The smaller the better?

[QuickSilver]

I've noticed that most people say that they can't imagine caring for a dog smaller than what they currently have, be it 3 lbs or 13 lbs. I'm like that too. Thor is 4 lbs, and he is a very small dog! As I've said, he is still a vigorous, healthy guy.

I suspect this is natural bias towards what we know and love. We see our pets as perfect, so a dog half the size of ours sounds crazy. I guess I mean that it's natural to question why someone would want a really small dog, but they may have good reasons of their own. A lot of people say the tiny dogs are much harder to care for, and that may be true, but I haven't seen a lot of evidence here that backs that up. The teenies seem to be doing just fine.

I don't think that smaller yorkies are better, but I don't think they are worse either. There is no perfectly sized dog. And plenty of people sneer any dog smaller than a german shepard, so we yorkie owners have to stick together. Long live the toys!

[Nancy1999]

I've often wondered, how small people would like a yorkie to be, I mean lets say scientists could create a healthy yorkie any size, I wonder how small they would like it. For example, would people like a one pound yorkie, or an 8 ounce yorkie, or is there any size that they would consider too small?