[MyFairLacy]

I posted this in the other thread, but I honestly don't know why YTCA doesn't have a minimum for the standard. Maybe a YTCA member like Mardelin or Brooklynn can give you an answer to that. I know some breeders will occasionally have a tiny puppy born in a litter - I personally don't think I'd be comfortable having a yorkie under 3lbs as an adult, and even three pounds is pretty small...I think I would prefer my next yorkies to be between 4 and 6lbs as adults. I know there are a lot of members with very small yorkies here. I hope you get a lot of responses to this thread as it will be good information for all.

I have a friend with a yorkie that is right at 3lbs. She had some kind of genetic issue with her spine..can't remember what it was called. But she started to fall over and couldn't walk by the time she was a year old. She had to have major surgery and has pins in her neck. She is so tiny and fragile that it scares me to hold her sometimes. You have to be extra extra careful with her, especially because of her neck. I wouldn't even let her jump off something a foot high.

But I have other friends with yorkies that are somewhere between 3.5 and 4lbs that don't scare me like the above one does. They aren't quite so fragile although I still feel like you have to much more careful with them compared to my 7lb yorkie. That's my main concern with the tiny ones is their safety. What's safe for a 7lb yorkie might be fatal for a 2lb one. You just have to be so much more cautious with them.

And I couldn't help but think of sweet little Natalie when I read this thread..she was such a tiny girl. I hope Dena will post on this thread and share her experience (although I know she is still grieving for her sweet baby). Natalie was such a tiny little girl.