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Originally Posted by archatdz

What I find funny is that there is no guarantee that a 5 lb female is even structurally sound as a breeding female either.

Society is so hooked up on weights. Hey, let's toss around the word teacup. I can have a 10" dog that is emaciated, skin and bones weighing 3lbs (ooh, a teacup!!), or a 6" dog that is overweight at 10lbs. Doesn't mean either one of them is healthy, or structurally sound to whelp a litter of puppies!

This girl is a hard keeper. I can't force her to eat. I've tried. At one point she may have been 4.5lbs, heck may even 3.5lbs depending on her cycle. As the ad reads: Current weight. Yes, she was weighed after she had her last litter of free whelped puppies.

As I previously mentioned, she was properly vetted, and my vet had NO concerns about me breeding her, so again, who are you to judge? You don't want to chance it, don't. But don't judge me. You don't know me. I would never put my animals at risk. Period.

You are putting your animals at risk the EXPERTS of yorkies say under 5 pounds is bad and they don't make it up they actually do research on this. There are so many bad vets out there that one saying you can breed her a that weight means nothing and vets are not experts in all breeds. Its not just about weight to tell whether a dogs is goods for breeding but one under 5 pounds should not even be considered for breeding. I'm glad for her sake you got lucky and she did fine with a litter of pups but I doubt that will happen again and its not worth the risk. NO ONE who has done the breeding research who really loves there dog would breed them at under 5 pounds its just to risky.