Teacup Yorkie health?
 

Hello. I am seriously thinking about adopting a 8 year old teacup (3.2 lbs). I have a 8 year old 5lb yorkie now who is very healthy but I hear teacups are not. Can anyone tell Me Bouton teacups and your experience? What I am reading is really scaring me. Please help asap!! Thanks

Well there is no such thing as a teacup. Smaller dogs can have issues and do require being more careful with them but there are perfectly healthy little yorkies.

The general opinion is that anyone using the term "teacup" when selling a Yorkie is uninformed and they often use that term to up the cost of a Yorkie that is not substantiated. Do you have a copy of their breeding geniology or a DNA to indicate health issues in the breeding line? The pup is 8 years old - any passed health issues.

Smaller Yorkies are more easily injured, but can be healthy. I would get a through vet check with lab work before getting any smaller pup.

I know this is a very hard decision because there are risks with adopting a very small yorkie. But I had the joy of experiencing a precious little yorkie boy that was given to me at 3 months old because of his issues.

His name is Beamer and this little darling turned 14yrs in July! He is three pds today! The day I got Beamer was the beginning of many days of joy! Yes he has issues which when I got him I was told his back leg was crippled but this little tiny boy never knew this. He would play with our 3pd little yorkie girl that I had, they were like brother and sister.

Well one day when they were playing Beamer started running and ran into the leg of a chair injuring his neck. They were not allowed to run but when I wasn't in sight they let loose.
Anyway I took him straight to a specialist knowing he had other issues but at the time not knowing how serious! As it turned out Beamer had a Open Fontanel with suspect of hydrocephalus.He had grade 4 medial patella luxation femoral/tibial deformities on the left rear side. Right side had simular issues but not as serious. He had congenital problems in his little neck too. Which happen to be exactly where his neck was injured that day. Well this was all like a terrible surprise package! but I would not trade one day That I have had with this little boy. His excitement about life and play is just precious. Its also contagious. The laughter and joy I totally enjoyed was worth every minute with him.

We could never do any type of surgery with him there were just to many risks. We did neuter him before his injury. That was because we had our 3 pd female. We never intended to do any breeding these were our babies. Our little girl was very healthy and Fistey little lady. We lost her at 12yrs. But she had a healthy normal life. A beautiful tiny girl.
Now my Beamer is very old and he's tired but he is constantly my little darling. His energy is gone but his heart still seeks me out when I leave the room.
I know I shared a lot but this was my experience with two tiny yorkies. One had some issues and the other didn't. I hope this helps in some way with your thoughts about this little one.

At 8 yrs old this little one has already lived through who knows what? It could be possible that she has got many more yrs of love and devotion.
I'm sure there are lots of people who want tiny yorkies but not all know how to care for these precious little babies.
They do need knowledgable loving families.

Yorkies are not unhealthy bc of size (unless overweight), they're unhealthy mostly if they're dealing w/ genetics (knees, liver shunts, etc). Size (3 lbs vs 7 lbs) does not determine health.

As long as the little guy is healthy, should be fine.

Btw, there is no such thing as a "teacup yorkie" - that's an invented term by unscrupulous breeders, used to jack up prices bc you're getting a "specialized small yorkie" - hogwash.