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05-21-2014, 03:49 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Where can I purchase a teacup yorkie for no more then $1400.00 I want a teacup yorkie. I want her to be a little girl. I don't want a parti yorkie. Her face has to be in the shape of a apple head, ears that stand up, and AKC registered. I don't mind paying for shipping from another state as long as it's a legit breeder. There are to many fake websites, and ads online. |
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05-21-2014, 04:14 PM | #2 |
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| Please rethink this for the good of the breed by not purchasing from those who purposefully and intentionally breed for very tiny, undersized, often unhealthy dogs who will very frequently be born with congenital conditions that don't show up the first two months or so of life and some don't show up until the dog is 3 or 4 years old. If you buy a runt of normal-sized litter from a reputable breeder who breeds only to improve the breed, that's a totally different matter, though often the dogs are tiny runts due to something that happened in the womb that prevented normal neonatal development so just be prepared for many medical conditions - may never happened but you should know tiny runts or tiny dogs are fragile, easily injured, don't have the most easy life in the world and are often in the vet's office for one problem or the other. Often, just running outside in the grass is difficult for them as is much of life in a human world. Here is a Google search that shows that teacup Yorkies very often have a host of medical problems. Any breeder, knowing this, who deliberately and knowingly breeds for a tiny teacup Yorkie therefore is taking too great a chance of not producing a healthy dog who can live a good dog's life and shouldn't be rewarded by a Yorkie-lover ever doing business with them. Run from them for the good of the breed. https://www.google.com/search?q=heal..._sm=0&ie=UTF-8 I speak from past personal experience and have seen the suffering of a tiny dog from congenital medical problems that began when she was 4 or 5 months old and was at death's door far more than once and a life of IBS and frequent GI issues and suffering, many, many, many vet visits and consults. When she was 13, she simply jumped down off the couch on her doggie steps and dislocated her tiny shoulder joint and went down in agony. The trip to the ER vet and then across town to the specialist were terrifying with my poor hurt baby in the car suffering right beside me. So was the hour the emergency surgery took. And it didn't work - her shoulder wouldn't stay in, even after casting for weeks. The vet said her shoulder joints were just too congenitally mal-formed and now fragile due to her tiny size and repetitive years of jumping as she did many times a day using her doggie steps to access the couch and bed eventually just weakened her left shoulder joint integrity, which was irreparable. If you do get a tiny Yorkie, just know you are buying from an unethical person who no matter what they say, truly isn't interested in the well-being of their puppies or they would breed for standard-sized dogs. They are breeding for tiny puppies just to be able to line their pockets as more and more people clamor for tiny dogs and we so often see their tragic stories here and other sites online. If breeders of teacups lose their buyers due to them demanding healthy dogs, maybe they will start to breed to improve the breed and try to bring healthy dogs into the world, not just tiny, cute dogs that sell due to their petite size and cutesy looks. I'm all for cute toy dogs but the super tiny ones all too often tend to be too unhealthy to really enjoy their lives and their owners are riddled with heartache from watching their babies suffer.
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05-21-2014, 04:17 PM | #3 |
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| https://www.google.com/search?q=heal...w=1121&bih=618 https://www.google.com/search?q=heal...w=1121&bih=618
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
05-21-2014, 05:14 PM | #4 |
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| Why the interest in a Yorkie with an apple head? Yorkies aren't supposed to have apple heads like a chihuahua, they are supposed to be more flat, like a terrier. If you find someone that purposefully breeds for that trait, run! Also, Yorkies with an apple head might have that head shape due to hydrocephalus, something you do NOT want your pup to have. You can get that look if you want by putting a little "poof" in your pups topknot, just be careful with getting one that has a skull shaped like that.
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05-21-2014, 05:47 PM | #5 | |
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05-21-2014, 05:54 PM | #6 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
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| I hope you have a chance to read up on the breed and educate yourself some more. PLEASE do not purchase from a breeder that claims to sell 'teacups' they are not reputable breeders!
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05-21-2014, 06:25 PM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Wow! I appreciate you sharing your story. I just thought they were so cute. I've seen three in my area so far. I've never asked them if they had any health issues. Although I must say one lady I meant said her teacup yorkie is a cancer survivor. Interesting... I think I'm going to stick with the standard size. Is the toy size safe though? The one's that stay 5 to 8 pounds. |
05-21-2014, 06:29 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Oh ok. I wasn't talking about a really flat face. I noticed some yorkies have really long noses. it might be because their not pure breed yorkies. Them backyard breeders produce all kinds of yorkies. smh Thanks for the advice though. I will definitely keep that in mind. |
05-21-2014, 06:30 PM | #9 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Exton, PA USA
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| I know of a good breeder in PA who charges a little more but has beautiful dogs |
05-21-2014, 06:34 PM | #12 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| There is no such thing as a teacup it was a term created by bad breeders to jack up the prices of dogs. No reputable breeder will use the word teacup and a breeder who does will not do the genetic and health testing that you want to make sure you have the best possible chance of having a very healthy puppy with no health issues. Check out the ytca.org for good breeders. If size is a big issue then you might want to think about getting an adult.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
05-21-2014, 06:36 PM | #13 | |
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05-22-2014, 04:03 AM | #14 | |
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05-22-2014, 04:45 AM | #15 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| You also might want to look for a dog/ puppy around the same size as your current puppy so no one gets hurt when there playing.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
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