[candybaby]

Originally Posted by mh357

It seems like what a lot of people are saying are that tinies are sickly and not worth it. Would you define a 4 lb dog as a tiny? I'm not looking to buy into a "teacup" fad with a 2 lber! And I'm definitely not looking to breed for money because I'm not cold-hearted like that. I wouldn't buy a dog from someone if I knew it was sick or there was a chance that it wouldn't make it...personally I just couldn't get so attached and then have my heart broken. I never thought that this was such an issue of them not being worth it...there's a long thread about everyone's tiny babies, and everyone seems to love them. I personally think all dogs can have problems, genetic and unforeseen...The breed I'm getting soon I know to have problems, but I'm buying from a world-known breeder, and I know her lines and the frequency or infrequency of problems. I also know a woman who just spent $10,000 on her golden retriever because it ate some rat poisoning from the neighbor's yard. Some things you can be prepared for and go into knowing the dangers but it's worth it to have the dog you want...and some things you may not be able to prevent or predict will happen. They can happen to any dog, regardless of breed, age, size, etc. What about Chihuahuas that are the tiniest dogs whose standard isn't supposed to go over 6 lbs? Obviously there are tinier chihuahuas, whether people are breeding them for size or not...is a healthy well-bred chihuahua that happens to be under 6 lbs a health hazard also? My point is that there's way too many factors to just condemn a smaller than average size dog to a lifetime of problems and monetary investments. A poorly bred dog, bred from puppy mill dogs will obviously be more likely to have problems than one that is well bred. But I don't think it's fair to tinies to say that they ALL have problems and that they're not worth it.

I couldn't of said it BETTER, I agree 100%%%%% with this