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Originally Posted by wnalegria I would love to talk to some of these breeders who are vets that you keep talking about. It would be a very interesting and enlightening discussion to hear from them first hand and the experiences they have had. Do they have any articles in print that they can share with us? Where are they located at maybe someone who lives close could go and do a interview and share the information with us. I would be glad to help pay for a visit to them to hear their wealth of information. I am sure that there are others who would chip in also. |
One was Ava'a breeder's vet and I spoke to him and his wife several times before I purchased Ava. Just so you know, Ava's breeder doesn't breed tiny females, but she sold her vet a tiny and he bred her. I will see if I can get ahold of her and get his contact info again.
Another one was a vet in Texas who bought from a well known breeder there and started a breeding program using a 4 lb yorkie. Just to reiterate again, in all of these instances the breeder has had the female analyzed and tested thoroughly, a smaller male is used and there are several generations spanning many years where only small dogs were produced to reduce the chance of a large puppy as much as possible.
Kathy~ Do you use a theriogenologist in your breeding program and what does he/she say about the cutoff size for the female yorkie and breeding?