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Originally Posted by Laura I know I am not an expert, but after one litter with a 7 pound mom, I know it would be horrifying to put a tiny girl through that, and if the pups were a small bit less healthy - It would cost more than you could ever make just to keep them alive - IF you didn't lose your little mom, too. My little 3 pound girl is so precious to me, I could not imagine trying to breed her - I just love her too much to take that chance. I was so worried about Zowie those last few days before whelping. I guess I think anyone who would consider it has no heart for living creatures. |
I totally agree Laura~
While I respect the breeders on here and elsewhere who breed "responsibly" I could NEVER breed one of my own no matter how big they were. The horror stories are just too much for me to read, much less live through....
The risk to the lives of the mother and the puppies is just too much for me.
Kathy~ I do not act like a "know it all" or a "blowheart" (sic) any more than you do. You say you don't breed tiny females and you criticize me for having an opinion on the subject since I don't breed at all although I have had to nurse a sick tiny. For your logic to be relevant, no one would be allowed to offer an opinion unless they had actually bred a tiny female.
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everyone knows you were referring to me in your post so to try to pretend otherwise now is sort of silly, isn't it? I commend you on using your ignore button if you are unable to handle differing points of view without being respectful and civil. And, my goal is the same as yours on here...I have coached many newbies through syringe feeding a little one who is not eating, encouraging them to train their dogs for their safety, educating about coccidia, livershunt, luxating patellas and hypoglycemia, all of which I have researched thoroughly and have opinions on as a pet owner and breed fancier.
To try to infer that I somehow do not love this breed and these babies as much as those who show or breed for the show standard because I have different opinions and always have the best interest of the dog at heart, is self righteous and closed minded at best and down right prejudicial at worst.
And Villette~ There is definitely a
prejudice against having or wanting tinies. You said you found fault with those "wanting tinies" in your earlier post on this very thread. Well, I believe there are perfectly legitimate reasons for wanting a smaller yorkie and I judge no one for it. Do I believe anyone and everyone should own one? NO! Just as I do not believe that everyone should have a yorkie. I can think of many many forum members who have said "I own one, but I don't advise anyone else to", they tell everyone how "sickly" they are and how careful you have to be, and how fragile they are, etc to dissuade people from them, and then they go right and get a second one. Or, there are members who own larger ones and say they would never have a tiny because they are "sickly, fragile and timid" and they go right out and buy one!! I just find that sad that these little dogs who are every bit the tenacious "Big Dog in the Little Dog Body" that their larger counterparts are and they get criticized all the time and portrayed as tiny and sick.
The truth is you can have a sickly, fragile, timid 5 lber as easily as you can a three lber, and you can have an aggressive, healthy, alpha in a 2 lber!! Tinies are no more innately fragile or sickly than 5 lbers in my experience.
And, I was not "clouding the issue" by stating that there is nothing wrong with breeding a tiny male since the thread didn't address a difference in sexes and we are here to educate. There are a lot of newbies to the breed who may think it is somehow bad to breed any tiny regardless of sex. It may be a silly thing in your opinion which didn't need stating, but I simply felt otherwise. Please do not harshly criticize me for thinking such.