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Originally Posted by chancesmom --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for all of your opinions and your advice. i have found a lil girl who i have done some research on and the people and the dogs are both very nice. i do understand the whole throwback gene but what i dont understand is how someone can say dont breed over 7 lbs but then you see people who try to breed as small as poss. they call them tea cups and tinies but i didnt think there was such a thing. the thing is though you pay twice as much for the lil ones who may or may not be healthy but then you have the bigger yorkies who are healthy and people dont want them because of there size i would rather my dogs be healthy and happy no matter how much they weigh or how big they are |
That is very true. there are breeders that do keep breeding to get them tinier and tinier but that is not what a responsible breeder would do. that is the bad examble, not the way it should be done.
How confident are you that your little guy came from small parents. Is it possible that your breeder just tiold you that? Maybe you know the brteeders well and they are honest. But there are also breeders out there that lie about the size of the parents, they even lie about which dogs are the parents.
I agree with the others. If you are going to breed, you should try to breed within the standard. For a yorkie that is 7 pounds or less and for health reason it should be over 4 pounds.