My opposition is not to tiny Yorkies but to those trying to breed for them. I have two (what I call) tinies myself and they are precious. I 'get' why people are attracted to them. My tinies are 3 and 3 1/2 pounds respectively and I worry about them constantly. To hear of Yorkies down to 1 1/2 pounds is hard for me to even imagine.
This thread isn't about the OP: it was started by the OP. I know I was one of the critical ones but to me the original post was not informative and not very sensible, to put it mildly.
I don't agree with breeding these very small dogs, whether there is a demand or not. It is not only very risky to the dam but what of the pups? To find truly qualified homes for these micro dogs is not easy. An occasional tiny (and I don't mean the micro-mini, itty-bitty ultra tinies) should be enough for a breeder to raise and find homes where these babies can thrive.
One thing that does strike me is this quote from the first post. "when you breed tiny males to bigger females yes you get some smaller dogs and bigger litters but are those small dogs
healthy no they are the runts of the litter the puppies that got the least amount of nutrition inside the mother ".
What's odd about this is that the OP does have some nice champions in her pedigrees. Now, with champions you have to assume that they are not tinies but are in the 4 to 7 pound range. So, how do you get these ultra tiny dogs from such pedigrees without breeding runt to runt? And there's the obvious point that a dog gets its size depending on its genetics and not how much nutrition it gets in the womb. I think most breeders here have seen the runt sometimes catch up with and even outgrow its littermates and sometimes see one of the bigger pups stop growing early and become the runt. It's genetics...not pre-natal nutrition.
LOL, I know I'm rambling now, but it bothers me to see someone come on and post such things. Obvious mis-information about breeding practices should, IMO, be challenged. Geez, what if people believe this stuff?
Breeders, IMO, should strive to breed for the standard. It was put there for a reason, not the least of which is the dog's best interest. If someone wants to profit from the purse puppy fad, that's their business. They can keep it their business by not staring threads justifying it.
P.S. If anyone thinks this thread is about just the differences between show and pet dogs, re-read the first sentence of the first post. "There is a big difference between a show dog and a tiny little pet." This thread is all about breeding for tinies, plain and simple. |