These leashes work great with tiny dogs, I've used one on Percy for about 11 months now and he's 7 lbs. I can recommend it for dogs over 10 lbs, I've now used it on Ranger as a puppy @ 15lb. . I know that unless I'm very careful to get the braids exactly centered this leather can tear. So the price is slightly higher for that reason. It takes me more time to create them. I've put a picture of a leash with a tiny snap on them. It's much lighter than the solid brass so as not to be too heavy for the tiny dogs. You do have the option to choose the small snap which is solid brass (chrome coated for the silver)
Snaps are same length but gilt is much lighter weight