Deana you are absolutely right...they are so difficult to medicate and treat! Many techs and vets have trouble setting an IV in such a tiny dog and medications must be so carefully dosed. If they get sick it is harder on their little bodies!
Also those that breed for the smaller yorkies, use smaller yorkies...which I think is dangerous. I cringe everytime one of our 5-7 lbs females goes in for a c-section or any surgery...after my 5.5 lb female was on the brink of death during her last c-secion...I knew there is no way I could breed smaller yorkies, they are so small at 7 lbs as it is.
If you really want to own a smaller yorkie, I would recommend finding one from a responisble breeder who is breeding nice size yorkies and happened to get a smaller yorkie in their litter. Twice we have had smaller puppies produced, we kept both of those puppies until they were 2 lbs which was 7 months old before we even talked about placing them in new homes, both went for less than we normally sell our yorkies for!
This is just my opinion of course but it is based on experience working as a tech and breeding!
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