[Mardelin]

Don't feel bad about posting.

Yes, the average age to transition a pup to it's new home is 12 weeks of age and at least 2 pounds of age. Although many are holding on till 16 weeks because of the bile acid protocol and to insure the pup has it's full complimet of innoculations.

There are several reasons for this:

1. The pup has a minimum of 2 innoculations prior to going home.

2. Pups are just being weaned at 8 weeks of age and have not had enough time to make the full transition to food.

3. A breeder should be the one to insure that this will be an easy transition for the new family.

4. Mother's do the biggest part of training with the new pups between the ages of 8 weeks and 12 weeks.

5. Fear factor time frames......never introduce a pup to a new situation at the ages of 8, 12, 16, 24 weeks...these are known as Fear Factor Time Frames

6. When transitioning a yorkie pup to a new home it is not uncommon for a pup to go off food for 24 hours. You want the pup to be large enough and eating well to be able to withstand this.

7. Hyperglycemia can be brought on by stress as well as over activity. Stress can be caused by taking the pup from it's mother and litter mates too soon.

I've only touched on a few reasons. Now this being said....speak to your breeder and inform her of these things. If she is not willing to listen and you take this pup ( I know this will happen because your heart is set on the pup).....we'll assit you in preparing to take over being mommie to this pup. Oh! if you work, you might want to take a couple of weeks off to be with this pup.