My Yorkie Cricket was very sick as a puppy. Long story short, my parents and I found out she had a liver shunt. She had surgery last year to repair her shunt and is doing great! I say all this to say that Cricket now weighs 8 lbs at a little over a year old. I love her to pieces and considering what she's been through, I can say its good she weighs a little more. My family has a bassett hound as well and they play together (supervised).