Help 6 Weeks And 1.7 Lbs Is This Big?

[Amber_lv]

lol i know thats what they all say. I have a lab and i just wanted a little lap dog not really tiny but small and the lady told me i really don't think they will get any bigger than the mom if they do and you don't like it bring them back! How in the world could you bring them back after that long you've already fallen for them and thats how they get you!

[Lady of Yorkies]

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.

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

[Kizzys Mom]

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

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.

[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.

[Amber_lv]

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.

I copmletely agree but it's not that i have to have a 4 lb dog i will love it anyway no matter what and this is the breeers first litter and she is going out of town and has the vets approval to let them go also we will be bringing home two of them from the same litter so they will have each other to socialize with also i have two cats so they will be with a lot of animals. i also plan to take them with me a lot to help with the new people thing as well. I am concerned about their well being first and not their size this was just a fun post to see about what other babies weighed at this age. Thanks for the concern and i get them tomarrow so i will keep everyone updated

[shecass]

Wyatt was right at 2lbs at 8 wks and now at 11 months he is 10 - 10 1/2 lbs. It's really hard to gauge sometimes. His mom and dad both are around 6 - 6 1/2 lbs. You just never know sometimes what size they are going to be.

[Lady of Yorkies]

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.

With throwbacks you never know. These small ones I have grow fast up to 6 months and then pretty much stop growing. Since I don't know the growth patterns of my female I couldn't tell how big these babies would get. I find it surprising that there is such a difference in their weights. Mostly when you sell a puppy, it's just the breeders best guess as to what size the puppy will be. For instance: With these two babies, I can say they will probably be no smaller than 3# but probably no larger than their mother. The last time I weighed them the male was approximately the same weight as his mother but since they are only 7mo I can't guarantee that he won't be a little bigger. At this point I feel safe saying that the little girl won't be much if at all over 5#.

If you have changed your mind about breeding and haven't had her fixed you could probably contact the breeder and tell her what has happened and ask her to change the limited registration. She might do it. Sylvia