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Originally Posted by MsCheryle478  I am going to try and post a picture. |
Are her legs smooth haired? The hair looks very short. As cute as she is, at this point (and you can't know for sure until a dog is an adult) I would say she does not seem like a likely breeding candidate. For one thing, it is not such a good idea to breed puppymill pups. Since she came to you with all those health problems and a different weight and maybe even age than what the breeder led you to believe.....I would also wonder what else was different. Which dogs were really her parents? Was there any genetic or infectious diseases in the family line? You need to be able to trust a dog's background before breeding.
This was about the same case with my late Maggie. We got her from a lady who bought her from what I now know is a small time puppymill. She had significant health problems, grew over standard and did not have the nice silky coat called for by the standard, in fact she had a definate wave. I had visions of maybe someday breeding but knew in just a few months, it was not to be with her. We spayed her and loved her. We miss her still.
Enjoy your pet Yorkie but I would probably not consider breeding her. It is hard to say that -- because I know how much we love these little ones and it is hard to think that more just like them wouldn't be a good thing. I finally have two from good breeders and I am very hopeful that they will be breeding caliber -- but if not, I will just spay/neuter and love them to pieces!