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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here,

What I really want are issues related specifically to size.  For example, I've heard that hypoglycemia can be an issue.  I also know that socialization is important for all dogs, and particularly for dogs that will hopefully be spending time in classes and settings with a lot of other dogs, but I don't know how that works with a tiny dog.  Is it risky for a tiny dog to socialize with bigger ones?

We have time to make this decision, hopefully a lot of time since I don't think we'll add a new dog while our older dog is still with us.  He's doing OK, but he's 16, so he won't be with us forever.  But I know that these breeds can have waiting lists for puppies that are checked out, so we want to research now.  [/quote]

Hypoglycemia can be an issue in small breed dogs, especially as puppies. You just feed them more frequently. It is not any riskier for a tiny dog to socialize with bigger ones, so long as it is in a controlled setting (Not the local dog park). I'm the one that posted earlier about my friend's min pins. They live with Dobermans.  I have fostered pups as small as 4 lbs. and my resident was a 100 lbs. Great Pyrenees. I have dog sat for friends' small dogs, at a time when I owned an 85 lbs. Malamute mix, and a 110 lbs. Great Dane. As I said, you do not throw fragile dogs in with larger unknown dogs.[/quote]

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