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Originally Posted by Britster  Thanks for the info.
Personally, I think they should have a bottom weight. 3-4 pounds SHOULD be the smallest and hopefully people don't try purposely to get dogs between 1 and 3 pounds. I just think that is so ridiculously small they can't even be a real dog because they can get hurt SO easily so they have to be so overprotected their whole lives. I understand things happen and you can't always predict. But I think there is so many people who breed for really small and that's not right. Yorkies were not ALWAYS so tiny if you look back in history. I know some prefer the tinies and that's totally fine. But a 4 pound dog is REALLY tiny. Anything less is extremely tiny. I prefer the 6 pound and larger range. I also think the breed standard should be upped a bit in the weight. Rather than not exceeding 7 pounds, they shouldn't exceed 10 pounds. But these are just my opinions of course! |
I agree with having a bottom weight. The Maltese standard is also under seven pounds, but it states that 4-6 is preferred. I wish the YTCA would follow their lead.
There is too much emphasis on breeding the super tiny ones. They are at such a high risk of injury when they are that small. My vet told me one of her super tiny Yorkie patients was killed when he was accidentally slammed in the door. She said they see too many tragic accidents with the tiny ones.