[Yorkiemom1]

There are numerous "breeders" that "control" a dogs growth and size by controling their feeding amounts. When you have a dog, it is genetically determined how large that dog will eventually be....that is preprogrammed into that dog's genetic make up, set in stone by God, not any breeder or owner. When I first started getting serious and researching yorkies and breeding stock, there are a lot of "breeders" that STUNT a dogs growth by withholding food....then they brag and boast about their tiny little dog, blah, blah, blah....it isnt because God pre programmed that baby to be small, it is because some unscrupulous "breeder" has stunted that pups growth by withholding food during its growth season....which is the first 12 months of a pups age.

This is an unbelievable practice that is very common, just to sell "small" dogs. YOUR baby has a blueprint that determines how large he will be when he is grown up. You can with hold food to stunt his growth....you can cut his legs off at the knees to make him smaller.....but you can NOT determine by how much food or nourishment you provide him with, or how much you starve him, to determine how much he is going to grow to his full potential.

Feed this baby the recommended nutritional intake to determine his full development potential, for the first year of his life. You are supplying him necessary "building material" to assure he will reach his healthiest, fullest potential..... Then at a year old, when the building blocks have been set in stone, THEN you can start to determine his adult weight, to a degree, by how much you let him eat.

A ten week old puppy being denied a full and balanced diet, is akin to feeding a human baby of 3 weeks old, three bottles in 24 hours, because you dont want a fat teenager. Fed your baby, as much as he needs....you can not determine his HEALTHY adult weight by not feeding him. I remember the first baby I got years ago, was a tiny little male....the breeder told me to feed him 4 times a day, 6 kibble only at each feeding. I started questioning and investigating and that is when I found out people starve their pups so they stay small. "Staying small" is genetic....you can starve your baby and stunt his growth to keep him "small", but that is not humane. That is like starving your child to keep it undersized and tiny.....It is inhumane and cruel to juggle around food to control weight/growth in a developing puppy. When that baby is a year old, fine, THEN you monitor weight and adjust feedings....but do not underfeed a growing baby to keep it small.

Actually, that pup should still be with its momma, where it is getting nourishment required to make it the very best it can be.