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I have to wonder why 2 pounds at 8 weeks is not the NORM? What is so wrong with a Yorkie weighing in at 2 pounds? I just don't see 5 or 6 pounds being big. Just really curious thats all. I think it is a good healthy weight. |
2 pound at 8 weeks is on the larger side my brownie was that and when he loses a couple pounds his good weight would be 15 pounds i think 2 pounds at 12 weeks would be a different story |
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so am i! like you i don't think of 5-6 pounds as being large either and can't imagine it being a problem. |
Sounds like he's going to be bigger to me...there's a chart on here somewhere. It might be at yorkiepassion.com (I think that's the site). My girl is only 2lbs 2oz at 4 1/2 months and she's expected to be about 4lbs. |
my boy was tiny when we first got him and now hes 5pounds at 6months but hes a standard size and his dad was as big as he is now when he was buddys age maddy she weighs 1 pound exactly and shes 8 weeks but she was a very tiny baby and was the runt but shes healthy now |
Who knows what's normal:) but my last yorkie weighed 1.8 lbs. @ 8 weeks and at 12.5 years ended up at 5 lbs., and my new yorkie Chase weighed 2 lbs. @ 8 weeks and 2.38 lbs. @ 12 weeks so I think MAYBE 2lbs. could be considered normal. |
size Was it my post you were questioning as to the norm...there is nothing wrong with 2 pounds at 8 weeks...what is NOT the norm is a puppy who weighs 2 pounds at 8 weeks and only grows up to be a 3 pound adult as in the previous post...2 pounds at 8 weeks is quite normal for a Yorkie who is not going to be a tiny... |
Like Pat said, 2lbs at 8 weeks is normal, but hard to tell what they will be at their adult weight. According to the charts and this is just an estimate, a 2 lb puppy at 8 weeks should weigh around 6lbs. |
Your puppy is perfectly normal . |
skoshi weighed 2 lbs at 10 wks. i dunno how much now tho |
Normal size for 8 weeks. My dogs have never followed the yorkie growth charts. Gracie weighed 2 lbs, 3 ounces at 8 weeks. At one year, she weighed 4 1/2 lbs and today (she's 3 years), she weighs 5 1/2 lbs. I can't remember London's weight.:rolleyes: But she currently weighs around 6 1/2 lbs. Dallas weighed 1 1/2 lbs at 8 weeks and at 5 3/4 months, he weighs 3 1/2 lbs. Your best bet is to look at the parents. Everything about these dogs involves genetics. Don't get me wrong...a tiny pup that comes from average sized parents could end up to being large and vice versa. Pat is right, though. Don't expect a 2 lb 8 week old pup to only get to 3 lbs. Not going to happen. |
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You're right Pat....the only thing you can really depend on is that these lil Yorkies can make a liar out of you...... |
I think every pup is different, so to say anything is normal or not normal doesn't make sense. My girl was barely 1lbs at 12 weeks, and at 6 months was barely 2 lbs and all of a sudden went through a HUGE growth spurt and by 9 months she was 4 lbs 9 oz. These babies are all different, it really depends on their parents. Some pups stop growing sooner than others. |
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One of my stud's Sire & Dam were very standard size (6-7 pounds) and from a very standard sized pedigree.....I fought to get him to 4 pounds (he's very fine boned). When I took him into the ring at age 2 he was just under 5 pounds.....He's 4 now and 6 pounds 2 oz. Some just take longer to mature out. Actually he'll be 4 in May |
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