[MyFairLacy]

Have her spayed. First of all, how do you know she'll even go into heat at the right time so that you'd be able to raise a litter this summer. From the time of breeding, it's about two months until they give birth and then 12 weeks of raising the puppies. That is a 5 month committment! Also, I think you're saying she'd only be one year old around this summer. That is too young to breed. She needs to be about two years old before you breed her, as does the male. There is so much involved in breeding - genetic testing needs to be done on male and female to make sure they are healthy and sound (knees, liver, eyes, ears, etc.) - you don't want to produce a litter of puppies that end up having genetic defects. You also have to make sure both the male and female are even of quality to breed (ie. they need to be evaluated by someone knowledgable of the yorkie standard such as a show breeder, judge, etc.) You also have to test the male and female to make sure they have no STDs prior to breeding. Then...what if there are complications? What if a C-section is needed, mom develops an infection, puppies die, mom dies? Are you willing to risk possibly losing your girl? Then you have to raise puppies for 12 weeks. Eventually they eat, pee, and poop all the time....it takes a LOT of work. You have to get them vaccinations and check-ups and make sure they are healthy before placing them in homes. And you have to spend a lot of time making sure you find the perfect home for the puppies. It's so much work and if you are as busy with school as you say, you don't need to do it. Also, breeding just because you want to make cute puppies is NOT a reason to breed - the reason to breed is to produce puppies that are an excellent speciman of the breed.