As you may know, teacup puppies are very fragile and delicate and require extra care and attention, especially during infancy. And while a teacup puppy can grow to be an independent and healthy dog, even adult teacup dogs weigh less than 6 pounds full grown. This means that teacup mother dogs can only support 1 to 2 puppies. 95% of the tiny mothers cannot give birth naturally and must endure a C-Section because their cervix will not open up wide enough to birth the puppies.

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We are located in Dallas Texas where the cost of an emergency c-section can be anywhere from $3,000 to $7,000! This doesn't guarantee the puppy(s) will be okay, it just is the price of bringing them into this world. If we only have 1 or two puppies, selling them for less than the price of bringing them into the world would mean we wouldn't be in business for very long.

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Breeding true teacup puppies requires knowledge and expertise that takes many years to master. They also cannot be breed on the first heat cycle which means a breeder will need to wait 1 to 2 years to breed the female for the first time. Many of them are not strong enough to nurse from their Mother when born and must be feed by the breeder with a syringe or dropper every two hours for the first 2-6 weeks of their like, leaving the breeder very sleep deprived and unable to hire someone to handle the burden due to the expertise required to care for them. We here at Texas Teacups are blessed to have an incredible staff to help so one person doesn't carry the entire burden, which is incredible but is also an expense.