Teacup dogs mostly come from dirty breeding grounds; many teacup dogs are congenitally stunted individuals who are forced by dog dealers to perform caesarean sections on their mothers and artificially preterm birth, and their bodies are very fragile and have a short lifespan.
Are there "normal" teacup dogs?
No.
Usually, the breeding method of teacup dogs is to select the small "dwarf" body type of healthy small dogs, continue to breed, and gradually select the offspring with better physical fitness and eliminate the unhealthy. It can be imagined that this body type is very rare, to breed a stable and healthy teacup dog, the price is very large, so Hilton raises teacup dogs, the most important reason may be:
Rich.
It is reported that the total number of Hilton dogs has exceeded 35, she may never really raise any of them, dogs for her, and designer bags are no different, just a decoration that requires continuous investment and maintenance.
Ordinary people want to have teacup dogs, what advice do you have?
Better not!
First, teacups are expensive, cheap and easy to fake. For example, toy VIPs, which are sold at three months of age in an abusive way that does not give enough food, are similar in size to teacup VIPs; but this type of dog will continue to grow up, and is more likely to cause various health risks due to malnutrition at the hour.
Second, even if you are not short of money, the teacup body is not easy to raise. It is difficult to feed, care or secondary, such a small thing, you have to hold it in your hands every day, what are the hands of the working people used for? It is used to brush the circle of friends! Put it on the ground, don't pay attention to the biaji's foot; put it on the table, don't pay attention to it falling down on its own; put it in the teacup, don't pay attention to grunting...
Third, other people's big miss is used as jewelry, we don't have a good dress to hold, soil.
The teacup dog breed is not recognized by any institution (FCI, AKC, CKU, etc.).
Teacup dogs generally refer to those dogs under 8 inches and weigh less than 4 pounds, it is not synonymous with a single breed, and there are 5-7 kinds of stable teacup body types: teacup VIP, teacup Yorkshire, teacup Marzis, teacup Chihuahua, teacup Bomei and so on.
The earliest teacup dog, formed by a mutation in the toy VIP gene in the 19th century, was sought after by people as soon as it appeared. Faced with huge benefits, many people began to make profits from them.
The lifespan of the teacup dog is not long. In general, puppies live longer than large dogs, with the exception of teacup dogs, whose lifespan usually does not exceed 10 years. They are petite, the abdomen is long on the ground, prone to colds, diarrhea, slender bones, long walking can lead to limb bone deformation; because the skull capacity is too small, the probability of congenital hydrocephalus is very large.
In addition, teacup dogs are also prone to low blood sugar, small and fragile bones (such as dislocation of the kneecap), tracheal collapse, digestive and heart diseases. Arguably, much of his short life is accompanied by various health problems, along with high medical costs.
Like the Teacup Dog, the Teacup Cat is not recognized by any international professional body
They are cultivated according to the bad habits of some bad taste humans for miniature pets, but they are just a cat that does not grow up due to genetic defects, and even if it is a dwarf in the cat world, it is impossible to solve the problem of genetic defects during breeding.
Many people like the teacup body because it is cute, "cute", evoking their inner softness, want to care for them, never expected that this kind of "love" is actually not far from abuse.
In fact, the little pet doctor thinks that as long as the teacup is put in the drink food, the cats, cats, dogs, or dogs are scattered by the wind...