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04-26-2013, 01:33 AM | #1 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Eureka Springs, AR
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| Clear Creek Pets in Fayetteville AR? HI...... Does anyone have any info on "Clear Creek Pets" in Fayetteville, AR? I was going to look into them about purchasing a Yorkie......... ClearCreekPets.com Please let me know. Thanks.......... |
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04-26-2013, 06:17 AM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Tennessee
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| I checked them out and there HUGE red flags. They advertise 'teacup' and 'tiny' Yorkies, and although prices aren't listed, they are probably jacked up. NINETEEN females, with 8 active breeders? This IS a commercial kennel, despite claims otherwise. Puppies are brought inside the home for the first week, then relegated to kennels. Puppies are released as early as 8 weeks, and are NOT vet checked unless they are being shipped (as air cargo) across state lines. No health guarantee is listed, and no genetic testing. I would run. Fast. The other direction.
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04-26-2013, 07:10 AM | #3 | |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Urbana, IL USA
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Also, they are current on all their shots and don't see a vet because the "vet does not recommend we bring every puppy in for a check. He and I are both aware that my breeding colony is extremely healthy and free from any disease, illness, or life threatening genetic defects." Of course, you only have the breeder's word for it, so you should check and see for yourself. And they don't ship smaller Yorkies until they are 12 weeks old. Still, I wouldn't buy a Yorkie sight unseen, and I would want to visit the breeder to be sure everything is as they say it is, and I wouldn't want a Yorkie shipped across the US--I would want to pick it up in person. So unless you can visit this breeder and check out the dogs personally and ask all the important questions and take your dog home with you yourself, then you should look elsewhere. And there are also moral issues involved. Even if the dogs are healthy, do you want to patronize and encourage what seems like a puppy mill that is willing to ship dogs across the country sight-unseen? I wouldn't... | |
04-26-2013, 07:14 AM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Urbana, IL USA
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| Ah, I see that you are only an hour's drive from Fayetteville, AR, so by all means, drive there and take a look at their operation very carefully and let us know what you find out. You need to find out if it is really a family-run business, or whether it is a puppy mill. |
04-26-2013, 08:44 AM | #5 |
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| I think it's misleading when they write how they planned to begin showing their dogs back in 2010, but there isn't an update anywhere on their website to validate it. They also claim that their puppies may even be show quality because they have some Champions in their pedigree. Truth is; all it takes is one off standard breeding to change the quality of future puppies. I think they have done their homework, covered their bases in anticipation of questions that arise when a breeder is producing more than one breed and selling online. I agree with whomever suggested visiting the kennel, meeting the owners, and seeing the puppies one on one. Good luck!
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04-26-2013, 09:31 AM | #6 | |
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04-26-2013, 09:44 AM | #7 |
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| Well they use the word teacup which is not good, they also offer 5 different breeds they breed for which I would think you would need a really big house to house them all and if you have lots of litters at one time how can you give personal attention to each, AKC is the only good registry the others are useless, they also let there puppies go at 8 weeks and it also says they have 19 female yorkies there is no way they are keeping those in there house. Please do not buy from this breeder in my opinion they are not good and might even be a puppy mill.
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04-26-2013, 09:49 AM | #8 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
04-26-2013, 10:34 AM | #9 | |
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04-26-2013, 10:41 AM | #10 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
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