[MikaTallulah]

Originally Posted by maryalice40

Do you keep your pups until 12 weeks? Very easily that is the age YTCA says yorkies should be before the leave the breeders. That being said of Cozy's 2 litters- I kept 3 females total. Roxy and Zoey were runts and I could not part with them. I had to bottle feed Roxy at weaning. None have been kept for breeding purposes and Cozy is now spayed. I could not imagine. The attachment by that time would be horrible. I let them go generally at 7-8 weeks. I make sure they have their shots and eating okay, and all that. All breeders here where I live let them go at 6 weeks of age. [COLOR="rgb(153, 50, 204)"]Then the breeders around you are not practicing appropriate breeding practices[/COLOR] I bought both of my dogs when they were that age. The only thing I know about ancestry is what my girl dog's parents looked like, both were blond, and the male, his parents were tiny, well so I was told, but I never met the parents for him. [COLOR="rgb(153, 50, 204)"] [COLOR="rgb(153, 50, 204)"]A good breeder knows their breeding stocks pedigree wells and know what the parents and grandparents look like.[/COLOR[/COLOR]] I know generally what they will look like, because my family kept two of her past puppies. They are light colored and standard size. Well about what all yorkie sizes are in this area. [COLOR="rgb(153, 50, 204)"]The standard is a max of 7 pounds[/COLOR] It doesn't matter, I decided to not keep one. It's just difficult to see all those cute little turks and not want to keep them all! What fun that would be huh.

Breeders are very special people who lose a part of themselves with each puppy they raise.