Your Questions About How Big Will A Morkie Get

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I’d say between 5 and 7 punds. Look at the size of his paws

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Around this time, the method you use to see approx. How big your puppy will be full grown is multiplying the puppies weight by 2 which is 6 and then adding about 10 lbs. You use this method when your puppy is about 4 months old. Your puppy should be around 15lbs at most, but since she is a mix, most likely she will be less because of the small Yorkie in her.

Hope that helps!

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He is a cute little mongrel.

What colour his adult coat will be is hard to say. He will be a small dog. I have never seen a grey yorkie.

Beulah

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Morkie isn’t a real breed, and therefore there is no breed standard. Purebreds, like Yorkies, have an AKC breed standard that is set by the Yorkie Breed Club, and the breeders work to keep all the Yorkie pups the same, so you can always predict how they will turn out physically. Your pup is just a Yorkie/Maltese mix breed, so it could be Yorkie sized, or Maltese sized, or bigger or smaller if there are other breeds in the dogs genetic background. Mixed breeds are not predictable in size, shape, color, or temperament because there is no standard that anyone is working to achieve.

Just wait and see, and enjoy your pup.

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I wouldn’t suggest a “morkie”. There is no accurate way of determining the size when it reaches adulthood unlike with its purebred parents. Yorkies- I have one- are not to be over 7 pounds….that is pretty small. Preferably they are to be 4-6 pounds. Some common health concerns for yorkies are early tooth decay, bronchitis, eye infections, slipped stifle and have delicate stomachs.

Maltese are also a toy breed like the yorkie and are also under 7 pounds and again they are preferred to be 4-6 pounds. They are also prone to sunburn along the hair parting; skin, eye issues, respiratory, and slipped stifle. So they share common health concerns along with the yorkie..meaning its not a really good idea to purposefully bred them..no reputable breeder will breed a mix like this. Backyard breeders will and as such they are generally not very healthy- its not a good idea to crossbreed two breeds with similar health concerns and do no genetic testing like OFA/CERF. I have come across many designer breeds in shelters some from puppy mills and back yard breeders.

Yorkies and poodles also share similar health concerns….and no back yard breeder tests for genetic diseases.

Both Maltese and Yorkies are small breeds- under 7 pounds. A “Morkie” might not even be a yorkie/maltese cross…some breeders breed the mix to another mix, so theres no telling how big a “morkie” might get. Some people predict no bigger then either parent. I’ve had a designer bred mutt before- was adopted at the shelter and he was from a back yard breeder-. He got bigger then both of his parents.

My yorkie playmates are 50+ pound dogs. He does really well with them. My mom’s best friend has a Maltese and Chihuahua with dogs that are 10x their size with no problem. It really depends on your current dog’s behavior. Are they trained? How old are they? I’ve had small dogs with larger dogs with no problems. I never leave them unsupervised because my yorkie does like to play rough with the big dogs. Larger dogs can accidentally harm a smaller dog in play,although I haven’t had that to happen yet.

Before going out to get one of these dogs, research them first. Learn that there is no such thing as a “tea cup”yorkie or Maltese. The “tea cups” are just undersized runts..and usually not very healthy. Backyard breeders and puppy mills use this term..not reputable breeders.

I will also suggest you look in local shelters- you can search petfinder by city/state/ and by breed for one. It will also bring up the breed mixes so its possible you may come across a Maltese/yorkie mix.
There are 846 Maltese listed on petfinder and 1,218 yorkies listed on petfinder.

Http://www.petfinder.com/pet-adoption

Yorkie info sites:

http://www.ytca.org/rescue.html

http://www.ytca.org/breeder3a.html

http://www.akc.org/breeds/yorkshire_terrier/index.cfm

Maltese:

http://www.americanmaltese.org/ama_rescue.htm

http://www.americanmaltese.org/ama_breeder_alpha_listing.htm

http://www.akc.org/breeds/maltese/index.cfm