i think it is a general assessment that yorkies are not good for small children. not knowing the child and how the child will behave around small animals, you run the risk of the child treating the yorkie like it was as durable as a stuffed animal as opposed to a fragile, living creature.
i think responsible breeders are just acting upon the odds that a small child will not be able to discern the difference between a stuffed animal and live animal, and put the life and welfare of the yorkie at risk. it's even a higher risk when the breeder is not local and cannot observe how a prospective buyer's young child/children interact with puppies. sometimes a parent's claim that his/her child/children will be good with the puppy is just not enough. (kinda like a breeder's word that the puppy is purebred and healthy but with no paperwork to prove it, is just not enough for the buyer).
of course every child and every family is different. i've had my puppy around several little kids before, supervised of course. some are very good and listen when told to pet with an open palm and to be very very gentle. but i also had one who started to pull on bunjee's hair despite being told by her parents to be gentle. bunjee yelped and afterwards, kept barking at the little girl whenever she got close to him. |