Oh Wow, how did I miss this?
I am not going to judge the lady concerning this thread. I am only going to voice my opinion as a breeder for many years of this lovely breed. Intentionallly breeding any female whose weight is below 5 lbs is unethical. The reason being is you must put yourself in that tiny female's position. The strain it takes on their little body. I've never said it like this before but to get a point across, imagine forcing a small woman who weighs about 90 lbs to carry and deliver triplets over and over. Can you imagine the strain on her back? The wear and pressure on her knees and ankles? The constant c-secs she probably will have due to not having a large enough pelvic area. Not to mention the fact that she was forced to do it. I just don't get it and I never will. I like small yorkies. But I do not agree with others intentional breeding of small females. You can easily get small yorkies from a nice 5-7 lb dam paired with a smaller sire. This has been my experience anyway. But the sad reality is that money talks and as long as their are people that this doesn't bother, then there are always going to be small females being bred.
I think alot of you know that I had an accidental breeding of my small girl who was not in my program many yrs ago. The look on her face when she could not have those babies was devastating. She was rushed in for a c-sec and she was in terrible pain afterwards while trying to nurse the babies she should have never had.
She became pregnant through the opening for the tail in her fancy pants which are protective panties for females in heat. They are no more "protective" than not having them on at all. Having been through this I can speak for myself and my own experience when I say that it really isn't ethical to breed a tiny female. When this happened to my girl, I must say, that I did not feel ethical at all. I felt ashamed for what I had allowed to happen. I'm older and wiser now and I learned this valuable lesson the hard way. |