ChristyE1971 posted the story of Mighty Mini Mouse, the tiny Diva Yorkie http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25819This was on a link to her page..... and ANYONE thinking they want a tiny tiny yorkie NEEDS TO READ THIS
and I wanted to post more on the dangers of Breeding tinies for the NEWER Members here...Long time members of Yorkietalk pretty much know that breeding Tinies is dangerous and a sad state of our world - wanting something so small & so expensive.....We see the cute little tiny yorkies... but don't think about all the dead ones when breeders try to achieve this small size.
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Mini came from one of those exclusive breeders - the ones who cater to people who are willing to pay top dollar for a tiny, cute puppy. And it is a good thing these shoppers are willing to spend thousands of dollars for their newest accessory. Because it is going to take thousands of dollars to give this tiny little bundle a chance to live.
The breeder won’t tell you that, of course. Three days after your new bundle of joy arrives, the breeder will tell you that your puppy’s death comes as a complete surprise and it must have been a fluke – or perhaps you did something wrong. What they won’t tell you is that lots of them die before they reach 12 months because their little bodies failed to fully develop.
If you are in the market for a teacup Yorkie, then what you are shopping for is a premature dog. Yorkies are among the newest breeds of dogs and were originally bred to be about 15 pounds when full grown. We pocket-sized them down to a mere 5 to 7 pounds (the current AKC “breed standard”). Now, thanks to celebrities toting them around for the cameras, the demand is for even smaller dogs – the smaller the better. Except for one thing: they are NOT supposed to be that small. It is fine for a Yorkie to drink from a teacup, but they shouldn’t fit in a teacup.
In order to force a puppy that tiny, irresponsible breeders breed females that are too small to be having puppies in the first place and are therefore unable to have them naturally. Keep in mind, a dog, especially one kept in a cage in another building far from human inhabitants, cannot rush to the hospital when she goes into labor and needs an emergency caesarian.
To further increase the chance of tiny dogs, the breeder throws the female in with more than one male for more than one day in the hopes that she will have multiple pregnancies in one litter. The result is often more puppies in one litter than can be safely carried. The more puppies she can squeeze into that tiny body, the less room there is for the puppies to grow. – viola! tiny puppies!
The end result is a puppy who has perhaps a 50% chance at living more than a few weeks. Because your desire for a tiny dog was more important than having a healthy dog, that premature puppy’s organs and other body parts will not be fully developed.
Adorable little Mini battles Atlantoxaial Instability and Chiari Malformation and a liver shunt and Hydrocephalus. What do all these big words mean? It means Mini’s body did not develop fully. This beautiful little girl is dying. Her legs do not work. Her liver does not work properly. Each day it gets more difficult for her to lift her head. Mini knows it and she’s not happy about it. She wants to run and play, but her body doesn’t cooperate. Because the breeder could not sell her, she gave her to PMR. PMR is doing everything possible to give this little girl a chance to grow up healthy.
The saddest part of this story is that, to the breeder, Mini is just overhead – the cost of doing business. Beautiful little puppies die all the time in her business and Mini is just one more. Because she does not care about the health of the dogs, she will breed another Mini and another and another and another and another…
As long as people are willing to buy the ones she can sell before they die, she will keep doing what she is doing. And beautiful little lives will be wasted because of greed and the reckless pursuit of fashion.
Mini has a chance. Thanks to PuppyMillRescue and the foster moms and others who care enough to skip lunches and send money they cannot really spare to pay for her multiple surgeries. To us, Mini is more than the cost of doing business. She is a beautiful little puppy – one who feels fear and frustration and pain and sadness and determination and, we hope, will one day know joy and good health. We watch and we wait and we pray and we cry. Maybe Mini will make it to see her first birthday. We hope so. We try not to think of all the others just like her who never make it this far.
So, while you shop for your tiny Yorkie pup, please keep Mini in mind. If you want a companion who will love you no matter what, then adopt a rescue. There are millions of wonderful, beautiful pups just waiting for a good home.
But if what you really want is an accessory, buy a bracelet or a new purse or a pair of shoes. Don’t order a tiny puppy the size of a gerbil who won’t live to see her first birthday. :(
DO You STILL WANT A TINY ? :(
