Originally Posted by taje

I have heard this twice in the past week from 2 different people who I have encountered while out with Pita.

Both of these people have said it like their dog was better than mine!

Pita weighs just under 4 pounds!! Omigod! One of these people was like mines' only 1.8 pounds...la di da... i asked how old it was and he said 4 months!! Like the dog is done growing!

I am not bashing tinies or anything but damn! Pita is tiny as far as I'm concerned and these people act like she's giant!!

It's just aggravating that not only are these people uninformed about their own dogs but they act like they have something that's more valuable than Pita.


just venting i guess.... grrr....

Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr

I have never had anyone say that to me but I think I would just say oh, how nice for you and invite them to our yorkie meetup and YT.

If they said it in a "better than you" way i would feel sorry that they so insecure as to need to brag and that maybe they needed some help from the generous members here at YT. :)

Originally Posted by lilfoot

My Zoe is 7lbs....and her puppies are 3 weeks old..one of them has a cleft pallatte and we will be keeping her but she is so small (but much tougher and wilder than her brother and sister) I'm worried that everyone is going to ooohhh and aaahhhhh over the baby cause she is soooo small and think Zoe is a monster size wise....when she is just fine and the baby is the one with the weight problem....and I don't want people thinking we have her just because she is sooo small..trust me I would rather have a 15lb Yorkie over a 3lb special needs Yorkie

Originally Posted by Rosie 1

HI... I breed yorkies and have for over 19 yrs now and poodles before that.. I hear more bad about the tinny's being bred than good.. You can have healthy but the way some of the people are breeding to get the tinnys fathers to daughter leads to real health issues..I don't profess to know it all or anything at times but do know you can get very tinny ones in a litter of normal 5-8# dogs. and you know an 8 pound yorky could be starved down to meet breed standards.. I weigh my dogs when they are a year old and if they get fatter that's fine with me.. I breed for health and conformations with tons of hair and wonderful faces.. My dogs are black SILK coats but my dogs weigh in at 2.5 to 8.5#. This is not a large dogs..I know a lady right now that bought a so called tea cup for over 2000.000 and after 6 months has almost put that same amount into it in vet bills..!! I hear this over and over.. NO thank you.. You get tinny dogs in almost every litter.. There are some excellent breeders that have bred their dog down to the tinny's but they are still having many c-sections as if you don't watch diet when pregnant the pups can become too large for delievery..

We just had 3 litters born the most I've had in 5 yrs.. I was on pins and needles.. Thank God they all were born fine and healthy... WHEW.. ! It's wonderful when it all goes well but when it dosen't you blame youself over and over... I've had people email me wanting to buy a 2# male for breeding to a 2# female.. Well, I'm not very nice when it comes to stuff like that.. Person even told me that her vet said the dog was big enough to have pups??? I asked who was going to benifit at her dogs distress of not being able to deliever her pups and who would make the money on such a breeding??? I told her if you want to breed buy something breeding size breed standard and then they can still have problems.. as it's a genetic thing as well as diet as to natural birth and c-section.. I told her the vet she took her dog to should be ashamed of himself.. I told her she didn't think much of her do to put her though that.. and her vet would be the only one to make money on that type of a breeding.. May loose the dog and all her pups.. especially if she dosen't even know what to look for with problems..

Well, I spouted enough..

Rosie

Originally Posted by browniesmom622

you gotta hear the comment i get about brownie :rolleyes:

i was in the vet once and i had brownie a old lady comes in "is that a yorkie " i said YeA
(no its a cat hehe) shes like i just got a teacup yorkie from a petstore in brooklyn i was like GRRR i asked her how much the puppy weight she was like 2-3 pounds at 8 weeks i started laughing well brownie was 2 pounds at 8 weeks she looked at him and her face dropped and she went on to say that she was at the vet picking up medicine for the pup cause it was sick :rolleyes: and she said she spend $2000 people are so stupid

i was like well good luck and she kept on looking at brownie LMAO

Originally Posted by YorkieLady

Ok -- I have a confession.... I have actually used to the term "teacup" when describing my chihuahua (I'm bending over now for the lashings... LOL) I guess it just slipped out -- and I've only done it ONCE. A group of baseball moms were talking about their dogs, and of course I chimed in and before I knew it, the phrase, "and then we have a teacup chihuahua" came out. I stopped myself dead in my tracks, and said, "Well, "teacup" is not a term most dog people like to hear, so I guess I should say Callie is just super super super little...." I felt so bad - so here I am admitting it. Can I get some forgiveness around here so I can sleep tonight?? hahaha
Anyway... here's a picture of her -- she's 13 weeks and weighs 10 ounces. The vet has checked her and says she is healthy, other than an extremely large open fontanel.

Originally Posted by mybirdys2003

Kara! your dog is beautiful! Probably nicer looking than the ones with the rt. color! I think he is georgeous!
Pat

Originally Posted by irmi623

hi everyone! i haven't posted in quite a while but i had to reply to this thread. it drives me NUTS when idiots stop me on the street to pet Mojito and then ask, is he a yorkie? he's so big, why doesn't he bark, why isn't he all silver yet (duh, he's only 8 months old), why isn't his coat long - come on!!! when he was at 3-4 months and weighed 3 and change pounds folks asked the same thing b/c his nose looked long (to them, not me). well, he grew into his muzzle and he's certainly grown into his 8 pound body. i'm not sure when he'll be done filling in but i love that he's a spunky, energetic and totally healthy yorkie. my husband says he's barrel chested - lol!

i live in nyc and you should see the tiny ones i spot women toting around. i've seen 2 or 3 that look completely unhealthy and when asked these women have bragged about their dogs weighing 2-2.5 pounds full grown. the smallest ones i've seen look sick - their coats are so thin and their eyes look dull. i've honestly wondered if their owners are feeding them enough. i wanted a "larger" yorkie - around 6-7 pounds and Mojito has exceeded that weight but he just gets more handsome and lovable by the day.

and i have to agree with "teacups" being so 2003... it really is. i just hope that people who buy these tinies are able to properly care for their babies.