What is a Teacup Puppies
Teacup Dog
Teacups are awfully tiny dogs, they will fit in a teacup. Teacups are also named as:
- miniature breeds
- toy dog breeds
- micro dogs
The size of a 1-year-old teacup puppy measures 42 cm or less and normally weighs 2 KG or less at maturity. However, they don’t have a fixed size because teacups were not a regulated or certified breed.
Types of Teacup Dog
There are no exact breeds for teacups, as mentioned earlier they are no regulated recognized breed. Though, common teacup breed favorites include:
- Chihuahua
- Yorkie
- Boston Terrier
- Fox Terrier
- Pekingese
- Brussels Griffon
- Yorkshire Terrier
- Shih Tzu
- Silky Terrier
- Poodle
- Pug
- Pomeranian
- Maltese
Risk of Teacup puppies
These are a few reasons why should we seriously avoid buying teacups.
Teacups are attractive and getting popular as fashion dogs, but a lot of people don’t care that teacups are just weak puppies. Teacups raised to be the smallest dog possible.
Teacup puppies are products of intended and unintended breeding. Some teacup puppies were the weakest of the disorder. This means owners who spent a big amount on these tiny dogs will fool, as there don’t have the assurance of the growth to become a fixed size dog of its breed.
On other hand, teacups are the outcome of breeding tiny dogs of a certain breed. Breeding of teacups area fully safe for the puppies as well as the mother. Because the mother will be so small, of course, she will only give birth to a few puppies, so there are often birth problems.
Again teacup puppies are very high in demand and can be sold for a good price, breeders got high income from selling puppies.