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Originally Posted by mimimomo

I'm more concerned about HOW she created this poor tiny little pup...did it just happen or did she do something, like make it be born prematurely or something...7 pups is a lot in a Yorkie litter. It happens, but some unscrupulous breeders will purposely do things to get large litters to make the pups smaller...you know, the less room in the womb = smaller puppies. Since a female can get pregnant on day 1-10, you get the idea.


I mean if the pup just happened to be a small one naturally, should it be that fragile looking & can't even hold up her own head @ 4 weeks old? I just hope she'll live a normal healthy life...that's all. Wonder how the Toronto Star found out.

Oh, gross, I hadn't ever heard of such a practice. Ugh! Hoping it wasn't deliberate and she was just a natural runt from so many littermates sharing the womb. Hate to think this was ever done deliberately as that would be terribly risky to some of the pups, one would think. Poor little dogs - so sad the things humans can do to them.