Unbelievable Dawn !
It's show breeders like you who charge exhorbitant prices for your pups who make my blood boil !
Many's a little old lady/man who just wants a wee one to love and sit on his/her knee and has to advertise for a wee dog like a yorkie "free" or "cheap" as they are on a pension.
All they want is a happy, healthy puppy....which is something you show breeders cannot promise, often telling of a puppy's faults and not putting it on a breeding register, yet still expecting
huge amounts of cash for what you consider a "good" pup.
Yorkies are very scarce up here in the North of Scotland as well, and I have had to travel hundreds of miles for my three. I have rescued dogs from horrendous conditions which were sold by kc breeders to these irresponsible owners in the first place. The Kennel Club is a farce and doesn't ensure a good puppy or a good loving home. Too many of their breeders are just in it to make hundreds of pounds for each pup they continually breed.
Far better a pet breeder who will check each prospective new owner and know that these people are giving a good home to each dog no matter what it looks like and continuing the love they have bestowed on each pup. ie they are not looking for ridiculous amounts of money, but a loving home for a reasonable price.
If you think that the breed standard is a good thing, then just look at all the poor snub-nosed dog breeds who cannot breath and have no end of health problems due to trying to get a certain look in a dog.
So carry on you infrequent pet breeders and continue to produce happy, loving puppies at
reasonable prices ! If you have a happy healthy mature young dog and the same in a mate, and have read up on the subject and have a good vet, and have people asking for puppies who you know are good people, then by all means if you are willing to spend the time in safely bringing up these puppies until they are ready for their new homes, and look after their mum, then go ahead !
How did any dog ever come into being before the Kennel Club I wonder ?
The only people we should all worry about are the puppy farmers.....mind you I often think that a lot of show/kc breeders are no better than puppy farms at continually breeding dogs to get "the dog", to show off within their circle saying look what I have...."the dog"(....the poor over groomed animal !) though they conform to what I would consider the poor guidelines of the Kennel Club ! If they care that much for dogs, it should be they who go and give the poor rescued dogs a permanent loving new home ....not just the rest of us !
DEBRA
