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Originally Posted by SnowWa For me - there are two instances where having a tiny little Yorkie are justified.
1) If two standard sized Yorkies have a small pup -- this happens (as well - they may have a larger than average pup). And, these little pups - all sizes deserve to go to wonderful, loving homes. No problem here.
2) I know from reading many posts that a lot of people get their first Yorkie without really knowing a lot about Yorkie sizes (I did!) -- and they want a small little dog - so they buy from a breeder who has very tiny little pups. These purchases are totally innocent. I'm sure a lot of this happens, and I certainly can't critize a person for this.
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What I don't approve of - and I know a lot of people share my opinion - is breeders deliberately breeding the little dogs down to smaller and smaller sizes for $$$$. It is well known that usually - smaller Yorkies cost more.
There are many sites on the Internet featuring 2 - 2 1/2 - and 3 pounds puppies for sales - costing anywhere from $2500 to $10,000. And - some even have smaller Yorkies than these for sale.
Secondly - if people are knowledgeable about Yorkies and their sizes and know this shameful type of breeding is being done - but, still go out and buy one of these tiny tiny little puppies, I feel they are only contributing to the success and pocketbooks of these unethical breeders......
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I know a lot of these tiny little guys are healthy - but, what a shame, when a nice person unknowingly buy ones of these little pups - and pays a fortune for it - only to learn later that it isn't healthy and needs a lot of medical care all its life - or loses it for some reason related to its small fragile size. This, to me, is the essence of the crime that is being committed. My heart really goes out to anyone who has gone through this.
NOTE: I'd be willing to bet that the very tiny little pups that come from standard-sized parents are much healthier than the little guys that come from parents who have been deliberately bred down to these smaller sizes. For people who want very small Yorkies - the ones with standard sized parents are probably the best and most healthy to have......and, many of these little pups come from very knowledgeable, ethical breeders.
(Like the puppymills - if people didn't buy from these heartless breeders, they would soon be out of business.)
Carol Jean |
I agree with everything you said, sometimes their just going to be smaller and that can't be helped. But when people go and purposely breed and purchase smaller ones just because their "teacup" sized, well I just don't understand that. To me, and this is just my opinion, but I think their doing that just as a fashion accessory.