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Originally Posted by xoCourtney  And my point is that's mainly because of the reputation BYBs have given the term. |
It's not just BYB's, it's Puppy Mills too. If you google 'teacup yorkies' you'll get hundreds of sites selling tiny mini micro teacups, not only yorkies, but pommies, poodles, all sorts of breeds for outrageous prices. Some of these babies leave their moms too young (only 5-6 weeks) & even get shipped here by plane in cargo & many do not make it...all for the mighty $. They sell these poor innocent pups for thousands, lying about their age, saying they're couple months old when they're only a couple weeks old. To top it all off, you won't even get the pup pictured online, it will be a different pup & you can't do anything about it. The worse part, they breed 3# or less females & don't care if she has to have c-sections, over & over to the point where her stomach is hard as a turtle shell from scarring. To me, the word teacup describes these unethical practices of vile human greed @ it's lowest form.
I always get asked if my guys are teacups, they range from 5-7#'s. I say no, they're just regular Yorkies.