LONGEVITY  OF  THE TINY YORKIE……

The longevity of the really tiny yorkie starts off with the Breeder. If the pup is bred correctly and by this we mean not repeatedly interbred, as some people do – the pup should be off to a flying start.  If it is reared in those first few weeks of life properly, well nourished, another piece to the puzzle. If it passes all the vet examinations with flying colours, it will then be passed onto its new owner.  Hopefully the new owner will be very particular in the care of this tiny pup. Again proper nutrition, regular check ups, all the deworming and inoculations necessary, sterilization etc. 

There is NO reason at all that the smaller sized YORKIE will not live every bit as long a life as the normal sized yorkie, IF properly cared for.

Our sympathies to Catherine De Villiers –  DODI - 16 year old much loved 1.2kg yorkie passed away yesterday 19 August 2010 –  his tribute appears on our Rainbow Bridge.

            In loving memory  19 AUGUST 2010

KEEP A WATCH ON YOUR DOG WHEN OPENING YOUR CAR DOOR………..

My name is Deborah and I live in the North of Johannesburg.  Three years ago we went on holiday to the Cape.  We had been looking forward to our holiday with great anticipation, I – my Husband and our two teenagers. We left Johannesburg at 11 one Wednesday night.  We owned a small little yorkie of 1.6kg.  The Yorkie was always ready to cuddle with anyone he could, and when we had loaded the car we put him in with the kids under the blankets. We thought no more of this. We hit a pothole and our one tyre was badly damaged.  So we replaced that around 1 in the morning.  I developed a terrible pain in the stomach and ended up visiting toilet after toilet on route.  We eventually settled down and then it was time for us to stop and have something to eat.  The kids were starting to wake up. 

We started getting out of the car, and I shouted to the kids to bring Bambi.  My eldest said that Bambi had to be with me, he was not with them.  My heart sank into my shoes, we checked the car – no Bambi. He had obviously got out at one of our many stops along the road.  I felt ill with worry, and said to my husband we had to go back.   He said that would be useless, the dog would have been found and hopefully that person would contact us. He also said that someone may just decide to keep him.  I just wanted to go all the way back and check along the road sides for any sign of my beloved dog.  Of course that was being ridiculous. We did however manage to call someone, a client of my husbands who we knew was travelling down that afternoon, and we mentioned all the places we had stopped at and he very kindly stopped at all those places and made enquiries.  He did find out that the dog had been seen and had been picked up by a young woman in a White Golf.  One of the petrol attendants told him he had seen the dog, once we had driven off and there was nothing he could do about it. He had tried to catch the dog but it kept giving him the slip and when he cornered it,  it yelled out and threatened to bite so he left it.  We arranged to have posters put up at that Petrol station and all the robots in close proximity. We would not know if the person who took our dog was from the area or passing through. The Petrol attendant said he had never seen the woman or her car before.

Bambi is micro chipped and he wore a collar with an identity tag on it.  Our cell phone numbers appeared on both sides of the disc.  It became obvious to us that the person who took the dog had no intention of returning it to us, as they never called.  I was more than bitter over this. Maybe we were negligent in thinking he would not get out of the car, but he did, and he was chipped and had a collar advising of his identity and ownership.

The holiday we had looked forward to for months on end, was the worst time of my life.  On our return some two weeks later, we spent two days in the area in which our dog got lost. We over -nighted and went to all the nearby shops and restaurants in an attempt to try and locate our dog. We even arranged for the newspaper to put a write up in their news. All to no avail.

If the person who took Bambi had any idea just how much that animal was loved they would have done their best to reunite him with his family.  Our life has just never been the same since we lost him. It took me weeks and weeks to get over the emptiness inside of me, I would turn around constantly thinking I would find him behind me.  I would find myself listening for that little yap, when we came home. He would sit on the window ledge waiting for our return.

My Husband has suggested we get another yorkie, but I still cannot face having another yorkie, I could not face looking into another little Yorkies eyes, and wondering what Bambi had thought, when he saw us drive away, never to see us again.

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To: mijoy@wam.co.za

Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 7:50 AM

Subject: Enquiry Form submitted from website | Mijoy Yorkies and Mijoy Biewers

Jackie from PE writes:

Dear Mijoy

I know this may sound stupid but how do you breed the really tiny Yorkies?  I have read through your site but would like you to answer me directly if you have the time. I have no intention of breeding Yorkies, but I am interested as I have purchased one of those supposedly very tiny dogs – but when the pup arrived it was anything but tiny.  The Breeder assured me it will not grow. 

I would also like to ask you, if you have a very tiny pup if you could hold onto it for a few months and then sell it to me, so I am assured it is going to be very tiny.

