[Lexi's_Mommy]

Originally Posted by JiggityJig

I know exactly how you feel.

I'm a "tiny" owner too (less than three lbs).

I have NEVER felt defensive about all the "tinies have a whole extra set of potential problems" posts. Even though my girl has been healthy as a horse, I KNOW IT'S TRUE that LOTS of tinies have issues.

And I too know all too well how fragile they can be. Mazie loves to run and jump and climb, and I don't know if I could stop her from doing all those things if I WANTED to, and she's never been hurt doing any of it, OR roughhousing with my two rambunctious skin-boys, and the much larger (including a lab) fur-siblings around the house.

HOWEVER. She is the dog that was KNOCKED OUT COLD, NOT BREATHING, NO HEARTBEAT, when we dropped a calculator on her head, from a distance of at max four inches. Afterwards I was more upset than ever about this tread towards ever-smaller dogs....it's just not fair to them.

There have been a lot of defensive posts about "tiny" yorkies lately. And I could have sd. all the same things: "*I* have a teeny girl, and she's never been sick a day in her life, never had a hypoglycemic attack, never broke a bone, etc".

IMO, those posts are from people who it just hasn't happened to *YET*. I was never defensive about the "tiny" posts before, but I'm SURE not now, because like you, I had my own incident/accident prooving just how unbelievably fragile, and how easily hurt, they can be.

I'm sorry to hijack your post, but I think it was time for another one of these cautionary tales here. Five lbs is a TEENY TINY DOG, people....there is really NO reason to need/want one any smaller.

Okay. Rant over. I'm glad your baby is going to be okay.

I remember that thread and I agree you don't know till it happens. I NEVER post on the tiny threads. But sometimes I get very angry when people say there is nothing wrong with wanting a tiny.

This isn't the first time my Candi has been rushed to a vets office. She got stung by a bee and was allergic, but because of her size the reaction was worse and she had to spend a night. She got knocked out cold when Troi and her were playing.