First of all I think your guy is a doll!
I do think you and the breeder need to come to a resolution. Anyoone I sell a puppy to I guarantee it to an extent, I have only taken back one puppy though and that was because the new owners were in their 60's and had never owned a dog in their lives. They did not realize how much work a puppy was and I ask that I be notified if they decide to rehome them. I even went so far as to take the dog back to get her crate trained for night ( she was still in the whining puppy stage and the lady could not sleep)
ANYWAY, I usually keep my puppies until I am pretty confident in what they are going to be like If you see enough of them you have a pretty general idea on whether they are following even a smidge close to the standard. If I have any that seem like they are verring off they are sold with a spay neuter contract or limited registration at a very reduced price or I contact the many hundreds of people who contact me "wanting a yorkie all their life but not able to pay the big big bucks" and give them a dog. I have not had many that have been large but I did do a breeding some years back to an outside male and he threw a puppy that had a roached back.I also had a puppy with a very long muzzle . They are both beautiful dogs and very very much loved by their owners but they also knew in advance in fact they both are pleasantly surprised and say they got just what they expected.
I could pick apart nearly every yorkie I see and find many things that do not fall within the breed standard, drop muzzle, roached back,oversize,wide set eyes, drop ears, tail too low, tail too high,wavy coat, curly coat and so on. Fact of the matter is, when I chose to breed my girls I made it a point to be very choosy on whom I chose. I especially did not choose any that had the same faults that in my eyes my females had . To the eye they look perfect but they had structural things that could have aggravated had I bred them to a dog that had the same things. I have been very lucky and I do mean lucky since sometimes what you see is not what you get. I studied very closely genetics and recessive/dominant factors.
I do not have perfect yorkies, I dont have perfect puppies and I am sure there are a few out there that got larger, stayed smaller, or had other faults that you cannot foresee. What I am trying to say is, just because you put 2 dogs together that are pure bred , oyu can still get one that is not exactly like either parent. BUT, when there is a known fault in either one I do think they should not be sold as one who follows the standard, I feel they should be sold to pet homes.
I so much wish it were as esy as taking 2 dogs and meeting up as this would have saved me years of research and an endless search.
Surely you and the breeder come to an understanding . I am sure it was not purposeful.
Can I ask how the others in the litter turned out?
If we are talking about breed standard I can see things that are just as much a derailment from the breed standard as the height issue but people dont seem to look at that when they see you ont he street, fiddle front runs int he line somewhere, curly wavy hair, as well as color.
It drives me crazy when someone wants to tell YOU what YOU have. I have owned 3 generation litters and still have one occasionally that threw me off. IT is no different than my 7 year old who has blonde hair,blue eyes, My husband has black hair dark brown eyes I have dark auburn hair and dark bronw eyes. It still has the neighbors speculating.
I am glad you did ask someone as if you would have bred him and sold them you may have been going through the same problems when your buyers.
The best thing I did before I bought or bred was HOMEWORK.
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