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Originally Posted by cj125  I would just like to comment on the above statements that you made because I really don't want a new person to read them without having all the information.
Many of the people who are giving advise - that was asked for - are people who have either been in breeding/or raising Yorkies for a very long time and are familiar with genetics, socialization and medical welfare of Yorkies. If you read on the YTCA (Yorkshire Terrier Club of America - mother club) website you'll find a lot of the same information that was given by these members. I guess I would call them "professionals" as they have devoted much of their life to this breed.
And, yes, the Yorkie is a unique breed in that it is a "toy" breed and very different than raising a larger breed. Exactly why people are giving the advise that they are. Personally, I don't think larger breed pups should be leaving their moms at 6 weeks either. It just sounds like the breeders want to be done with them so that they don't have to feed and put up with them. I had a German Shepard and didn't let her litter go until they were 10 wks old and she had 10 of them.
I hope that new people take the time to view past postings from members giving advise. You can't always go by post count --- but you can certainly tell by the content of their posts what their experience is with this breed. In otherwords, some people giving advise may have little - if any - experience... while others have years of first hand experience and schooling.
I'm not sure why you made a comment about people jumping down anyone's throat on this thread because I thought everyone was being very nice - but it's comments like that that tend to ignite the fire. |
I agree... comments like that simply feed the fire and bring nothing to the conversation.