If she is truly a typical yorkie (whatever that means lol) and tiny then like someone else said, be prepared for random people to ask you if you want to breed her.
Sophie isn't even a typical yorkie - she is mix of a Biewer and a 'typical yorkie' (there is a teeny bit of poodle in her from many generations ago as well...but she looks and acts all yorkie lol) and since she is small and unique looking we get asked all of the time if we are interested in breeding her. Some guy even tried to tell us that we were horrible for not breeding her and letting her natural instincts kick in and imagine how much money we could make off of her. Yeah, no thanks...I didn't buy her to be a money maker, I bought her as my companion and I would never want to risk her life for a litter of puppies just for money. We even got told we were horrible for having her fixed and not letting any one else have a dog like her...people these days..
Your best bet is to just do what you are planning - have her fixed as soon as she is able to be fixed and it isn't something that can be undone...so it's not like your friend would want her back if she could produce litters for her. Besides, like you said, dogs as tiny as she may end up shouldn't be bred anyway as there are too many risks for her life.
Congrats on staying firm though, we all know what is best for our babies =) |