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10-25-2009, 06:25 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toronto
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| Really Small Yorkies Hi, I am thinking about getting a really small yorkie - probably 4 pounds full grown. The one I am thinking of adopting is 5 months and 2.5 pounds. Any tips - advice, concerns that you could share. Do any of you have tough small ones? strong and sturdy, or do you find they are more 'porcelain doll' like...... thanks! |
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10-25-2009, 06:44 AM | #2 |
Lola's Love Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mill Valley, CA, USA
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| You may get more help if you post in the general section and not in the pic section...
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10-25-2009, 06:46 AM | #3 |
Lola's Love Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mill Valley, CA, USA
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| nevermind...looks like you did..lol
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10-25-2009, 06:58 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Midlands
Posts: 162
| Hi ..firstly I don't think anyone can ever be sure exactly how big a Yokie will grow. We have a 7 month oldpup..the breeder told me he would be a "Teacup" as he was the tinyest of the litter..but he is 3 lbs. now with long legs....Also I don;t think that 4lb in weight is so tiny really. I lost one in March..now he was tiny..weighing at 2 lb...he wasn't too delicate really...he was nearly 15 when I lost him..he was a picker eater and a bit on the nervy side..but all in all o.k. I don't think you can really tell what they will turn out like really...but at 5 months old and 2.5 lbs. he will probably grow a bit more.. They usually say double the weight at 12 weeks.. Do you know anything about his parents..i.e. background as you say you are adopting him...Have you seen his parents etc.? Can you post any piccies of him at all. I would say if you have taken to him then go for it...you should be able to jmudge the character of the dog at 5 months old...he should be sociable..not too timid..and responsive to you. People who have had really tiny yorkies.i.e. under 1.5 lbs. may say they a bit harder to keep... but a 4 lb. yorkie should be just about right...and I think mine may be about that size as well. Chrisann. x
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10-25-2009, 07:36 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Jersey Shore
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| We have a 3.5 lb. Yorkie and a 4 lb. Yorkie and out Little Brooklyn who we just got is charting to be 2.5 lb.s - 3 lbs. She is currently 15 weeks and one pound seven ounces. The biggest issues I had were when they are younger I worried about Hypoglycemia. You have to make sure they eat several times a day even if just a little bit. I always kept Nutrical on hand and at night would give them just a little bit to keep their sugars up through the night as a precaution. Also, of course you always have the fear of stepping on them. Hope it works out. Elaine |
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