Subwayseries, Welcome to Pet Talk! I see a poodle in you avatar! I am mom to two of them, Bella and Ripley, in my signature! I hope you will stick around and post lots of stories and pictures of your cutie!

In the past I had two toy poodles and one of them required surgery on one of his knees due to a condition called fluxating patella. His knee cap would go out of place causing him a lot of pain and he had to have a pin inserted. It is a trait that can crop up in a toy dog although an experienced breeder recognizes this and can try and "breed out" some of these traits. I bought Pumpkin from a backyard breeder (I didn't even know what they were at the time) and I am sure the people just looked for any toy male to be stud for their little girl. That said, I wouldn't have traded him for $1,000,000 and he lived to be 17!

Recently in the vet's office there was a teacup poodle. She had a cast on her front leg and her owner said this was her most recent broken bone. She had broken the other leg previously just by running and bumping into a piece of furniture. Her little legs looked just like match sticks. As adorable as these teeny tiny dogs look, I would be terrified to own one due to their fragility.