Originally Posted by Kizzys Mom

I really dont think you can go by anything except just watch your dog and see. I got Kizzy @6 weeks too. She wasnt suppose to get over 4 lbs if that according to the breeder. It was my first and I didnt know anything about them. anyway, she weighed 1 lb when I got her at 6 week, 9 weeks she weighed 2 lbs. and seemed like she gained a lb at least every 2 to 3 week. she wont be 5 months till July 3 and she weighs little over 6 lbs now and maybe close to 7. She still isnt all that big and hasnt seemed to have grown much if any this month. But seeing her everyday is hard to tell. She does have small bones and structure. But I just dont know if she took a growing spurt all at once and quit for good or if she'll take another growing spurt later. So i've decided their like a box of chocolate. you just have to wait and see what you've got. So i've quit worrying about it and I love her as much now as I would have if she were 4 lbs. by time you see how big they will get you will love them so much it wont matter anyway. goodluck on your babies, and I'm sure you'll be happy with them no matter how big they get. And the breeder told me she wouldnt get big enough to breed,,, hmm. wonder how big she had to be for her to breed her. lol she said thats why she was selling her. Sound like bunk to me.

Originally Posted by Lady of Yorkies

Maybe it was a sales pitch to get you to pay a little more? Some people consider anything smaller than 5# too small to breed. I have bought 3 dogs from a breeder whose lines are totally healthy and they are all under 4#. My dogs are 4th generation under 4#. I have two puppies by the father of my dogs by my 6# female who is totally unrelated to their line. One of the puppies is 4# and the other is over 6#. This father is 3rd generation small and he is only 2.12#. Sylvia

Originally Posted by Erin

You keep saying you want small but not tiny - 4# IS TINY. The double/triple rule doesn't always work. Loki was 3.5 pounds at 13 weeks when we brought him home. He is 9-10lbs and skinny as can be. He's tall and long. He is a SMALL dog. We've been training for over a year and there has only been one dog smaller than him, a baby chi, in any of his classes. He still fits on my lap, in his purse/carrier thing, in his car seat, etc. Please don't freak out if your dogs are a little bigger - Yorkies are tiny dogs. You are brining home 7.5 week old dogs, you need to realize you have bigger things to worry about. Get those dogs in classes as soon as they get their shots. Yorkies NEED socialization. If you are that concerned that they will top 4.5 pounds then wait until they are older to bring them home. No one can tell you how big they are going to be at this age.

Just FYI, the best breeders of ANY breed do not let their pups go until 12 weeks. There is too much socialization from mom that they miss and they are not past their imprint stages... there are too many variables. Please be careful.

Originally Posted by Kizzys Mom

Thats what I'm thinking as I was about to buy the other one for 500 dollars and it wasnt maybe 1/2 lb bigger, but Kizzy was a girl and the other was a boy. But she knew I wanted a girl puppy and I bought it. but 300 dollars difference. She didnt tell me it was because Kizzy was a girl even tho I do know girls cost more, but the reason she said she wanted that much difference was because kizzy would never be big enough to breed and she wouldnt sell her to anyone who was planning to breed her, she also knew I wasnt intending to breed which ever I bought. She even said she had turned down selling her to one guy who wanted her for breeding. Now I really dont know if she lied to me or if kizzy was just one of those throw off of a larger one back thru the generations.But either way, I would never buy another one from her, altho I still think Kizzy is pretty.