My wife and I adopted a Yorkshire Terrier today from the local animal
shelter. Odd thing is, he doesn't look like those I've seen on the net
tonight. He weighs about 12-14 pounds for one thing and is . His color
doesn't seem like those I've seen tonight either. The hair on his back
seems almost silver in the bright light, but appears to have a bit of
black in it when the light is dim, the rest of him is a blonde color. His
vet records do state though that he is a Yorkshire Terrier. He stands
about 14" tall. I did take a look at the Yorkshire Terrier FAQ and it did
mention that pet Yorkies are a bit larger than those for show. Can I
assume then that is what he is?

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Maybe they mistook an Australian Terrier for a Yorkie:

http://australianterrier.org/

Does your dog look more like those on this website?
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Dreamspinner3 wrote:

Maybe they mistook an Australian Terrier for a Yorkie:

http://australianterrier.org/

Does your dog look more like those on this website?
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Not at all, on mine the hair on his head/face is a copper color, then it
turn into a bluish-silver on the top of his back. That turns into a
blondish color on his legs and feet. If my son didn't have my camera I'd
send a picture tonight. That will have to wait probably until Monday
though.

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Chris RLU 283774 Mandriva 10.1 Official
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Dreamspinner3 wrote:

Maybe they mistook an Australian Terrier for a Yorkie:

http://australianterrier.org/

Does your dog look more like those on this website?
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I have found a picture of exactly what my dog looks like, I've shrunk it to
a 21k .jpg file, is it permissable to attach it to a post?

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Chris said in rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

I have found a picture of exactly what my dog looks like,
I've shrunk it to a 21k .jpg file, is it permissable to
attach it to a post?

Nope. This is a non-binary newsgroup so many news servers will
filter it. Other servers will only retain it for hours. Some
ISP's servers will even remove your posting privileges. A good
rule of thumb is that if the group's name doesn't have the words
binaries or pictures in it, don't post pictures to it.

Post it to alt.binaries.pictures.animals and let us know what
the subject line is.

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Rocky wrote:

Chris said in rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

I have found a picture of exactly what my dog looks like,
I've shrunk it to a 21k .jpg file, is it permissable to
attach it to a post?

Nope. This is a non-binary newsgroup so many news servers will
filter it. Other servers will only retain it for hours. Some
ISP's servers will even remove your posting privileges. A good
rule of thumb is that if the group's name doesn't have the words
binaries or pictures in it, don't post pictures to it.

Post it to alt.binaries.pictures.animals and let us know what
the subject line is.

Thanks Rocky, I posted it under the subject "Large Yorkshire Terrier"

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Chris said in rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

Post it to alt.binaries.pictures.animals and let us know
what the subject line is.

Thanks Rocky, I posted it under the subject "Large
Yorkshire Terrier"

To begin with, the poster in the binaries group who assumed that
there are different sizes, as with Poodles, was wrong. Sure,
there's going to be some variance outside the breed standard
which, in Yorkshire Terries is 7 pounds, but there's only one
general size: Small (heh). BTW, further to that post, there's
no such thing as "teacup" size in any breed - that's just a
sales ploy of bad breeders.

As to the pictu I'd never have guessed Yorkie, at least not
purebred. But if yours is half as nice-looking as the dog in
the picture (I love the Benji look) and he's got the personality
you want, I think you found yourself a winner.

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Rocky wrote:

Chris said in rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

Post it to alt.binaries.pictures.animals and let us know
what the subject line is.

Thanks Rocky, I posted it under the subject "Large
Yorkshire Terrier"

To begin with, the poster in the binaries group who assumed that
there are different sizes, as with Poodles, was wrong. Sure,
there's going to be some variance outside the breed standard
which, in Yorkshire Terries is 7 pounds, but there's only one
general size: Small (heh). BTW, further to that post, there's
no such thing as "teacup" size in any breed - that's just a
sales ploy of bad breeders.

As to the pictu I'd never have guessed Yorkie, at least not
purebred. But if yours is half as nice-looking as the dog in
the picture (I love the Benji look) and he's got the personality
you want, I think you found yourself a winner.


I found another picture of what I assume he will look like when his
coat grows out on google/images. He was clipped pretty short for the Texas
summer. He's definately stolen our hearts, his previous owner worked all
day were told and she gave him up because he kept running away. Since my
wife doesn't work he's become terribly spoiled since last Thursday when we
adopted him. He even gets along great with our three cats.

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"Chris" wrote in message
nk.net...
He's definately stolen our hearts, his previous owner worked all
day were told and she gave him up because he kept running away. Since my
wife doesn't work he's become terribly spoiled since last Thursday when we
adopted him. He even gets along great with our three cats.

Sounds like a very lucky little dog.. How perfect. It's a win-win
situation all around.

~~Judy

On 16 Oct 2005 01:24:08 GMT, Rocky wrote:

BTW, further to that post, there's
no such thing as "teacup" size in any breed - that's just a
sales ploy of bad breeders.

Nuh-uh!! I saw a calendar entitled Teacup Chihuahuas right there with
all the other breed calendars so it must be a real breed distinction.
The same method proves beyond doubt that labradoodles and schnoodles
are distinct breeds. So there! Shows what you know!

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Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay