I, too, want to thank you for the thread and hopefully those new to YT, unaware of these practices or just surfing the Internet looking for a "teacup" Yorkie will pull up this thread and learn some painful, disgusting things about how they are too often bred and whelped. How a person can make money off the backs of their miserable little female dogs cold-heartedly left to live in loneliness, pain and squalor is totally beyond my comprehension. I don't know how people that know the truth behind what it takes to purposefully breed for ultra-tiny dogs can buy from such so-called breeders just to fulfill their heart's desire for a tiny Yorkie that will look like a perpetual puppy. I know there is a hot place in he** for the people who do this kind of thing to innocent, trusting, loyal little dogs and for those individuals and pet stores that keep them profitable by doing business with them and perpetuating the problem on and on, litter after litter after litter.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |