I've been away from here for a while, partly because of the bickering that was going on when I was here. I did not participate, but did see some very angry words exchanged. Just finished reading this thread, and either the problem people did not post here, or they have gone away. This was a very healthy discussion of an interesting topic.
My pup is a 2.9# extremely healthy girl who is 1 year and 3 months old. She was spayed recently and our vet said she is the healthiest small yorkie that he has seen. (Our vet has a large practice, specializing in companion pets.)She was bred from standard parents, and just happened to be small. So the comments about tiny yorkies resulting from the breeding of standard parents being healthier than those bred to be small may be very true. He said that most of the tiny's that he sees have some health issue. I think this says a lot for responsible breeding. Zoe's breeder is a wonderful lady who extremely responsible in her breeding program.
By the way, I'm one of those people who wanted a small dog. 4 lbs would be ideal, but 3 to 4 lbs is the range I personally like. Zoe is wonderful, and I love that she can curl up in my lap, fall asleep on my shoulder. Since she's healthy everything is fine. She went upstairs with me yesterday and when we came down, she got stuck on the bottom stair and was afraid to hop to the floor. I realized this when she started yapping. This was so cute and would not have happened with a larger dog. Nothing against any size. They are all wonderful, we like what we like and have to accept the responsibilty of our decisions for what we have. |