If you really love your girl, I recommend not breeding her. Pregnancy and delivery is really hard on a small dog. You have to consider if you are 1) willing to risk losing her, 2) financially prepared for a costly c-section, 3) prepared for potentially costly vet care and round the clock care for puppies.
When I was a kid, my cat had kittens. She did it all on her own and everything was great. I was shocked to learn here how much more difficult it is for dogs, especially Yorkies.
Even experienced breeders experience a lot of death in their puppies and breeding girls. My heart couldn't take it. The good breeders do costly genetic testing and exhaustive research into breeding lines to try to prevent producing puppies with genetic defects like LP, Legg-Perthes, and worse.
Read the breeders section and reconsider if you really want to do this.
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