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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  I had a little girl come into rescue who I ended up adopting but I got her at 7 months and she weighted less than 2.5#'s and I was the third home. No one wanted to deal with the health issues nor the cost. She is fat and sassy now - a whopping 3#'s |
Awww.....Bella.
I think given the chance, my daughter would claim Cindy's little one as her own!
We have a male that is 3 pounds soaking wet. People see him and exclaim, "Oh I want one THAT size!" I just sigh and say, "No you don't." I wish he'd gotten bigger like his 5 pound littermates! I think there are alot of misconceptions that 'all tiny Yorkies are unhealthy'--not the case. However, all tiny Yorkies ARE more delicate and seem prone to mishaps compared to those on the upper end of the scale.
Where you have to be careful is with breeders who purposely breed dogs down to such a small size all for the sake of queching their thier thirst for the almighty dollar!
It puts the tiny dogs being bred at risk as well as the resulting offspring. Bottom line, it is just not a safe practice. I would have to question any breeder who purposely tries to produce such small dogs--
if 'greeders' are motivated to make big $$$ off of smaller dogs and are willing to put their dogs' lives at risk, how much concern do you think they have for the health and well being of the pups?