I'm sorry to hear you say this. Those who breed tiny on purpose are JUST as wrong as those who breed oversized on purpose. The point of breeding is to preserve our standard and try to meet it with every puppy you bring into this world. It isnt' a "throwback" gene when the parent is so much larger, it's just a GENE..right there! Not to mention other discrepencies he may have in the standard. You put your smaller female at risk to breed her to a male so much larger, and really all you are doing is a major dis-service to this breed, and a slap in the face to those who work so hard to preserve our standard. If there weren't a standard, a Yorkie wouldn't look like a Yorkie, and with every deviation from that standard, you are saying "I don't care about this breed", and putting another dog into this world who doesn't look like it's supposed to, for what? A few dollars? To give puppies to friends or family? Do them a favor, and give them the NICEST puppy you can, and that isn't going to happen out of an 11 lb male. Just because they have the "parts" to make puppies doesn't make them a good choice in breeding. Please consider that. I fear with all of this indiscriminate breeding in Yorkies, they will soon become the new "Cocker Spaniel" who got so overbred the temperaments and health went all to hell in a hand basket, not to mention the look of the dog, barely unreccognizable as what breed it was supposed to be, and now look where they are...in every animal shelter in every town in the US...and "purebred", just because they had the parts to make puppies, and someone thought it would be fun to have a litter or make a few dollars..thanks Walt Disney for "Lady and The Tramp"..the breed is still paying for that movie! Don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution.
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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 |