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Yorkiemom1 · 03-17-2013, 11:16 AM

Everyone always seems to stop on the weight requirement as listed in the breed standard. Read the entire thing...it covers coat, conformation, color, ears, ear set, head shape, eyes, eye shape, mouth, muzzle, top line, gait, etc. There are no perfect dogs out there, but when you start breeding "to carry on a legacy", you need to have hit on well over half of the points outlined in the breed standard, at a minimum. To answer your question about having a Yorkie that weighs 9#, "will she be OK having puppies?" How large is her pelvic ring? Are her hormones all in balance so she can conceive and carry a litter to term? Does the lines she represents carry genetic issues? Next, you ask, "What size male should I look for?" Irrelevent (sp?) question. It is what is behind that male, in his pedigree, that will more accurately determine what size puppies he will contribute to the mix. Inexperienced breeders always think they need a smaller male.....that is only a VERY SMALL part of the equation. Finally, I would love to be able to "place my order" for the number of babies my female would have....."6 would be great, but I would prefer 4...."! If you can come up with the secret of this, without knowing what is behind the breeding pair, what litter sizes have notoriously been thrown by this pedigree and combination, please let me know! I am pretty good at predicting what my ladies are going to have, because I have a history with my breeders and my breeding pairs and I have a little knowledge of their pedigrees back at least 16 generations, some only 12 generations, and my blessed mentor knows these pedigrees back 35 generations....what I wouldnt give to have her knowledge about these dogs!!!!,....and yet, I just had a female that paired with the male she was paired with, usually have a litter of 5 babies....and she blessed me with ONE baby. So, with all the knowledge of what is going on with your breeding pair, your pedigrees, and the lines you are dealing with, you still get outliers. Your questions can not really be answered with any accuracy by members because not only do you not know anything about the history of your female, we dont either.....

03-17-2013, 11:16 AM	#16
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	Everyone always seems to stop on the weight requirement as listed in the breed standard. Read the entire thing...it covers coat, conformation, color, ears, ear set, head shape, eyes, eye shape, mouth, muzzle, top line, gait, etc. There are no perfect dogs out there, but when you start breeding "to carry on a legacy", you need to have hit on well over half of the points outlined in the breed standard, at a minimum. To answer your question about having a Yorkie that weighs 9#, "will she be OK having puppies?" How large is her pelvic ring? Are her hormones all in balance so she can conceive and carry a litter to term? Does the lines she represents carry genetic issues? Next, you ask, "What size male should I look for?" Irrelevent (sp?) question. It is what is behind that male, in his pedigree, that will more accurately determine what size puppies he will contribute to the mix. Inexperienced breeders always think they need a smaller male.....that is only a VERY SMALL part of the equation. Finally, I would love to be able to "place my order" for the number of babies my female would have....."6 would be great, but I would prefer 4...."! If you can come up with the secret of this, without knowing what is behind the breeding pair, what litter sizes have notoriously been thrown by this pedigree and combination, please let me know! I am pretty good at predicting what my ladies are going to have, because I have a history with my breeders and my breeding pairs and I have a little knowledge of their pedigrees back at least 16 generations, some only 12 generations, and my blessed mentor knows these pedigrees back 35 generations....what I wouldnt give to have her knowledge about these dogs!!!!,....and yet, I just had a female that paired with the male she was paired with, usually have a litter of 5 babies....and she blessed me with ONE baby. So, with all the knowledge of what is going on with your breeding pair, your pedigrees, and the lines you are dealing with, you still get outliers. Your questions can not really be answered with any accuracy by members because not only do you not know anything about the history of your female, we dont either..... Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 03-17-2013 at 11:19 AM.