Hi. Anyone seen "Old School"? They have a tiny yorkie in it, cute little thing dressed like it's owner. At the theatre I heard so many people (lots of teenage girls) talking about wanting to get a teeny tiny dog like that one! My Sophie averages 4.4 pounds and she was perfect, to be honest when I got her size never figured in, I got the biggest one in the bunch because she insisted on it (I usually go for the runt!) At the time I didn't know a lot about their size, just that they were small dogs.
After she passed, I started looking again. I have a defective heart and will one day have to have a valve replaced but we're trying to put that off as long as possible. Because of this I am restricted on how much weight I can pick up, 5 pounds or less (but I do cheat and go up to 6 sometimes). So, it's natural for me to ask the weight of the parents, 8 - 10 pound parents pretty much rule the puppy out. It's not that I want a teeny tiny yorkie, I just have to be careful. A lot of people take me wrong when I ask about size and don't always wait or ask for an explanation. Not everyone concerned with weight doesn't have a legitimate reason for it nor particularly wants a teeny tiny. But there are a lot of people out there that like to 'hook in' to the latest thing, I've seen what are now called 'micro minis' averaging 2 -3 pounds, that seems way too small for a yorkie to me and way too dangerous for the pup, I wouldn't want one that tiny, it would scare me to death!
Windy |