I also agree with Minniemn 100% !
We had our girls spayed before any heats, I think its the owners that should take the responsibility to have this done early enough so they won't have to worry about life threatening births, not to mention the possibility of cancer later one.
Our girls happened to be the so called " runts " of the litter from normal size parents and they turned out wonderful. They now remain 5 to 6 lbs. in size at 6yrs and 8 yrs old now.
It really makes me sick to see this beautiful breed changing for the sake of those people that want money instead of keeping a quality of the breed.
I better be quiet now but I had to vent too.