|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
06-08-2006, 07:50 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 64
| Puppy weight I am looking at getting a new puppy and the puppy is 7 wks old and weights 1lb 1 oz so i was wondering if there was a way to kinda find out how much he will weigh as an adult. If someone could help me i would appreciate it. |
Welcome Guest! | |
06-08-2006, 08:39 AM | #2 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| You triple the weight at 8 wks and that gives you an estimate
__________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427 |
06-08-2006, 08:42 AM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: mass
Posts: 1,762
| There is a chart somewhere....I dont know where though....if you search through some of the other threads on here about weights and sizes I am sure that you will find it. sorry i could be of more help. and congrats on new puppy!!
__________________ Our Photo Album is HERE http://www.dogster.com/?185528 http://www.dogster.com/?246319 |
06-08-2006, 09:06 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 8000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 9,339
| This what I know from being on YT for a while now at 8 weeks multiply by 3 at 12 weeks multiply by 2 this of of course just a general guideline. |
06-08-2006, 10:23 AM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,394
| |
06-08-2006, 11:02 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 64
| Thanks everyone for your help. Is the charts pretty accurate? I have had a yorkie before and it wasn't suppose to weight over 5 lbs from what the lady told me. Well ends up he weighted right at 8 lbs. I kinda learned from buying that dog but is there anything i should know or ask the lady before i get this dog. |
06-08-2006, 05:51 PM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: OKLAHOMA
Posts: 229
| If I've noticed anything in reading YT posts, it's that it is very hard to be certain about a Yorkie's pup's adult weight. As you would suspect, a good knowledge of the size of ancestors (not just mom & dad) is a big help, but there are BIG babies from average families and there are TINY babies from average families. They may not be the rule, but they happen. I'm hoping family history and the weight charts prove true, because I'd love for Bailey to wind up between 5 & 6 pounds - but I'm not counting on it. |
06-08-2006, 08:15 PM | #8 | |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northeast Ohio
Posts: 1,105
| Quote:
Weight charts are a good guide but don't use it as gospel. They are compiled by the author from their line of yorkies. I have found they don't hold true, or even come close in most cases. Knowing the ancestors size is a help, but don't count on that either. Unless you are psychic, there is no true guide to predict a yorkies weight. One can only make a guess, just as you can not predict how tall an infant might be as an adult.
__________________ Linda and her Baker's Dozen, RIP my angels Reggie & Bo | |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart