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Originally Posted by GG3  She may be too small. I am not an expert at all. My vet was talking to me about breading Roxy. He has 3 yorkies and pic's of them and his daughters around the office. He said it would be fun for her to have some pup's. The person he uesed to breed his yorkie is the person he wants to breed Roxy with next year. He said the male must be smaller and this male is 2.5 lbs and Roxy is about 4lbs. He said he would feel very safe about this since she wouldnt have to have a c-section. Talk to your vet. |
Not to be mean or anything but honestly I would be a bit skeptical about your vet. I don't care for his attitude about it being fun for her to have some pups. I don't think that is the right reason to breed a dog. How can he tell you that she wouldn't have to have a c-section like that. You can never tell for sure if they can free whelp. There have been standard sized dogs that can't free whelp. Personally I wouldn't breed my 4 lb female.
I know that there are breeders both ethical and unethical that will breed a female under 4 lbs if they are sure of their lines etc and figure only time will tell if it was a good choice. But I do think that most ethical breeders that are breeding for the standard would rather not breed such a small girl.
I know a breeder that recently bred her 4lb female and she did free whelp but she only had two pups and one died after birth and the other a week or so later. I wondered if it was due to the female's size and it being her first litter that she delivered early and had those issues with her pups.