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Originally Posted by Maximo  The breeders who are aiming for 2 pounds and under are the ones who made teacup a dirty word, in my opinion. The vast majority that are purposely bred to be that small are unhealthy and peddled through brokers. That is not to say that a 2 pound dog cannot be healthy.
The breed parent club YTCA and AKC do not recognize a breed call the teacup Yorkie. The standard simply says to 7 pounds.
Also, unscrupulous breeders use terms like teacup, baby doll face, teddy bear face, and so on as marketing terms to charge more money. |
The hairs on my neck prickle when people say Roxy is a teacup yorkie but I also have the same reaction when they tell me Lucy and Roxy aren't yorkies because they are too big. No one insults my babies
. I may call them Porkie yorkies or teapots in private but never in actual public!
Roxy was the smallest of her litter and I kept her because of concern for possible health issues in the future due to her small size.