Have you ever heard of Pocket Pugs?

No reptuable breeder DELIBERATELY BREEDS POCKET PUGS. THEY ARE BIG RED FLAGS. THEY ARE GOING AGAINST BREED STANDARD AND REPTUABLE BREEDER WON'T DO THAT. Teacups, pockets, mianture, sleaves etc are inbreed and poorly bred runt dogs with loads of health problems that frankly only have a very short lifespan that are basically a EXPENSIVE VET BILL ON 4LEGS that cost alot in the 1st place to buy and buy buying these so called Pocket pets, its encouraging people and them to breed which we DON'T want!

Let's start out by saying "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "TEACUP" PUPPY".

With that in mind, let me say this; It seems as though there is a plethora of people who are insistent on buying tiny puppies in the 2 to 4 pound range. Also commonly referred to as a "Teacup puppy".

The word "Teacup" has been used to merely describe the size of a puppy, meaning it is very small and will probably be under the standard size which is 4 to 7 pounds for the Toy Group, Yorkshire Terrier breed. We cannot imagine anyone wanting anything smaller than that! Their bones are VERY fragile and can be broken by jumping off of a coach, falling off of a bed, being stepped on or worse.

Many breeders, while tacking a whooping price on a puppy, "claim" to breed so called "teacups" as if they were a breed all their own. Don't be fooled! They are NOT a breed of their own.

If a breeder says they specialize in "teacups" RUN, RUN, RUN for the hills! Most "TEACUP" puppies are in reality, a premature puppy.

Most females are bred on the ninth through the fifteenth day of their heat cycles. Eggs can be fertilized for up to 72 hours after any of these breeding's. Therefore, it is possible to have puppies conceived up to a week or so younger than the puppies first conceived in a litter. However, when the first puppies conceived are mature and ready to be born, labor starts and all the puppies will be born, no matter when they were fertilized.

Some of the problems that may be encountered are both genetic and congenital in these tiny babies and the list is a long one.

The risk of open fontanels (soft spot from the cranial bone not forming), portosystemic shunts (PSS- abnormal vessel that allows blood to bypass the liver. As a result the blood is not cleansed by one of the bodies filters: the liver.), hypoglycemia, cardiac problems, collapsing trachea, luxating patellas, Leggs Calves Perthes disease, seizures, hydroencephaly, blindness and digestive problems can be increased in these tiny babies.

Problems such as respiratory problems can remain or worsen throughout their lives. These babies frequently are so fragile that they do not live more than a few years. There have been several tiny Yorkies as adults who still had open fontanels and their owners had to carry nourishment with them all the time. Their vets have felt it unsafe to give a full dose of vaccine so the puppies had to get several injections to be on the safe side.

There is no such thing as a "tea cup" Yorkshire Terrier, Maltese, Poodle, or any other breed for that matter. They simply do not exist. "Tea-cup" is just a marketing ploy given by unethical and unscrupulous breeders to drive up the price of their puppies!

So called "Teacups" fetch anything from $1000 to $10,000! This is ridiculous and shameful! There are a lot of chronically, unhealthy puppies because unscrupulous breeders and puppy mills are inbreeding. Some poor darlings only live for a very, very short time!

They take the little teeny, tiny Yorkies and they breed 2 1/2 pounders with 3 pounders ... well, they’re playing with genetics. You should NEVER breed a female of any breed less than 5 pounds.

PLEASE educate yourselves before buying a tiny puppy whether it is a Yorkie or any other breed. You could be in for months or years of heartbreak not to mention staggering veterinarian bills!

DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!! IF YOU WANT A HEALTHY PUPPY, DON'T FALL FOR THE TEACUP, MIANTURE, POCKET, SLEAVE ACT!

If you want a smaller dog, go for a smaller breed instead of supporting irresponsible and bad breeders with your hard earned money

Pug-13-20pounds

Affenpinscher-8pounds

Brussell Griffon 6-12pounds

Cavalier King Charles 10-18pounds

Chihuahua 4-6pounds

Chinese Crested 4-10pounds

Pocket Pug

A designer runt aka mico mini tiny toy teacup etc.

ADD: There are small pups in ALL litters. The difference is a reputable breeder is not purposely trying to breed a smaller than normal pug.

Anyone marketing "Pocket" pugs cannot be trusted to be 100% truthful about the parents of the pups.

Pugs are to be 14-18 lbs. Is it possible a breeder may have a pup that MAY mature at under that? Sure but there is no way to be sure until the dog has finished growing. If you want a pug then deal with the fact Pugs are hefty lil dogs.

Pocket Pug = Sickly Runt Pugs produced by bybers

You mean the runt of the litter that they are trying to pass off as a healthy "designer" pug?

2nd question... Aren't pugs small enough anyway? If you want a fragile, tiny animal get a guinea pig or gerbil.

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Oh God. Please don't buy one. My family bought one from a pet store once and it ended up dying within the week. I went to school one day and I came home to find my 2 year old sister in tears. My dad came in and explained to me that Lucy ( the pug) had a seizure in front of my little sister. My mom had just gone to take her to the vet. The poor baby was hypoglycemic and eventually went into cardiac arrest from the seizure. One of the saddest moments of my life. Espescially watching my mom come home and try to explain to my little sister why Lucy hadn't come home with her.

I'm begging you don't get one of those puppies.

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LOL is it designed for all pockets or just the deep ones

add: Susan the thumbs down people are never brave enough to come out of the shadows

no such thing. it is like a "teacup" chihuahua, sometimes also called pocket chihuahuas. Terms used by breeders to sell runt pups at a higher price than the healthy ones.