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Originally Posted by rgadams  About eight months ago I bought another Yorkie, a tea cup Yorkie. I was told all horror stories about teacup Yorkies by the big breeders. They are not true, she is a beautiful dog in good health and is a sweet addition to our home. She even came with a written vet health verification AKC papers, and instructions how to raise it. She is now 11 months old and weighs under 2 pounds and again in excellent health! She is registered now with the AKC.
Do not let the big breeders dictate to you! The first thing they tell you is spayed the dog, wrong! This causes more problems than it's worth. About 10 to 20% leak after they are spayed plus their activity is very low and they gain a lot of weight. All the big breeders our concern is about competition with their business, not the health of the dog! This is what happened to my larger Yorky I bought from a so called good reader. I had her spayed in order to receive the papers from the breeder. I did not get the papers but I did get a dog with bad health. She is a beautiful Yorkshyre terrier, show quality, and we love her very much even though she does have her problems. Hope this will be a help to others.
I hope this will be a eye-opener there in a help to other people |
I have had 4 females, all now past, all weighed from 10 to17 lbs "larger yorkies" the first 2 I did not have spayed I did not know nor did a vet tell me about Pyometria. My first one at age 13, got Pyometria, she got emergency surgery, she died 9 days later before my eyes, I would never want anyone to have to go through that, 6 months later the 2nd not spayed at age 10 y/o got Pyometria, I recognized the signs and rushed her to ER for emergency surgery, she died 6 months after surgery. My 3rd and 4th were spayed, weights.. one was 13 lbs the last was 17 lbs, they did not
leak their
activity was high energy, and they were
not over weight. My 17 lb girl was just put down this past Oct. at age 17 y/o. It all depends on the individual dog, you are inferring all spayed dogs LEAK, ACTIVITY levels are LOW and they get OVERWEIGHT. This is incorrect, it all depends on the individual dog. To all that read this thread, if you are not going to show or breed your females, Spay them for the health of your girls.