Well we never ever let anyone pick ours up
and I will tell you why. We have friend who HAD a yorkie and her son came(16yr.old) home from school, picked up the puppy as he always had and the pup wiggled right out of his hands and fell, hit his little head on the hardwood floor and died instantly
So I tell everyone who want to pick mine up that we don't really want them to because they are very small and tend to be very wiggily. I would rather be safe than sorry.