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12-06-2006, 09:02 AM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washington, D.C.
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| Teacup, Toys??Why? Hello all, I just wanted to get some clairfication on the terms Toy, Tiny and Teacup. Where did this come from? Are they referring to the dogs that only make it to 2lbs? Everytime i go out with Izzy people keep asking me is he a teacup yorkie? I usually say no, because there is no such thing. Am I right? He's 2.5 lbs now at 3.5 months, he will be at least 5lbs full grown. Just wondering. |
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12-06-2006, 09:08 AM | #2 |
Princess Bella Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: virginia
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| Your 100% correct. There is no such thing as a teacup yorkie. It's a marketing ploy and a "slang" term for a very tiny yorkie, but all yorkies are tiny, haha. Anywho, a lot of people have been misinformed. I don't have a problem persay with the term, I just don't like it when breeders use it as a means to trick people into paying outrageous amounts of money and over breeding to small dogs.
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12-06-2006, 09:12 AM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Canada
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| Tiny and Teacup are terms some breeders use to make more $$$$$$$$$ from the sale of Yorkies from 3 pounds and under . I even heard a woman at the vet clinic telling peoples that she had a micro Yorkie . |
12-06-2006, 09:16 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: LI, NY
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| The vet told my sister has a "micro mini". She weighs 15 oz. That isn't even a pound! I think she's a few months old. |
12-06-2006, 09:19 AM | #5 | |
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12-06-2006, 09:20 AM | #6 | |
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12-06-2006, 09:20 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama
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| Yes, you are right. ALL Yorkies are "Toys" as in, the breed is classified in the "Toy" group, vs the Herding, Working, Hound, etc groups. I suppose you could say "tiny Yorkie" as a description, but these terms shouldn't be used in a manner that indicates this is a 'breed' of its own. If that makes any sense at all... |
12-06-2006, 09:22 AM | #8 | |
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12-06-2006, 10:29 AM | #9 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: indiana
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| Heee Heeee My little guy was 1.6oz at 16 weeks. He's now 1 and weighs over 7 pounds!!!! He USED to be tiny!!!!! |
12-06-2006, 10:35 AM | #10 | |
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12-06-2006, 10:57 AM | #11 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washington, D.C.
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| micro yorkie....too funny. Thanks everyone for clearing that up. I knew I was right...this lady at petsmart tried to convice me otherwise. |
12-06-2006, 11:03 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada
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| Micro Yorkie I hope she doesn't have problems with her eyes . |
12-06-2006, 11:15 AM | #13 |
Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va
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12-06-2006, 12:13 PM | #14 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Macomb, Illinois
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| Here's a fun link for you http://www.pupcity.com/puppies-for-s...asp?adid=11830 and what kind of person would take their baby back for not being small enough?! Geez. . . I wonder how much those are going for |
12-06-2006, 12:48 PM | #15 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Middleville
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| I saw this on a site: tiny teacup: 2-3 pounds full grown teacup: 3.5-4.5 pounds full grown tiny toy: 4.5-5 pounds full grown toy: 5.5-6.5 pounds full grown
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