Hi fellow yorkie lovers

[matese]

Welcome to YT Ali, Toodles is a lil cutie. You must be so excited, a new lil baby in just a few more days.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by alimorgeron

I know and appreciate the concern, but my breeder is awesome and 1000% reputable! I would recommend her to all my friends and aquaintances. My baby girl is eating hard puppy food on her own and has a clean bill of health. The vet doesn't see a problem with her coming home to me at 8 weeks.. so as long as she's healthy, I feel good about picking her up saturday.. I had a yorkie years,ago and we got her when she was six weeks old. She was an amazing little girl. She had no issues from leaving her mother at the age of 6 weeks. She was very smart and a very well behaved dog.

I'm sorry but reputable breeders keep the puppies with there moms until 12 weeks this is something that the Yorkshire terrier club of America strongly believes in and reputable breeders follow that because they are the mother club of yorkies. The biggest issues is breeders who skip out on steps like that are generally skipping other steps which could leave you with a pup that ends up sick with genetic issues and such that even super healthy pups can not show signs of until 2 years old or even older. Pups that live there mom early can have issues with bitting, socialization, and even potty training. I'm glad the yorkie you had did well but that's not the norm. The younger they are the more at risk for hypoglycemia they become and shoukd not be left along for very long at all.

[alimorgeron]

She will not be left alone.. I am a stay at home wife and mother. I am blessed to have the kind of life that allows me to be home with my daughter and my baby toodles. She will be fine. I know this! She has everything she will need to be warm, fed, loved and cared for to the fullest extent. You have a valid point to an extent, but just like people, not all dogs are the same.