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Originally Posted by jexxie

I have a 3 yr old female toy poodle who weighs about 4 1/2 lbs. I have thought about breeding her to my 2 1/2 lb yorkie when he gets old enough but i'm not sure if I want to or not. 1, she is small but he is alot smaller, and 2. I haven't seen alot of them and I don't know what they look like. If I do breed her, it wil be for myself.. I mean, I would keep the pups for myself. She would probably only have one or two tops.. Anyway, I have experience with breeding and it would only be a one time thing.. i just don't know what to do. Most of the yorkie poos I have seen pretty much look just like yorkies which seems to defeat the purpose.. ANy advice??? The attatched picture is Pottsy a few months ago. He isn't any bigger now.

Originally Posted by jexxie

I know what you're saying but then again, the over population of all dogs is ridiculous, but that doesn't seem to stop people from breedig or buying yorkies. I talked to a lady today that has a yorkie in a small rescue she operates, and she said no one wants him because he weighs ten pounds. How sad. I love yorkies, but i love all dogs as well. The sad thing is, people would rather pay 1,000 dollars for a yorkie pup than go to a shelter or rescue to get a full grown dog or a mixed breed. I had one litter of yorkie pups and had a somewhat difficult time selling them. I was living with a friend at the time, or I would have kept all of them. I recently moved into my own place, however, and can have my own pets. I do not want to be responsible for pet overpopulation, but as long as their are people out there, like many on YT, no offence, there will always be that risk of it happening. Most ppl I have met on here seem to be responsible pet owners/breeders, but I have seen it happen too many times when a person will spend the cash on a yorkie and it still ends up in a shelter. In my opinion it doesnt matter if the pups are mixed breeds or purebreds. People still get sick of the responsibility of owning a dog and it has happened to every breed I know of. My question is, I hear alot of people saying that you should adopt from a rescue, etc.. and alot of people on here do, but lets face it, I guarantee that most of the folks on here preaching about dogs being left to die in shelters didn't adopt from a rescue. They seen a cute puppy on a nice little ad and paid $500 plus for it from a breeder. So, why is this??? There are many responsible breeders out there.. But no matter how much screening they do or whether they do spay /neuter contracts, that still doesn't guarantee a dog will stay out of a sheter. I see many breeders who ship. So do these breeders fly cross country every few months to check on the condition of their dogs? No... they don't .. They might make phone calls or keep in touch through emails but that's no proof that a dog is safe. I'm sure I will get a few negative replies about this post, but it's the truth . While responsible breeding may curve the over population of dogs, it does not prevent it...

OK, I'm just wondering what you're looking for here. In your original post you were asking for advice. Why are you asking for advice if you don't want to hear the answers? I kind of get the idea that you bought this gal with breeding already in your mind - is that right?

Then you respond about the overpopulation of dogs by saying "While responsible breeding may curve the over population of dogs, it does not prevent it..." So where/how do we start to control the overpoplulation if it isn't with responsible breeding? I don't understand what you're getting at with this comment. I'm sorry this doesn't even make sense to me.