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Originally Posted by angelfaithwyngs  Thank you all for your responses! Please don't get me wrong... we have no intentions of breeding our yorkies for commercial purposes. We want them to have puppies for our family to keep.
Our Truffles is doing great and we don't have any health problems with her. Our Wynston, he's been with us just for a few days, so far, he's doing well adjusting, though we have some jealousy issues with Truffles. Both of them are very pampered just like any other yorkie I see in this community.
At some point any pet lover will have to start from where to get their pets. Owners who want to breed them for whatever purpose obviously need to be educated. It's the responsibility of the owners to make sure that they are healthy just like our own children. At this point, our family are just enjoying our new family members.
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There is much you can find out here about what goes into breeding good, and healthy representatives of the breed. There is also much you can find out about what can go wrong with a whelp, and the subsequent puppies.
There are no if's and's or but's about it, for when you deliberatly or inadvertenly breed your female, you are putting her life at risk. The most immediate knowledge you need is to keep her safe from breeding for at least two seasons and she is over 18 months old. Earlier than that, is very problematic - large or Small Breed dogs.
I truly hope you do educate yourself in all the risks. Please spend some time here in reading the Sick and Emergency Forum, and or the Yorkie Health and Diet forum, to understand the magnitude and the "cost" to the owners who have "bought" or received pups with health issues - which are often are of a genetic nature.
If you do decide to go ahead with breeding her, I hope you secure the services of a toy breed whelping coach, and an appropriate reproduction vet.
You literally have your females life in your hands. Please do what is best for her.