i will try to answer your questions.....I am not offended....
shelbysmom]Okay...I have to ask. What do you "do" with a 1 1/2 lb. dog? I am not being critical, I am very curious and trying to picture it. Did you want a dog that small? Did you buy from someone that breeds for tinies? >snip
Well Tiny is pretty healthy inspite of her size. she never has had low blood sugar. she eats only dry dog food. she sleeps in her crate every nite. she's too small be in my bed. No I didn't buy her. I bred her. her parents are 6 pounds each. she was the only puppy in her litter. she was normal size puppy when born. she just didn't grow. i couldn't sell her because i didn't find anyone I could trust to safe guard her. so she stayed here.
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I will give it to you that they own the cuteness factor but other than sitting around being cute, what do they do? How doglike can they be? Who do they play with? >snip
Tiny does NOT sit around being cute! grin. she runs and plays all day with the other dogs. Tiny gives them a run for their money let me tell you. She is very doglike. My Yorkies (8) weigh from 2 pounds adult to 9 pounds besides Tiny. She plays with them all. If she wants to play and they are asleep too bad. Tiny jumps right in the middle of them to roust them out and then starts yip yip yip to get their attention. She sounds like a squeak toy. Tiny is no wall flower. She is a very small dog but robust and loves life. I rarely carry her anywhere unless I leave the house. She doesn't do well in public on the floor.
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When Shelby was that size it was fun but frightening. I know how careful you have to be all the time. >snip
Well i'm not really very careful. Tiny lives a normal life except for running in the yard. Tiny mostly stays in the house all the time with just ocasional trips outside to get sunshine. All dogs need sunshine to be healthy.
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I am assuming you are a great Yorkie owner and you love your dog and you do everything you can to keep him safe. But knowing what you know do you think there are that many people just like you? Willing to protect a tiny baby? Aware of what to watch for? >snip
No i do not think a lot of people know what to do for a tiny that's why she is still here! Yikes! I have turned down a considerable price for her. Some people will apparently pay huge sums of money for the tiny ones. but I don't know I just couldn't sell her to just anybody.
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That is part of the reason this is getting beat to death. It's an awareness issue. So many people buy dogs without thinking long term, an isty bitsy one can not survive the short term interest that many people have in them. Tiny dogs are great, but exhausting. >snip
this is a true statement. tiny dogs are exhausting. Tiny is healthy but still I worry. I didn't buy her. She just arrived here by birth. but I do feel it's necessary to give her the best of care which also includes worring about her night and day. But I do try to let her be a normal dog. she walks and runs just like all the other dogs here. she does get lap time too. but Tiny is usually too busy to be in a lap. hahaha
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My dog is more than twice your dogs size!!!!!!
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well please do not hold that against me. i'm joking!! as i said i had no control over Tiny. She is truely Gods gift.
Zulu