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Originally Posted by Martinezfamily 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.
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No offense to you......but, I would NEVER,EVER cross breed a Yorkie and a Poodle. As far as I am concerned, it is a slap in the face to the people who have strived for a quality yorkie....or poodle for that matter.
My opinion.....that is it!