Teacup on the left, Tiny Chi on the right

YOU SAY YOU WANT A T-CUP CHIHUAHUA, BUYER BEWARE!

A breeder that tells you he/she breeds T-cups is wrong!!  There is no such breed as a T-cup Chihuahua.  There are only 2 types of Chihuahuas, long coat and short coat (aka smooth coat). Everyone always wants to get the smallest Chihuahua puppy possible.  First of all, Chihuahuas were not meant to weigh 2 lbs.  They are healthier if they weigh between 4-6 lbs.  If you have children under the age of 15, we will not sell you a Chihuahua, especially a so called t-cup, without warning you about the dangers that are potentially ahead for you and your future puppy.  Granted, it is possible for a family with small responsible children to have a puppy and raise it without harming it, but it is difficult.  Even if your children are careful and do not crush or drop the puppy, they still may cause it harm.  Chihuahuas, particularly the smaller ones, need constant care.  This does not mean that they need to be played with all day long.  This means that they need to be supervised.  It is very important that their eating and drinking habits are monitored  If they seldom get a chance to relax, eat, sleep and drink because they are being used as play toys, they can quickly start going down hill.  They can go from a bouncing baby to a very sick baby within hours.  Once they start going down hill with low blood sugar, you will have to tend to them every 2-3 hours until they are 4 months old, maybe longer.  You may also have to take them to the emergency room and keep them there for days.  It may end up costing you more money than the puppy cost in no time.

All puppies are susceptible to many problems just like children are.  They get sick all the time.  With a larger puppy, you treat them for most problems and go about your day.  With a so-called T-cup, the illness is usually not the only problem you have to contend with;  when they get sick, they do not eat or drink all day.  This triggers hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar).  Now you have to deal with the original problem and also the low blood sugar.  Hypoglycaemia is easy to treat if you have the time to tend to them all day long for months.  If you do not have the patience or time to deal with it, the puppy will most likely die.  This means all day and night monitoring.  A tiny Chi can add alot of stress to your life.  It is no fun watching a 1.3 lb puppy go into hypoglycaemic shock..they totally depend on you to cater to their every need.

Bringing a puppy to a new home puts alot of stress on the dog.  Shipping further adds to the stress.  Our advice to someone wanting a dog that only weighs approx 3 lbs is to let the breeder keep the puppy until it is at least 3 months old.  If the breeder is not willing to do this, I would not purchase a puppy from them-they do not care about the puppy and only want to push them out of their house that way, if any problems develop, it is somebody else's problem.  If a client really wants them at 10 weeks, we make sure they read this warning first.  We realize that a puppy can leave here and be fine, but we also realize that problems are likely to happen in a tiny puppy.  It also is important that the buyer understands that it may be costly to keep the puppy alive should it "crash".  We have enough experience with tiny Chis and can do alot of things necessary to bring the puppy back to health without spending a small fortune at the vet.

We do not mean to scare away potential buyers, but we do not want to sell the wrong puppy to the wrong person.  We put a lot of time, care and most of all LOVE into raising our puppies and we like to know that they are going to remain just as healthy and happy as they are when they leave our home.

If you are still sure you want a tiny, we do have them from time to time, but if you just want a tiny, healthy Chi, consider getting one that is a little bigger, one that will finish growing between 4-6 lbs.  They still grow up to be small enough to sneak into restaurants in little fancy pet carriers.  They are just as loving and they are a lot less fragile.  

Thank you for taking the time to read this very important message.  It really is of the utmost importance when considering a very tiny Chihuahua.