I need your suggestions
 

Our plans on getting a yorkie is now on hold. My husband is not to sure what kind of yorkie he wants. In the begining he want a small one. Now he is not sure. He said that he wanted the yorkie to be 15 to 20 lbs full grown. I was hoping to stay under 10 lbs. Is there type of yorkie that we can get that will not be over 15 lbs? Or am I just out of luck?

The standard is 7lbs and under and thats what most yorkies are. 15lbs is large for a yorkie and while there are some that get that large they are kinda rare

you might want to get what is known as a Silky Terrier. They are a little longer in the ears, body and muzzle than a regular yorkie and they weigh just a few pounds more. The average person can't tell them from a yorkie.

15-20 lbs is double the size of the average weight of a standard yorkie. You might want to look into a different breed altogether if you want one larger than 7-10 lbs.

If your husband has his heart set on a larger Yorkie please look at the shelters and rescue groups in your area...they usually have several large Yorkies available for adoption.

I second getting a silky if you want a dog to be 15-20lbs full grown (although even that is big for a silky). Yorkies are very small dogs

i agree too
look at the silkies or the shelters for a pup
silkies are usually a little cheaper (they are here i dont know about where you are, hun)

good luck...

oh and my husband didnt want a little dog at all, then we got little girl and she is 5lbs and thats his dog

My first yorkie is almost 5 and topped in at 14.1 lbs. and is purebred yorkie..she has lost a pound(I was told she would be 4 lbs full grown)..they used to breed them to be bigger, and there are still throw backs..mine is proof and there are a few more too..mine was regular size until she got older, then she kept growing and growing..good luck on your search..

There's a lot of yorkies that are less then 10 pounds. I have a 5lb, a 6lb, and a 12lb. You can get almost any size you want by I like them between 5-7 pounds.

I think its hard to pick one, I got one whose 14 lbs and then one whose 3.. my breeder told me that they can produce any size. So you can kind of determine it when you first get them, look at our weight chart and that can give you an estimate.

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my husband after the movies. He us bot interest in a tea cup (if there are such) I will consider a silky terrier. But I have ny heart set on a yorkie.

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:thumbup: :thumbup: Thats what I was going to say! The larger yorkies are much harder to place than the small ones.

First good luck in your search whatever you choose.

As for a tea cup, there is no such thing as far as the AKC is concerned. We (as breeders) get asked about tea cups all the time. Unethical breeders will push "tea cup" or "tiny" Yorkies and charge more. AKC standard is 4 - 7 pounds although you can find Yorkies under 4 and larger than 7 pounds.

What follows is just my opinion, others may disagree.

Small Yorkies (under 4 lbs) are typically but not always the runt of the litter. Many times they require a LOT of attention and special car. They tend to be weaker and may require a more frequent visits to the vet.

Larger Yorkies (over 7 lbs) aren't usually in as great a demand as smaller. We usually like our breeding females to be on the large size. Brydei is large (about 10 - 11 lbs) but she isn't overweight she is just built large. She is proportioned correctly just big. She is absolutely the sweetest girl in the world. I wouldn't give her up for anything. A couple that bought a boy from us from the same litter that Brydei was born into wanted a female as well. We didn't have any available at the time but they asked about Brydei. The couple offered us $10,000 for her rather than our standard price of $2000. We said no as we were planning on keeping Brydei to breed when her time came. Most breeders wouldn't have given it a second thought, they would have sold her.

Typically what we have found is
1) Small Yorkies are in demand.
2) Small Yorkies are more fragile.
3) Small Yorkies require more care.
4) Large Yorkies also tend to be sturdier.
5) Large Yorkies aren't in as great a demand as small Yorkies.

Whatever you choose, good luck.

I feel the same way about my 14 lb yorkie, when the breeder said she would buy her back(she was a few mos. old and was already more than I told she would be full grown), I said NO, I'm in love with her just the way she is..She has always had the sweetest disposition. I'm hoping this one is a little smaller than 14 lbs. but, I don't want her being teeny tiny..I'm wanting her to hurry and get bigger now(she's 2lb 6 oz at 12 weeks)..They make me nervous when they're this tiny, we've almost stepped on her a few times already..And I do agree too, that when they're real small, as cute as they are, they tend to have a lot more problems.