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05-07-2020, 03:43 PM | #31 | |
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Just so that I am absolutely clear. Katy's breed did NOT advertise her as such. My friend with Yorkies, does NOT use 'Teacups'. I get it. However. Like I said, I also get why people advertise them as Teacups. | |
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05-07-2020, 03:55 PM | #32 | |
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You are right. I am. When I wanted a tiny dog. I wanted a TINY dog. I researched the breed, and I kept looking until I found a breeder that bred by the Standard. Katy is only 8 months old, and could grow much more.....but I do not expect her too. My quote to my husband was, not bigger than 10 pounds if she got fat. I think most people that buy Yorkies expect them to be very small dog. I think people buy Yorkies, not Carins because Yorkies are a smaller breed....and when they are not, it can be disappointing. Since I joined this forum a couple people have asked about size. They are concerned. I get that! So when I try to tell them something about Standard size. It seem folks jump in with the "a yorkie is a yorkie no matter". The thing is they bought a YORKIE, not a Carin, not an Airedale. So they have valid questions. And yes, care about the size their dog will be or is. Because I have owned, trained, raised, bred, worked with, competed, and more with ALL Sorts animals all my life, and with many different dog breeds....Yes. I think an animal should look closely to the Standard for what ever animal and breed it is. THIS is the perspective from where I take my stand. | |
05-07-2020, 04:54 PM | #33 | |
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"It could be that you have a Yorkie that was bred small, know to many as Teacups." You threw it right out there with that comment. A reputable breeder that breeds "show dogs" does their homework when they have a breeding pair. Before they breed the dogs the breeder checks back several generations for genetic health issues on both the male and female because, they are breeding for their next champion. This is a breeder ppl should buy from because, the mamma is fed good food, and is well taken care of, they may not get a champion out of a litter but what the buyer gets is a healthy puppy. Back yard breeders (BYB) are looking for big bucks, they do no background on their breeding pairs, and breed what ppl want, tiny dogs. It's a buyer beware. This is called "educating" people.
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05-07-2020, 06:09 PM | #34 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
05-07-2020, 06:11 PM | #35 |
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| No one said your breeder did. They advertise them that way to make more money so yes we all get why they advertise them that way.
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05-07-2020, 06:25 PM | #36 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
05-08-2020, 09:01 AM | #37 | |
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Yes. I was using a term that it does not matter if you like or do not, is used to talk about the size of Yorkies. You might think you are 'educating', but your just being Hateful of a word used to describe smaller, more correctly bred size, of the breed we are on a Forum about. <sighs> It is NOT just Breeders who breed for Conformational Shows (there are other types of 'dog shows'.) REPUTABLE BREEDERS breed by the Standard for the Breed.....the ENTIRE Standard, not just size. But SIZE MATTERS! I am done. | |
05-08-2020, 10:09 AM | #38 | |
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And to say I am hateful of the word is just hysterical lol. Now I am done.
