I think it is important that we warn each other when we come across breeders that do the WRONG thing, a puppy coming to you that has a chunk out of his ear is horrible.. and a crate that is way to small is terrible too! But size is hard to tell, yes we have size charts, but those are aren't always right.. I breed too and its hard to tell what size the puppy will be when full grown. I had one puppy that was big.. he weighed 3lbs at 8 weeks.. I told the owner that he would be around 9 lbs. I keep in touch with the people I sell to, and she just let me know he is 18 months old and weighs in at over 11lbs.. I don't know how this happened, but it did??? Mom was 8 lbs and dad 5.5 lbs..