The smallest I bred was 4.75 pounds and I waited until her 3rd heat before I bred her the first time. Now she is 5.10. She was my only free whelper. I was a nervous wreck though. I couldn't imagine going with smaller.
Although I do not agree nor would ever breed a female as tiny as your Linda. I do know that if you have generation after generation of smalls you can do it successfully. Line breeding is probably the way to go to be 100% certain about size. Line breeding doesn'thave to be as close as father and daughter to achieve this from what I was told. But you do have to know what you're doing.
Anywhoo...just wanted to say I've seen it done successfully with healthy tiny pups born, but it's not my cup-O-tea.
Irene |