I have three larger than standard Yorkies and my whole life just wanted a Yorkie of atleast standard size. All three of my Yorkies were rescues sort of speak but each came to us as a pup. My birthday was in October and hubby said to me "You've always wanted a small Yorkie, I want you to treat yourself and look for a little girl that is actually going to stay small." Well, we all know that size is hard to predict so... I ended up finding my little one in the classified section of our local paper. She is under four pounds 3 pounds 10 oz. but came to us a bit malnourished. The person that had her wasn't thrilled with her and decided to sell her. Tia was almost nine months when I got her so the upside to the age was knowing that she was just about done with growing and also we knew her temperment and her look. Being mom to the bigger Yorks and also a mom to the so called "Teacup" pup I can say that Tia is pretty sturdy. She's not as breakable as she looks BUT you def. have to be much more careful with her. There is always the added risk of stepping on her and causing serious injury. We all know how these velcro pups love moving in between our feet. If you clip one of the standard Yorkies they Yelp but you really don't do damage, but if you step on a tiny you WILL hurt them. With that said I have to also admit that I love all my Yorkies BUT I am able to enjoy Tia in different ways, then with the others. For instance she loves to go in the car so because of her size I am able to take her with me a lot of places and bring her in the story in her carrier which really looks like just a bigger handbag. I would never be able to do that with my other three. Hell Noel weighs 16 pounds I'd need a wheel barrel for her. LOL. There are ups and downs of having a tiny as compared to the standards. And, I do know from several posts on here that it does seem like there is an issue with hyperclicimia with the little ones. The vet says that in most cases this risk is only till they are around a year but even so you really do have to for their rest of their lives take extra care in making sure they eat enough. And, you have to worry about the cold days for pottying. For this reason I keep Tia wee wee pad trained. There are pros and cons I guess for each standard and tiny. Elaine. |