Could I ask your advice please?
 

After a year of soul searching, I've decided to get another puppy.
My Tansy is twelve now. Two years ago she was diagnosed with heart failure & the vet warned me to think of my time left with her in terms of weeks rather than months. He started her on Vetmedin & diuretics & amazingly her quality of life improved cosiderably. So much that I still have her with me, for which I am so grateful. But I can't really take her out much, was warned to walk her for no more than 5 minutes at a time. She still loves to ride in the car, but mostly sleeps a lot & just potters round our very big garden.
I'm home all day to look after her.

My husband has been urging me to get a puppy as he knows how much I used to love being able to take her everywhere with me & even gave me an IOU for a puppy for my birthday, but I didn't want to upset my poor old girl. She is used to other dogs. when she came as a puppy, I had four other dogs in the house, who have since all got old & died. She also gets on really well with my father's Border terrier & my son's two dogs (one a Yorkie) when they visit.

I would love a puppy.
We've now heard of a litter of Yorkies, born this week, to a lady who shows & my husband wants us to go & look. So we're hoping to go when the puppies are old enough to receive visitors.

There is just a question I would like some help with please.
When I bought Tansy, we went to a breeder/exhibitor. I used to breed & show a terrier breed so always think it's best to breed as near as you can to the breed standard. I saw both parents, right size, sire was shown, & fell in love with the puppies. They all looked small, Tansy wasn't bigger.
I couldn't love Tansy more, but she just grew & grew! Till she was 12 pounds! Other than that she's perfect & a wonderful companion, my best friend & baby :)

But this time, I would really, really like to have one within the size standard. Is there any way I can tell? Was I just unlucky(with the size). Does it happen often that right size parents produce a whopper?
Is there any guidance you could give me please, if I'm lucky enough to go & see the puppies

What most people fail to noticed or consider is that although the sire and dam is within size standards...but somewhere along the family tree there is a larger gene. It is often hard to tell how big a puppy will mature to..It is only a estimated adult weight...

I hope you find what you are looking for...I am also in the market looking for a tiny black and gold male...so far no luck...

I am wondering also. Will the 'delicate' features be evident at 10 weeks?

I'm so sorry to hear of your little Tansy -- bless her heart. :(

Instead of buying a 12 week old puppy, I would recommend you buy a 5 or 6 month old pup. Or better yet, a lot of breeders sell pups around 8 or 9 months old (maybe even a tad older) because they turned out to be too small for breeding. That may be your best bet because it's just too hard to guess what weight a puppy will be when full grown. The breeder can only estimate the weight ... not guarantee it. You're safer getting a slightly older puppy. And really, 6 or even 8 months old it still YOUNG when compared to how long these little ones can live. :p

I wish you all the best of luck in your search for another Yorkie. Please give Tansy kisses from me and my crew. What a little angel.

I'm wishing you luck. This is not a professional observation, but I would say that if they weigh, for example, two pounds at 6 wks instead of one then you would probably have a 12 lb puppy. Of course, this isn't written in stone - just a guide. If you're getting older, too, it's easier to have a smaller pup because the bigger they are they can really be a bit tough to handle. Hey! Good luck and wishing you the best.

I have to agree with the rest that if your really concerned about the size you might want to get a little older pup, and you'd have a better idea how big it was going to be.

I have had several yorkies in my life and do you know even if I got a older one, like 5mo. they always got bigger than I thought they would. I like smaller ones so they are easy to take with me everyplace. I don't know if I fed them too well or what. It should be in their genes but I sometimes wonder. I have loved all of them however very much.

A month ago, when i'd finally decided to try & get another one, we rang the secretaries of all the Yorkie breed societies in the UK.
All, apart from one, said they didn't know of anyone with any for sale or even puppies expected. One secretary only knew of the lady I mentioned. She had this litter due.

When we rang her she also had one ten month little bitch who, as someone suggested, she had kept to breed but, as she estimated she would only be 5lb, thought she was too small. I thought she sounded perfect for us, but unfortunately the breeder had already agreed to let someone come to see her that week. When we rang back, the evening of the day the others had been, we were told the people had bought her. We haven't been able to find another one a few months old.