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Originally Posted by orinskye i was a little afraid of the little teeny yorkies  ive always had golden retreivers (and a cairn terrier once when i was little) so having a yorkie is a BIG step on the smaller side for me, so.... i when i was lookign for my yorkie, i told breeders "the bigger the better"......lol........ it was a little sad to see all the teeny ones being sold for mucho bucks, and then my little toby (who should be 7-8 pounds full grown) was sooooooooooo much less, an extra couple of pounds less really makes a difference to the breeders i guess........  |
Not ALL breeders. In fact, for many of the "good" ones, more size is better (under seven pounds though). Show breeders don't like them any smaller than four pounds and prefer femals to be five or six pounds. We got our little show girl who is a real beauty because she is four pounds for less than what some of these so-called teacup breeders sell their pet teacups for! It depends a lot on whether a breeder is in for the money or for the improvement of the breed. YOu cannot tell me that breeding runts to runts does anything good for the Yorkie breed in general. I worry what is going to happen with Yorkie rescue in a year or two when this fad has passed. Will we be flooded with sick, undersized dogs?