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Originally Posted by cekaai Ok I always read on this forum about small or tiny yorkies being prone to all kinds of sickness and illness.
My main issue is this small yorkies are yorkies and are prone to illnesses that affect all yorkies regardless of size.
Can anyone name anything that is prone to the small ones exclusively? I doubt it.
I am a little tired and annoyed at hearing oh their subject to all kinds of sicknesses, when someone comes on this site asking about a small one.
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I can agree with you here, I've often thought about venting over everyone talking about how sickly and fragile the tiny ones are. I do agree that you have to be more cautious with them and IF they do get sick you have to take them to the vet more than a bigger dog but they aren't like little a fragile piece of china that has to stay locked away in the china closet for fear it might break. My 4 pound boy jumped off the bed where he sleeps with me a few weeks ago and he was perfectly fine. That was at least a 3 maybe 3 1/2 foot jump and he had no problems. Scared me to death but he was perfectly ok. Both of my yorkies are "tinies" and I would dare say I've had less problems with them health wise than many people on here have had with their larger yorkies. That being said, I do know there are other people on here with tinies that have had a boat load of health problems. I think it comes down to your yorkie and their genetics and how you care for them etc.
I've incredibly careful with mine, my house is puppy proof and I probably do worry about them a little more than I would if I had a 7 pound yorkie.
But, my two are extremely healthy and when they want to play, especially with my little girl who is the smallest one, she plays rougher and harder and jumps and runs around like she's a 7 pound dog and she's perfectly fine. I think a lot of the time, people who don't have "tinies" read all the bad stories related to them and don't realize that not ALL tinies are the same. Yes, some are more prone to accidents and some are more sick but then there are some like mine, who are perfectly fine and have never had a broken bone or serious injury their entire life.