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05-08-2020, 10:56 AM | #39 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
05-08-2020, 10:59 AM | #40 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
05-08-2020, 01:38 PM | #41 | |
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The life of the tinies bred down to create a so-called teacup often includes litters of deformities internally and externally, painful, agonizing pregnancies, whelps, all too frequent deaths for the dam and too-small, too-delicate puppies and altogether too inexperienced breeders and owners. All too many have horrible G.I. problems and can be beset with many genetic diseases, conditions as a breeding pair is never bred to better the breed or avoid an existing health problem being passed on to a litter, but for size alone and the $ the litters, stud fees can bring, if they live. Teacup tinies are too-often culled for size, separated from the mother weeks too soon for each pup's psychological well-being, sold early before any unsuspected growth spurt or to allow time for their genetic problems to manifest, often carried about in purses, casually on the arm, being carelessly passed about and jostled into a human world foreign to that of being a normal, healthy dog by fashion/pop-culture-obsessed folk who buy the poor little dog for its tiny size, ability to draw attention to the owner. Some of us got one unknowingly as their initial Yorkie or to save a runt from being raised by an inexperienced owner who first thing will unthinkingly leave it on the couch/bed alone, go off and hear a bump,yelp and instead of vetting it at once, go online or call a girlfriend looking for medical guidance when the baby has been badly hurt. Teacups often require frequent, expensive vetting, specialist care, special food, accessories. The two I've had died years too early despite always immediate vetting. Totally heartbreaking. If you travel with one and it has to have vet services, if the vet isn't prepared for tinies, they often don't even have adequate, smaller equipment to treat a tiny and medications have to be carefully given, as they may be easily overdosed. It's true, not all teacups are unhealthy and some live long, relatively event-free lives and are charmingly cute to look at, are incredibly sweet, loving dogs. I adore them all but am horrified by the teacup tiny's horrible history of pain, misery and exploitation. I detest a breeder or buyer that knowingly helps perpetuate the problem, a breeder or shop that would sell it to anyone with ready money, however unfit for a teacup's well-being. But I would hope true lovers of the Yorkshire Terrier breed lust after only happy, healthy pups from a long lineage of healthy, hardy bred-to-standard ancestors and responsible, experienced breeders who breed only to improve the breed and keep it healthy and happy for as long as possible. The Yorkshire Terrier has long been my favorite breed.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis Last edited by yorkietalkjilly; 05-08-2020 at 01:40 PM. | |
05-08-2020, 02:38 PM | #42 |
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| Just curious -- what is the adult weight of a "teacup" yorkie? |
05-08-2020, 04:48 PM | #43 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Because it’s a made up word I’m not sure there is a size. The person who didn’t want Joey when he was 9 weeks old tried to say he was a teacup and was feeding him diet adult food to keep him small and he now is 14 pounds lol
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05-08-2020, 06:05 PM | #44 | |
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In shopping for Yorkie breeders 5 years after Scotty died, I had read a local newpaper article about a lady who bred very small Yorkshire Terrier dogs in a nearby town and went to see them as I had only learned that Scotty was too tiny for for the Standard but wanted another Scotty type dog, still ignorant of what teacup breeding was all about. Not one of her breeding dams or studs was over 2 - 3 lbs.! Could not believe their tiny sizes, bug eyes, pointy chests, foreshortened legs, long, uneven backs and all of the dams, studs, puppies for sale she brought to show acted extremely fearful, as if never socialized or maybe rarely out of their cages. They dashed from under one piece of furniture to the next the entire time they were in the room, not one came when called by the breeder, who was all business. She acted as if she'd done all of this a thousand times before. She casually explained she only kept the tiniest out of litters for breeders and bred them to one another, then automatically quoted range of new-car prices for her puppies, tiniest most expensive, etc., the amount/date of deposit required to hold which picking order potential buyers could ensure, accepted cash only, asked me to spell my name for a legal pad she was about to write on,having never asked me if I had any questions or had any questions about my dog-owning experience/history, home situation, yard/fence, nearest vet, where the puppy would spend most of its day, etc. She acted as if she could care less about the ultimate welfare of any of her puppies & just assumed I was a ready-made buyer. I couldn't get away fast enough.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis | |
07-02-2020, 09:30 AM | #45 |
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| Update on Sophie I am posting update on Sophie. Sophie is now 8 month old now and weighs 3.5 lbs. For her short body, she is a chubby little girl now. And she is Cottony Coat, very dark colour, grey, tan & black colour. I took her to my vet. Vet's office is open but only the dogs are allowed in so I could not speak to the vet directly. I had to wait outside in the car. I did full bloodworks and she is healthy. However, she has 7 baby teeth that needs to be removed. I want to wait until she is older for spaying, at least when this Covid 19 situation is over... I was advised by the vet's office to remove teech and spay her at the same time but I am likely to just have her teeth removed for now. And may be spay her later... |
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