Breeding Yorkies

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Zephyr-Clarke Dolberg with Miami Dog Training in Miami, Florida. There's a lot of things to consider when breeding Yorkies. You know, again, they're another small breed. In fact, they're toy breed or mini-breed, they're tiny. So, again let's talk about the history of this dog first. Originally, they were, were designed to or created to be riders in Northern England, in Yorkshire, Yorkshire Terrier. So, these dogs, you know, do tend to have they can have a lot of health problems so it is important to, you know, bring your female, bring your male to the vet, make sure they're healthy enough to be bred before continuing on with breeding. And, you know, there can be a lot of problems in breeding any dog but, you know, just try to keep their health up and really maintain a good level of health throughout their pregnancy, it's going to make it a lot better for them. Now, again, you know, where you can have a larger engine size, some of the male Yorkies, if it's bred to too small female and there's a large puppy can create the need for Caesarian in order to get the puppy out and they can endanger the life of the mother and the other puppies if there is too large of a puppies. So, that's something to consider when choosing a mating pair. Yorkies, you know, are great dogs, small dogs and people do tend to really, a lot of times you see them a lot more in apartments and small, smaller homes where, you know, that people can carry them and take them wherever easily. But in breeding them again, there are young, sorry, there are small breeds so what happens is they mature, sexually mature earlier than other breeds and in other larger breeds. You know, the puppies should be born approximately every 20-30 minutes. If an hour goes by between puppies, you know, you may want to go to the vet or have a vet on call that you can get a hold of. So, these are some things to consider when breeding Yorkies."