What would you have done?

[Tessa Arnold]

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

At least now you know why it's recommended that puppies stay with mom till 12 weeks. I bet it would of made your first weeks with Jackson a lot easier. As far as teacup, it's not that the dogs do or don't fit in the teacup that makes the word so troublesome. It's the fact that some people literrally think that yorkies should be this teeny tiny size and fail to realize that dogs are living beings and like living beings they grow and don't follow charts. When an unscrupulous breeder uses this teacup term, they mislead the public to believe that their yorkies will be "Paris Hilton" teeny purse dogs. (no bigger than 4 lbs I'm assuming) The more popular this notion became, the more these greeders bred for this type of dog without considering the dogs health and only focusing on size. However, tinnies do happen and there is nothing wrong with owning a tiny dog.
Just giving you the other side of the coin.

Thank You for explaining that to me. It makes total since. In the back of my head I already knew that, lol. I had read it before.

If Jackson had been 12 weeks he for sure would have been easier to train. They are a stubborn breed to begin with but getting him too early didn't help. He is sooooo much better now though. He is still a toebiter! But he's better.

I do use the size charts to estimate his size, but i'm not sure how accurate they are. He is 3 months old and 3 pounds. He has really long legs too, so the chart said he's going to be about 8 pounds I believe but I feel like he'll be larger. I hope not, I really didn't want him to be much bigger than Austin who is about 6 pounds. But, I love him regardless.

Thanks for the info!

[QuickSilver]

I think there's a difference between explaining things about your own dog and someone else's. Generally if someone calls Thor a teacup, I just say, "he's 4lbs, just on the small side." Which isn't really telling them they're wrong.

If someone else is telling you about their teacup, well, yeah, you don't want to say something that will make them feel defensive rather than curious. So I think recommending Nutrical and YT is great! Hope she stops by.