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Originally Posted by Bama Yorkie Mom well personally JMO. But there are so many people like I was. I didnt know these puppies would grow sometimes over twice what a breeder said and everyone here knows I was really aggravated about it for a while. Well, I love kizzy and she is over 8 lbs now and was only suppose to be around 4 by word of breeder. So to me it is always better to be honest about the size and just say I dont know how big but you can only look at the parents and judge by them but this one could be larger or smaller. And tell them, there is no such thing as a teacup, Some just end up small and some dont. I'm sure most people here remember me being angry because Kizzy got so much bigger. But it wasnt the kizzy getting so much bigger that made me angry at the breeder. I got mad because she kept promising me it WOULD NOT get bigger than 4 lbs. I mean she didnt even say 4 or 5. just exactly 4, like she really knew. Well it was my first one to ever buy and I took her for her word but why I got so mad was she had 2 almost the same size, maybe a lb difference, and their was a 300 dollar price increase between the two. So see, its not always because the dog gets bigger, it has a lot to do with what the breeder expresses like (I KNOW) and ups the price that much because she knows you're looking for a lap dog. And 8 lbs sounds big to a person looking for a small one. But actually 8 lbs for a dog isnt big at all. Kizzy isnt all the big, she still sits in our lap and we still love her and she is a smart girl. To me she isnt the prettiest one ive ever seen but she is only 6 mos and maybe in that straggly looking age with her hair growing slow. But I told hubby one night recently, I believe Kizzy is going to be a pretty dog when her hair grows more and she wont look like her legs are as long. He agreed. But see, this hurts a breeder reputation to plainly state the size one will be and to charge 300 more bux for it. So I think you would come out much better and keep a better breeder rep for being honest than to lie for money and thats whats going on with a lot of breeders. I'm not the first to be taken like that and I wont be the last. I mean, she acted like she was such an expert on size and to me when you act like something you're not, IT IS A LIE. Kacee might end up lots bigger also but at least the girl told me she didnt know but didnt expect over 5 lbs or so but could get bigger and I paid less for her than I did kizzy. to me honesty is always the best policy period. ya know what they say. Money is the root of all evil. |
I'd also like to say that sometimes with breeders, they really can't tell what a pup is going to be when they are placed in a new home around 12 wks of age. I had one in the past that really fooled me! Most of the time we have a general idea of what a certain pup is going to be size-wise at maturity, but we are sometimes thrown a loop that we didn't expect. Living things will always be something that is tough to predict to a tee. As human beings we should be able to relate to this...some very chunky children mature to be of super model body status and some skinny kids tend to become "bigger boned" as an adult. Most breeders know the background of their parents and line, and are able to give a good estimate, but nothing is fool proof. There are sometimes puppies that we know are not going to get very big as an adult because it is obvious.. but with an "average" acceptable weight regarding the breed standard for the age, sometimes they can fool us no matter what we think.