Does anyone have a yorkie over 7 pounds?

[mkawczak]

Aiden goes again next Thursday. He weighed 5.4 and then two weeks later 8.8. I hope he stops growing,just because he's small framed.

[two mile hi]

My first duo of Yorkies, Nyx and Minnie, were 12 and 8 pounds. My current ones, Tucker and Molly, are 12 and 9. Actually I sought out larger Yorkies. Not interested in breeding them and also scared that the tiny ones would get injured or have health problems. Also, I live in a harsh climate. You can give a 9-10 pounder a big hug.
When people ask what breed they are, we say they're Giant Yorkies, and others think this is an actual breed.
(Guess Tucker is a popular name for a Yorkie.)

[kidmuzicdotcom]

My Shelby Rae weighs between 8 and 10lbs and they told me she would be 4lbs...everyone says she is huge for a yorkie but there's just more to love..

[katrn]

Originally Posted by katrn

Pepper is 15 weeks and weighed 5 lbs 1 oz a week ago. I think she will be on the larger end. my vet says the smaller ones have more probs. I love her to pieces whatever size she is. I also have 2 dogs much larger than her so maybe if she is on the larger end she will stand up to their lovin better.

Just an update: at 1 yr pepper is now 13 lbs!!!!
At christmas we were at my mother-in-law's her husband has a son that has a weenie dog (can't spell the breed) and a Rottweiler. I was a little nervous about the first meeting, well guess what happened. The Rottie went to sniff pepper and pepper just started barking at her. The Rottie tried to stay away from her the rest of the day. At one point i found the dogs in a bedroom, the Rottie was in the corner trying to hide behind her mom. She was pinned in a corner between the wall and the bed with pepper at the end of the bed just barking away. The funny thing is my mil has a havenese named molly that is the same size as pepper and the rottie usually does to molly what pepper did to her. It was so funny

I used to say that pepper had a stray rottie gene somewhere, guess i was right!

[Lucia]

Twinkle is 8lb and is 7months old now. Both her parents were within the standard size. I paid less for her because she was big and she is a loved and loving family pet I could never imagine a dog smaller than her, until I saw a lady walking a yorkie at a park we sometimes go to.....her yorkie was 3 years old and about 3 pounds - he was the cutest little thing! xxx xxx

[ElaineE]

I think that breeders have pushed the phrase "tea cup" out their so much that everyone expects Yorkies to all fit in a tea cup for the rest of their lives, but that is really the more uncommon thing to happen. It's fun to take pictures of puppies in cups, shoes and baskets, but they all grow to different sizes. I have a Yorky that is 7 1/2lbs, and my vet has one that's 14lbs. Mine has the best personality, and he's also very muscular and athletic. I would just smile and laugh and move on. No reason to explain anything to anybody. Everybody here knows he's perfect the way God made him!

[steph77]

Lilah is 2 yrs old and weighs 20 lbs, and Vader is about a year and a half a5nd weighs about 11 lbs. They had a litter of pups a few mos ago who are now 15 weeks old, and most of the pups (there were 9 of them!) wigh around 8-9 lbs already!

[sganow]

Our Ginger is 10 lbs and is an AKC registered Yorkie.

[Beauty]

He is going to be 8 months in 2 weeks. His mom weighs 7lbs. and supposedly, his dad weighs 4lbs. I was expecting a 7lbs. max adult weight too - but agree with everyone that his weight makes him more "playable" and not as fragile and more to love and cuddle.

[linz06]

Layla is 10 lbs

[rebeccag]

My Jonah will most definately be over the 7lbs....is that him in the Avatar...very cute!!! And, I see so many Yorkies over the standard....don't feel bad...you love him anyway right! My two aren't standard anything but they make me smile or laugh everyday....If I ever get another one, he or she will look like a Yorkie....lol!!!!!

[Britster]

Jackson weighed 6lbs at his 12 week appt, weighed 8.6 pounds at his 17 week appt, and now at 7 months old is nearly 14lbs Wouldn't have him any other way...

[WeeBitaGunner]

Gunner was 3 pounds at 10 weeks; 8 pounds at age 1 and at age 2 is 11 pounds - his name was "Tank" when he was born because of his size. His mom weighs 4 lbs and his dad that weighed 3 1/2 pounds. I think he is genetically a throw-back to the original Yorkies...who were around 12 pounds. He is energetic and adorable with a teddy bear face!

[Chance]

Yes, I have a Yorkie that is over 7 pounds. She is almost 10 pounds also. I had never
bought a dog before either, I did the same as you, a bought her from the paper. I have
also been told she is so "big". I don't mind, because she is beautiful, she has a healthy
coat. Today I was around 3 other Yorkies that were so much smaller than her, but
everyone that was there, stopped to tell me how pretty she was. They never mentioned how pretty the smaller ones were. Their coat looked like wire, and they
didn't look healthy. I am not saying all small Yorkies look bad, because I have seen
some that are beautiful, I just think size doesn't matter unless you plan to show your
Yorkie. I just wanted my Yorkie, to love and spoil.
Sandy and Chance

[WeeBitaGunner]

Hi Sandy,

I get the same responses from people about Gunner. They always asked where I got him. Everyone loves his beautiful coat and his teddy bear face. He does tricks (High 5, roll over, crawl...) and is a cutie. Gunner was actually a gift from my kids who raise Yorkies. They were shocked at his size, but he's perfect for me. I hesitated getting a Yorkie because I didn't want a really small dog. I have friends with the tiny ones, but they have more health problems and can easily be hurt (accidently) by kids. We have 7 grandkids and I wanted them to be able to play with our dog. Gunner worked out perfectly.

I love them all (and dogs/animals in general); but Gunner is definitely special.

Marcia & Gunner