yorkies have been breed down in size for fashion not health or for a better breed, breed standard does not mean the yorkie will be good enough for show. look at all the breeds of dogs that now have breathing problems due to having such flat faces cos thats breed standard:mad: all you have to do is look on here at all the sick yorkies with so many more problems, the breed never had so many problems and maybe the size of the breed has something to do with it ie breeding the so called runts together to get smaller pups, these were called runts has they hadnt done very well in the mum then not been as healthy as the other pups ie with feeding and putting on weight normaly, if someone came on here saying they were gonna breed there sick yorkie everyone would go mad at them. |
also breed standard says the yorkie should have a certain type of coat colour and shape so i bet most peoples yorkies on here would not pass the breed standard to a judges eye. imo there should be 2 sizes for the breed standard 4 pound up to 10 pound and then 11 up to 17 pound and that would be the breed standard that would be for the betterment of the breed.:aimeeyork |
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I know that it is difficult, since everyone loves their pet and is PROUD of them, but we all have to realize the fact that saying that your yorkie isn't a good example of the BREED (b/c it's too big, or what have you) is not the same as saying that your dog is an inferior PET. A non-standard dog definitely doesn't deserve to get that "snob snub" from the stranger in the park or Petco, and let's face it, people who do that just must be jerks in ALL facets of their lives. However, that doesn't mean that they should be continued to be willfully bred, producing ever greater and greater dilution of the (registered) breed. |
all the sites ive seen says there is no lower weight limit but small ones should not be breed with. also yes there should be a breed standard but it should be whats best health wise for the dog and looks were at the moment its just on looks and who cares about the health of the dog thats my point. ive had breed standard and ive had large yorkies so i do know about both, my scampi in his younger days was about 7 pound perfect coat and had 5 or 6 cruff champs in his pedigre but why should he be allowed in the show ring but a dog who is perfect in everyway apart from there 3 pound heavyer isnt allowed. poodles have 2 sizes as do other breeds, breed standard changed due to fashion and should now be changed again. |
here is a bigger size one 1 Attachment(s) This is my sister in laws yorkie, the bigger blonde one and Kizzy when I first got her. well my sister in laws is 10 years old and weighs 8'2lbs and she is what made me so determined to get a yorkie. she looked just like Kizzy when she was Kizzys age. talk about changing. But I did hope Kizzy would get no more than 5 lbs but I think the other yorkie is beautiful and if kizzy turns out to be 8 lbs and looks near this pretty, I just wont care at all. Some of the bigger ones are so beautiful to me. |
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I agree that this thread has gotten WAY off topic. Maybe we should hear from the originator of the thread to see if her issues have been resolved. If they have, then we can all quit arguing and just agree to disagree. |
Jmo Sashajade...Yes, I agree, the Yorkie was much larger until around 1930, we are 76 yrs away from those times and the standard has been revised AND BY the same people who developed the breed in the first place. What is important is the standard....a breeder either adheres to or gives every effort to adhere to the standard or stops calling their dogs Yorkies. If they change the standard to include larger Yorkies, then I have the option to breed larger..at this point I do not have this option IF I want to be a reputable, honest breeder. Yorkies are companion dogs, spending 24 hrs with their owners..many people want one they can travel with, handle with little effort. Not all are able to groom a 15 pounder...infact as I started downsizing my grooming business..(I had to because of arthitis in my fingers) I stopped grooming anything over 10 pounds...and it is not easy to carry a 10 pounder when traveling. If we do not like the rules, change them, but we can not toss them out because we do not like or agree with them....the workers in the mills and mines in Manchester, Leeds.etc needed a large Yorkie to kill vermin...I have never in all my years had a potential pet buyer want a Yorkie for rat control.. BUT if the day comes we are run over by rats and mice again, perhaps they will see a need to revise the standard. What this post boils down to is this...the breeder said the pup would be what it is not..the buyer paid for one thing and got another...if I ask the baker for an elcair and I get home finding an APPLE in the bag..I am not going to accept the bakers explaination that the apple is better for me then the elcair..I want what I asked and paid for..once again, common sense dog breeding 101. |
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then if the dog does not turn out to be what they agreed on, standard size, then they should be refunded atleast a partial amount because they can't breed him like they had planned. Now, if the buyer never mentioned wanting to breed him or did not have the intent of breeding him then the seller has every right not to refund them, the dog would have been sold as pet quality which is what you got rather than breeding quality Not trying to offend anyone but If I looked at this dog and the parents and had plans on breeding him I would not have bought him for this purpose because looking at the pictures the parents even grandfarher are not standard to the breed. If I remember He is of pet quality as is his parents and I do believe even the person who breed them said that they were pet quality not breeding or show quality. Whether the seller told the buyer that, I do not know. I do know that if the pup was bought as pet quality that you got exactly what you paid for a nice pet yorkie. This all is one big miscommunication between the buyer and the seller. The seller should be clear to the buyer what to expect from this puppy and what quality it should be. As well as the buyer should be clear to the seller exactly what they were looking for in the pup, size, color, whatever it may be and the motives the buyer has for the pup, show, pet, or breeding. In my opinion, it sounds like both sides need to be better in communicating in what they want and what to expect. So it sounds like both of you are at fault for the way things turned out. One may be at more fault than the other but nonetheless it is what it is.:animal-pa :animal-pa |
If this buyer came me and said they wanted a 4 to 5 pounder..I would ask how important is size? If the dog goes 2 pounds over, will you still be happy?...just about 100% say that is not a problem...but to expect 5 pounds and get 12 is not the same...I would expect my money return, IF these things were discussed before hand...all depends on what the breeder promised...and they should write it out so no one gets confused...and most certainly, if the buyer said they were thinking of breeding before hand, they deserve a refund.. It is so much easier to show people the parents, grandparents etc...tell them it will be a healthy, pet quality pup at the time of the sale. Have the vet weight from check up and calulate adult weight from there...but if size is the main issue, tell them to go elsewhere.. |
Here we go again..... I'm so tired of hearing these kinds of complaints. Yes, breeders try to breed to standard, but there can never be a guaruntee. That's impossible that all yorkies will be born to standard or to look like their parents. It's just like with people, you can estimate a size and weight, but that's it. My Merlot weighs 10 pounds. His Mom was 5.5 and dad 4 pounds. He comes from award winning show yorkies. Who knows why he weighs more, but of course he is all yorkie! I think that breeders should be honest with people and tell them these things before selling any animals. I personally don't care what size he came out to be as long as he wasn't the size of a german Shepard (I live in an apartment), but many people do, so honesty and education is key in these situations! :animal-pa |
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