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Martinezfamily · 05-25-2006, 02:51 PM

Hi!

We live in an area where you can get big dogs by the truckload, but little dogs -- like yorkies and yorkie-poos -- are very hard to find!!! We just had our first litter of 5 healthy AKC yorkies and every single one of them went to a loving home and each of the new owners said the same thing: 'we've been looking for a yorkie for months!'. We now have a waiting list of 4 families waiting for the next litter!! I bred our two yorkies because I think yorkies make great pets and I wanted to make more yorkies available in our county...

Now I have the opportunity to add an AKC toy poodle to our family and I am considering whether we should breed her and make some yorkie-poos available to people who have been searching for them for months. My biggest concern is about this one poodle in particular -- she is 7 months old and weighs 4 pounds (I don't know how tall she is -- waiting for a call back from my friend). My male yorkie is 3 years old and weighs 7 pounds. I have heard that poodles are not usually compared on a weight basis, but rather height -- my concern is for the little girl poodle's health -- would it be safe to breed her with my male? My friend spoke with a breeder who said that it is safe to breed heavier yorkie males with lighter poodle females because of the conformation differences in the breeds. Obviously I don't want to breed if it will present any kind of health risk for the female to carry the pups to term and deliver them safely.

Thanks for your input!

05-25-2006, 02:51 PM	#1
Martinezfamily Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ridgefield, WA Posts: 41	Advice on breeding AKC toy poodle and AKC yorkie Hi! We live in an area where you can get big dogs by the truckload, but little dogs -- like yorkies and yorkie-poos -- are very hard to find!!! We just had our first litter of 5 healthy AKC yorkies and every single one of them went to a loving home and each of the new owners said the same thing: 'we've been looking for a yorkie for months!'. We now have a waiting list of 4 families waiting for the next litter!! I bred our two yorkies because I think yorkies make great pets and I wanted to make more yorkies available in our county... Now I have the opportunity to add an AKC toy poodle to our family and I am considering whether we should breed her and make some yorkie-poos available to people who have been searching for them for months. My biggest concern is about this one poodle in particular -- she is 7 months old and weighs 4 pounds (I don't know how tall she is -- waiting for a call back from my friend). My male yorkie is 3 years old and weighs 7 pounds. I have heard that poodles are not usually compared on a weight basis, but rather height -- my concern is for the little girl poodle's health -- would it be safe to breed her with my male? My friend spoke with a breeder who said that it is safe to breed heavier yorkie males with lighter poodle females because of the conformation differences in the breeds. Obviously I don't want to breed if it will present any kind of health risk for the female to carry the pups to term and deliver them safely. Thanks for your input!