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Is it certain? Is it certain that you can not determine a yorkies adult weight even by 12 weeks of age? I notice when a question is asked the answer is usually you can only guess but never really know. I ask this because I was hoping my girl would make it to 7 lbs (I worry constantly about her being so small) but she has stayed at 1lb 12oz for about two weeks now and she is soon to be 18 weeks. I love her to pieces no matter what but I'm also just curious. I know with other breeds you can determine the adult weight from the size of the paws the amount of fat/skin on the body and the features. I notice (I've been searching this site) that yorkies that are going to be on the smaller side tend to have a certain look (petite features, smaller bone structure, etc.) and the larger tend to have another look. I know about the weight chart but I am just wondering about this theory....:) |
Just as with humans, nothing is written in stone. It depends on genetics and they don't stop with just the baby's parents. |
i can tell you by my experience that they can surprise you. muffie was 4lbs at 8 weeks and now is 8lbs kirby was 4bls at 8 wks and now is almost 6lbs. now kirby structure is longer and higher than muffie....to look at them, you would think kirby is bigger.....go figure |
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On the other hand, I met another yorkie owner at the petstore the other day with a girl that was a lot taller, longer and bigger than him and weighed 3 lbs soaking wet. I don't go by weight at all.........because it can be so decieving in this breed ;) |
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Very interesting! By the way you baby is gorgeous. I guess I should phrase it better. Can a yorkie puppy of 16 weeks with paws half the size of a human thumbprint grow to be a 10 lb adult? This isn't about my girl as I don't care what weight she gets, I love her for who she is. It's all just curiousity! I just find it so interesting that general consensus is that a yorkie's adult weight can not be determined. Although, I have seen and met some breeders who say what I mentioned before; it depends on the thickness of the bones, the amount of excess skin and fat and the size of the features for an estimated weight to be determined. |
Just my opinion only but, I believe bone structure is a big part of it. My male was the biggest at 8 weeks but when you looked at each of their features he had a finer muzzzle and a different llok to the eye. He ended up at 10 mos 2.5 lbs. Almost everyone I have seen has fell to the same rule, finer boned, smaller pup. Bonnie |
I would like to know this also as London is about 17 weeks old and 1 lb 10 oz....I would like to have an idea of how big she will be. She has small bone structure and tiny paws. |
I'm fairly new at Yorkies but so far I have been right every time by looking at their faces and the bones in their front feet and legs. I can't tell how much their adult weight will be but I can tell if they are going to be below 4#. Sylvia |
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If she has a tiny face compared to other Yorkies you see and the bones just right above her front paws feels very tiny, very petite, then I would say she will be tiny. No more than 3 1/2#, probably not 3#. Sylvia |
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My little girl, Jewel, weighed 1#10ozs at 11 weeks. When you want to try to figure out the predicted size of your baby you need to consider the parents sizes and possibly the grandparents sizes. Jewel has 3 brothers, two weigh 4#2ozs where they used to weigh 3#12ozs steadily before I changed their food. The other brother is from her mother's side of the family at his last weigh in he weighed 5#6ozs. Their mother is 6#12ozs, so you can see a big difference there in the size of one litter. 3# to over 5#. Sylvia |
I just read an article about this on Petplace and it did reference paw size and loose skin but I think those apply to larger breeds. For yorkies most people will tell you to double the weight at 12 weeks, but this article said double the puppy's weight at 14 weeks, which probably is more accurate. |
Well the breeder told me London's mother is 5 lbs and her dad is about 3 lbs. I just felt the bone above her front feet and they are really small. Her front legs look really skinny. When she was 5 weeks old she was 1 lb 3 oz, then I had to wait for her to grow. The breeder said at 8 weeks she was 1 lb 6 oz and she would send her because it would be a long time before she grew. So when I got her at 10 weeks she was only 1.2 lbs, that is what, about 1 lb 4 oz? She was sooo tiny and she grows really slowly. She was 1.2 lbs for a long time. Now she is finally 1.6 lbs. I have a picture, will that help? |
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