I found him. I think, I don't remember off hand, that he was about 1 1/2 lbs when I brought him home at 11 weeks.

It took me 2 years to find a female big enough to breed to Pirogue, they both weigh over 11 lbs on a good day. I don't breed them much because most people who come here only want tiny girls. I don't get many of those. LOL Mostly, I have VERY good luck getting boys. When I get girls, they tend to be too small for breeding. I shouldn't have that kind of "problem" anymore, the male that produced those females died. I do miss him. Sylvia

The biggest yorkie I've seen with my own eyes was a 25lbs yorkie. Weren't yorkies hunters?! I don't think my 2lbs baby would have been the hunter :rolleyes:

LOL Not much chance of her growing much more. My smaller dogs are pretty much fully grown by the time they are 7 months old. They may add on about 8 more ounces by the time they are 2 years old but their size is pretty much set. My dogs are on the skinny side and I don't like it but it seems to be the weight that makes them happy and the vets say they are fine. :idontknow Sylvia

LOL Neither do I but do you realize that the tails were used to pull the dogs out of the holes once they had cornered their prey? Just think, your 2 lb baby with a long tail would have been chasing mice. LOL Mine still do but those dang things are faster than my babies so they never catch them. LOL We had to bring in a cat to catch them. :yelrotflm Sylvia

collapsed trachia
 

He is so cute. You just never know do you?

I have a long hair chihuahua that was so tiny with these huge ears and now he's 15#!! Love him just the was he is but my my! He is the size of a small sheltie!

I also have 2 yorkies 1- 4# and 1- 1.8#.

ONe has severe COLLAPSED TRACHIA the 4#. If you have questions on how to deal and use I have become an expert. It's really a frightening condition, we've almost lost her numerous times. Poor baby.:(

Oh, so sorry to hear about your baby. I don't have that problem and can't contribute a single thing to help but I'd like to know more, please pm me. Sylvia

To Chewy's human:

Sunshine is about 9 lbs. and we love him being a bit bigger than the breed standard because he doesn't seem so delicate:) We get asked all the time if he is a purebreed, too!

BTW, we live just a bit north of you (about half an hour). Do you ever attend the meet-ups in Seattle? We are going to the one planned for next weekend so maybe we will see your there:)

:animal36He is Beautiful and looks like a cuddley little muffin! He is so beautiful and the perfect hugging size to sleep with at night. My girls would love him!!

My handsome Noah is AKC registered too and weighs 12 pounds. I saw his mom and both grand dads and they all were much smaller. Your sweetheart is so beautiful. Please post more pictures!

Bailey Boy
 

Hey new to this.Our boy is a big un.Weighs around sixteen pounds.Get the odd negative comment about his size,but get a lot more positive.One old boy today said I've never liked Yorkies but if could get one that size I would have one.
BIG YORKIES RULE........!!

Yes, ma'am....BIG YORKIES RULE!!!!! Jesse is up to 12 lbs. and he is not quite 1.5 years. I love the comments...."Is that a Yorkie?" I say, "Yes, have you heard of a teacup? Well, he is a teapot!" Hehehehehehe. I think there are some out there that actually think there is no such thing as a toy or a standard. I have one of each. If you think of why Yorkies were originally bred, you will understand the need for them to be larger. They didn't start off teenie tiny, but have been bred down to be that size. I love my fatty boy and girl.....long live BIG YORKIES!!!!!! Poochie smoochies from Lisa, Lilly and Jesse...:)

He is absolutely gorgeous!! I too, love my little "chunker"! Buddy is 11 pounds, cute little floppy ears and is the love of my life too! Wouldn't trade him for the world!!