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teacup yorkies Before you start jumping down my throat, yes, I know there is no such thing as a teacup yorkie...just needed to catch your attention. This leads to more questions that I have: 1) What do you call a yorkie that is under 3 lbs full grown? 2) For those of you that have bred and ended up with a very small yorkie, do you still sell those with limited registration, or did you end up just keeping it? I just wanted to know because I have a very small female that still weighs only 14 ounces at 4+ weeks. Even the runt of my litter has by-passed her in size. I am currently planning on keeping her because she is so small. I know that as an owner, people are quick to jump on people that call small yorkies teacups. But this is a term that has been coined by the public. If the public goes by this phrase then why not just go with the flow? No, I'm not trying to make enemies here, just curious. :) |
OMG YOU USED TEACUP!!!! :eek: LOL just kidding with you... :p i really would like to know too! because i mean what do we call them when they are so tiny! |
I think the word "teacup" has come to mean "smaller than average". I don't think anyone will jump at your throat about it if you aren't going to put that word in front of "Yorkie" and try to sell it for 5 billion dollars. I'm only against the word "teacup" if a irreputable breeder tries to make a pretty penny off of the word. Fred is smaller than I thought in size and I just call him mutant, runt, rat or teeny tot. But, that's just me trying to be funny and I doubt Fred understands enough to get his feelings hurt. :D From reading these threads, a lot of people like to keep the smaller ones but if they cannot keep them, they sell them with limited registration just to prevent the small dog from being bred. But, I'm no breeder so I might not be of any help! :rolleyes: |
thanks for your replies. Let's see if we can get more. |
I'd call the under 3 lb-er "small." Calling dogs "teacups" are, to me, a sales pitch to sell dogs that are very small, and to be honest, may have more health problems. I just don't like the implication that since my dog who is over 10 lbs. is somehow not desirable or cute because he's not a "teacup." Plus, the word "teacup" is SOOOO Disney... You know, in another thread, i was talking about a woman who said, "oh, you have a regular yorkie, mine's a teacup." I think some people believe that "teacup" is a different breed of yorkie altogether, and that's not the truth. Is there a substantial difference between trees and bonsai? They're both trees. Should we call small yorkies bonsais?although I believe there's a website called bonsaiyorkies.com or something. |
I think a 3lb is just a small or tiny yorkie. I agree with everyone that "teacup" is a marketing term so that people can charge mucho dinero. A lot of people do think that a "teacup" is variation of the breed like in poodles. They even spoke about the fact that poodles are one of the very few breeds that actually have variations of the breed based on size. |
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If your baby girl will fit in a tea cup, then that's what you should name her. My Maggie is already 3.5 lbs, at 13 weeks. She is way past the tea cup size. I guess Maggie would fit in the Mixing Bowl catagory. |
Ha Ha I like the mixing bowl!!!! Whether you like the word tcup or not you definitely can't get away from it. Everytime we go for walks someone asks if we have a teacup and how much tcups cost. |
Four to seven pounds is the standard so I call a yorkie under four pounds small. It doesn't drive me crazy that people use the word teacup but I do think they use it to get more money. Why isn't there a cutesy term for a ten pound yorkie? |
Mixing Bowl!!! LMAO! That was funny! Bunny is estmated to mature at 3lbs (no guarantees) and my breeder just told me that she would be tiny, no teacup term. I think that people looking for a "teacup" need to do more research on the breed! |
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"Special Jumbo Size" and "Yorkies Bite Size"...LOL! That I got confused with Teacup and tiny yorkie. And I was about to buy one until I came here on YT and found they were no such thing. |
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LOL!! Max has the biggest crush on Chanel, he told me he loves "Full Figured Yorkie girls with long hair" ;) |
HIgh Dollar sales pitch.. A Yorkie is a yorkie is a yorkie. I raise smaller yorkies and i tell people there is no tcup. they have to spay or nuter them it's in the contract. (females) Who wants a young little baby having babies and have to have a c-section. |
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