Who here has 4 lbs and below yorkies?

[Breeze]

Both my yorkie are around 3 pounds at over a year and a half old, to be honest the adult weight never came up with my breeders. I just picked breeders who breed to standard with standard sized yorkies and by fluke the both have ened up small. I just wanted healthy yorkies and decide to go for the best breeders I could find that picked ethics over size....

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by HiDawl

I actually tried to contact her but she hasn't replied. She charged $2500. What's more frustrating is that I refereed some of my friends to her and others who called and looked me up. She's advertising a lot of her pups are teacups (poodles, pomeranians, chihuahuas, yorkies, etc.)....

That is why I listed the prices of my two Yorkies -- so you could compare and see if you were charged extra for a predicted small size. Looks like you were. Prices do vary all over by area, breeder, and puppy but that is a pretty high price you paid! I actually paid at the high end for this area but not because they bred tinies but they breed dogs to standard and have healthy puppies. Both kept their dogs and puppies in their homes and you could tell they genuinely cared about them.

The Yorkie is a TOY breed -- so they are all toy dogs. The term "teacup" should not have such negative connotations -- it does for Yorkies because unethical breeders have bred such small dogs that they have put their health and the health of their puppies at risk. The Yorkshire Terrier Club of America has actually put it in their Code of Conduct/Ethics that breeders are NOT to use the term in any advertisement of their dogs. The unethical ones just do not belong to the YTCA.

Your breeder sounds like one to steer clear from -- multiple breeds, advertising teacups, and now not answering when you try to get service after the sale. Although you paid a hefty price, don't feel too bad. Think of it this way -- what we pay for our Yorkies up front is actually a small amount compared to what we will pay over the long run -- the tip of the ice berg. They are like kids -- we will spend a fortune on them and they will be worth every penny!

[blondflava]

My pup is about 4.5 lbs at 6.5 months but he's still tiny, I'm always surprised how heavy he is when I pick that peanut up. Other people too, they usually guess his weight by the size to be 2, top 3 lbs. He wears xsmall clothes and honestly, I don't know where that weight comes from LOL.

[rxybabe17]

One thing that I have found that helps a lot with having a tiny dog is using a cat collar with a bell. I use one on Summer and it helps so much from stepping on her and also it helps me know where she is. When she goes outside I sometimes can't find her but I hear her bell and go to where she is. She is so little and slow.

[Joeysmom]

Originally Posted by Amber_lv

Hey Debbie will you post a pic of her with something in it for a size difference like a pop can or something Peeka is the same weight and age and i would love to see the comparison between the 2 she is beautiful. Just curious cause Peeka's litter brother Boo is 3.9 lbs but Peeka is Smaller so i would like to see another baby about the same for comparison thanks!

Hi Amber... I just saw this post directed at me. I'll take a picture of her right now and post it.

deb

[Joeysmom]

Hi again... here are the pictures I promised a minute ago.

The waterbottle is the kind you get in a 24 pack at Walmart... like 16 oz. or something. She's on top of a high step bench (about 15"square on the top)

deb

[Bama Yorkie Mom]

I forgot to add, that I Love kizzy anyway and she is a smart dog and @ 11 lbs, she still isnt what you call a big dog. sorry I left that out. she is really getting to be a pretty one to me.

[Kbsqueff]

Tomorrow Maggie'll be 9 months old, and she weights 1,9kg...

Cute, cute, cute....

[cindy0721]

Gizmo is 1 year and 5 months old..... he weighs 4.4lbs...

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by HiDawl

Hi Everyone!

I was just wondering how common 4 lbs yorkies are. I bought my Coco from a breeder on the internet and upon visiting Kana and Momiji here from Yorkie Talk, I saw a huge difference in size of both puppies. They are only two weeks apart.

My point is, my Coco is supposed to be 3.5-4 lbs, but she is 4 months now and is 3.5lbs already. I'm a little disappointed with what the breeder told me because Coco is not turning out to be small. I'm thinking maybe she'll slow down in her development, but I doubt it. Of course this doesn't change my feelings for Coco. I think she's who she is and I'm grateful, but I would love to get at least a third of my money back from that wretched breeder!!

So does everyone here have small yorkies or bigger yorkies? I'd like to know. Thanks!!

My yorkie is a mini and is 3 1/2 months and weighs a little over 3 lbs, the Vet said she probably would be 7 lbs. That is a good size because smaller than that they can get into too much trouble, crawling behind gas stoves, refrigerators, etc.

[RascalLucy]

Originally Posted by rxybabe17

One thing that I have found that helps a lot with having a tiny dog is using a cat collar with a bell. I use one on Summer and it helps so much from stepping on her and also it helps me know where she is. When she goes outside I sometimes can't find her but I hear her bell and go to where she is. She is so little and slow.

Me too. Mine wears 2 cat bells.

[leximax]

I agree with everyone who said you cannot guess what they will weigh when full grown because they are like people from the same family where some are tall and some are short and some are fatter and some are skinnier! Same parents - different sizes. I too was lied to and paid more for 2 of my 3 and both ended up 7-8lbs. Only Lexi stayed 3.5lbs and she is almost 3 years old.

[sshaw]

Originally Posted by MCAM

So when can you tell the pup will be a tiny?I am looking at one and 1 1/2 lbs at 14 weeks.

Take note of the bone structure and the pads on the pups feet, I find that they will grow into them. All of the tinies I have had, had extreemely small pads and very tiny bone structure.

[MAKCAI]

did he have any problems with teeth, my little mac is 2lbs and ten months old, i am worried about surgery as he is very small.

[Monday]

Originally Posted by Grayson's mom

Grayson is almost 6 months old and weights almost 3 pounds I think he will be 4 pounds grown and I was told to expect him to be a big boy 7 to 10 pounds so I guess you never know huh?

Monday weighed 3 lbs at 14 weeks, and now at 4 years she is 4.5 lbs .... as for the "formula", the only thing certain about it, is that it's uncertain ... each little Yorkie is different ....