[yorkietalkjilly]

If she is very small and had a puppy, you are very fortunate. Usually there are far more complications and problems with females under 5 lbs. having puppies. Letting a female get pregnant - and you do when you don't spay or keep males from her until she is past estrus, can be risky to her health at any time but for a small female Yorkie, it can be deadly.

I lost a robust female Doberman due to breeding her many, many years ago and as of this day, nothing about the breeding was terribly ill-advised except that my husband and I were young, not experienced though we had done a great deal of study, put in our time helping out at our mentor's ranch, had excellent vet care, the dog had excellent prenatal and post-whelping care but likely nothing we did at all could have changed anything, as far as I know. And she was a big, healthy girl, on her third estrus before breeding and still, on the 2nd day after whelping, her milk became septic, two of her puppies died and she died, despite heroic efforts of the vets.

So any breeding and whelping can be risky and can break your heart. And cost a dear, innocent female dog her very life. It's that taking the risk by the non-professional breeder, the occasional attitude of "I did it and got by with no problems" that can worry those that have bred dogs for years and years and know what terrible complications and problems can crop up at the most unexpected times, despite the luck of the rookie breeder at times. Trying to dissuade and discourage the backyard breeder or casual breeder is an attempt to try to make them understand that because things have gone well in the past or so far, doesn't mean they will stay great or that a next time won't be tragic and very expensive in the cost of suffering by the dog(s), life of the mother and possibly pups, suffering by the breeder at seeing her dogs ill and maybe dying, and vet costs. This day and time the vet costs can just about break you financially unless you have a very large bank account! So people want to save the dogs the risk and the potential breeder the heartbreak and financial hit if they can. And yes, people get passionate when trying to make others understand that breeding a female can get very, very painful and tragic for one and all. We're trying to save a dogs' lives. When you've seen the tragedy breeding can bring, you do get a bit forceful in how you try to push the point with someone who hasn't yet experienced that with their dog(s). I wish people wouldn't "bash" as you put it but I actually see very little of that here. I do see strong disagreement and terse talk but actually very little bashing. I hope and pray that your female and her pup will stay healthy and safe and that you to spay her ASAP to save her even the risk of death from an unwanted future pregnancy. It could cost you your little female dog's life!