[yorkietalkjilly]

You know I agree jumping is okay for a normal, healthy dog but tinies often do not have 100% all healthy joints when full grown for various reasons, not just due to poor joint formation, poor cartilage material but supporting ligament and tendon weakness and attachment problems as well.

If you have a tiny dog, I recommend watching the jumping as a precaution. Teacups and tinies from a litter born of a breeding that has often occurred despite known joint problems, are dogs with potential serious inuries waiting to happen.

Just because the dog grows to adulthood does not mitigate an existing potential joint problem - it often exacerbates it as the dog carries more weight and becomes more active as it ages. My Jilly was grown when her serious shoulder dislocation occurred and all she was doing was jumping down onto her doggie steps. But she was tiny, fragile and had a malformed shoulder joint from a condtion that was passed onto her by her sire. I knew of the potential problem from the parent and took her anyway and so attempted to protect her from injury as she was so fragile at 3 lbs.

Since I experienced this problem from jumping, I wanted to share my story as I hoped it might help some who have tinies better protect them and those reading this in the future aware of this potential problem. I am sure not all tiny dogs have joint problems - but some do. You cannot keep them from jumping or you will probably ruin their little lives but you can monitor them and keep the tinies from excessive jumping if you want as a precaution, and sometimes even that does not stop injury.

Once you have a tiny dog, you often have taken on many health problems and I think it is good to try to protect them as much as you can from those problems.