The debate comes in because the term is mainly used to try to charge more money for these tiny, tiny pups. The akc standard is 4-7 pounds. The problem is these tiny babies tend to have more health problems, are more fragile - some do have healthy tiny babies - but the risks are huge!! There are tiny puppies born out of standard sized dogs - this is not the problem - it's when people try to profit over it and then try to breed these tiny ones with no regard to their health that people tend to have problems. It's just much safer for a five to seven pound female to bred than a 3 or even 4 pounder plain and simple. There are people who do it and with some success but to me - it's not the standard weight and the risk is just not worth it!! You make the decision to breed them they don't - why put them in danger for the sake of money or to see who can get the teeny tiniest dog!! This is just my opinion and I am sure you will get others. Thanks for trying to understand the debate over this. |