Many thanks

Jackie

Hi Jackie

If you have read all the info on my site I am sure you will have a pretty good idea how we come by those VERY small dogs.  I am not prepared to get involved with other breeders or what they consider to be TINY.  We all have our own opinions. I can only tell you how we breed those very small dogs and it is not by breeding those very small dogs to each other. It is in our lines and something that started happening with our dogs a considerably long time ago.  If the tiny is bred properly, and by this I mean not interbred (and repeatedly interbred) the pup should be a healthy little dog. WE do not release any pup we feel is too tiny to cope without the aid of its dog mother - a good few of these really tiny dogs stay with their mother and have access to MOMMY all the time and in some cases the mother will baby that particular tiny pup till it is 3 and 4 months of age. We do not interfere with that happening, we feel the mother dog will know intuitively when the baby can cope quite happily on its own.  The tiniest dogs I have ever bred which were 550 and 602gms as adults, have had access to their mothers till they were a good few months old. We still have the 602gm dog and he is now six and a half years old. 

If we hold onto a baby for a good few months because it is really tiny, we will more than likely keep that pup as it will be difficult for both the pup and us to part ways. Once a bond has developed between a pup and ourselves, it will be VERY difficult for that pup to go onto another home. We are not the run of the mill BREEDER, who has pups and sees them as a product. So if we bond with a particular pup we would not part with it.  I have kept a pup before for people till it was four months of age, but that was decided from day one, it would go at four months of age, because it was leaving the country. We had no alternative, but it is not the normal way we operate.  With MIJOY it is always about what is best for the pup concerned.

Sizing of a pup can be difficult, even for us who have been involved with the breed for more than 30 years.  I have sold pups where I thought the pup would reach 1.8kg – 2kg and the pup reached 1kg.  We do not guarantee our pups size – we do our best, and if the client at the time of purchase is happy with the pup and its size, we consider that a done deal.  Obviously we do not expect a pup sold as a small sized dog to reach a standard yorkie size. It is always a gamble and we are not God.  We guarantee our dogs for the first year of their life against anything life threatening, e.g. liver, heart etc.  We are the only breeders to our knowledge who do this. Over the years I have lost the odd pup that I have bought and the breeders do not replace those pups. I would if it happened to one of my clients, but that is ME. 

IT does happen rarely that a pup does not grow that much at all and stays tiny. This is possibly the case with the one you have in hand.

We hold onto our tinies till we feel they are able to go to a new home. We do not however, hold onto them for months on end and then pass them on.

Thanks for your mail.

DEAR VISITORS, YORKIE OWNERS AND FUTURE YORKIE OWNERS….

Firstly thank you for all your mails and all the compliments and appreciation you have shown us. YORKIES are my passion and have been for 30 years plus……

It shows…..

We must thank the folk on our waiting list, for their patience,   GENUINE TEACUP  YORKIES especially are very hard to come by and are major rare, as the majority of you realise.  Some folk get upset when they find themselves waiting for a lengthy period of time. 

The good thing about our teacup pups, they are healthy – correctly bred, are guaranteed against any life threatening health condition, and if this was ever to happen, we would replace the pup concerned.  We are not big breeders, we do not mass produce pups and we most certainly would never want to. We only breed from  quality, healthy Yorkies in our breeding program. Our breeding girls are only used for a limited period of time, after which they are  sterilised, and remain with us to enjoy life. We do not sell or re home our adult dogs, or ex-breeding dogs. Our pups are raised in our home, and handled from day one, the reason they have the superb temperament, so many of you comment on.

Our pups are all sold with a sales agreement contract, registered, inoculated, dewormed and micro-chipped. ALL OUR PUPS CARRY HEALTH GUARANTEES. They are all thoroughly examined by our vet prior to leaving us. We have NEVER let any pup leave our care without being inoculated and thoroughly checked by our vet. Our pups are sold only as pets, not for any form of breeding, and that includes one litter. We request that our pups be sterilised at 6 months of age.

We have no option but to decline a lot of folk who contact us for pups, we have a very long waiting list, and actually stopped taking further orders for a period of time.  Two people, who received their pups earlier this year that were on our waiting list, are again back on the waiting list for another pup.  We do have the occasional pup available, although the majority of our pups are sold before they are born.

We do ruffle the odd feathers periodically and have negative comments made, but our main concern is to produce healthy, happy pups for deserving animal lovers and yorkie lovers. Furthermore we go out of our way to be of any service that any GENUINE  YORKIE LOVER  may require.  

There is a huge difference of opinion on this subject. The latest – 12 weeks????? This just has to be a NOVICE breeder and a sales pitch.  The yorkie in all likelihood is fully grown at a year of age, but then there is a  possibility it may pick up a minimal amount of weight in the next few months, when it matures, and may become more solid.

YOU should not be so concerned about how much your pup/dog weighs, hoping that it is as little as possible – your major concern should be that you own a healthy puppy/dog.

YOUR pup/dog will be the size it is meant to be – this cannot be manipulated by the owner or the breeder WITHOUT putting the health of the animal at risk.

TEACUP PUPS……….Are you a suitable owner???

We urge anyone interested in purchasing a GENUINE TEACUP from us, to ensure they have the lifestyle needed to cope with such a baby and to please read all the information on our site to ensure, they have a good knowledge of that tiny baby.

I do believe some people are IN LOVE with the idea of owning this tiny little dog, without taking into consideration what is involved in rearing this tiny scrap.

We reserve the right to refuse to sell a Teacup Pup to anyone who may have made application to us in the past or who may make application to us in the future to purchase such a pup, if we feel they are not suited to such a tiny dog.