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lickthestar · 01-23-2005, 05:32 AM

I live in NYC and Archie cost us about $850. The reason is that we got him when he was 5 months old and he was already bigger than some of the other yorkies (5-6lbs). I was told that if we had gotten Archie when he was younger (at 4-8 weeks old) and smaller, we probably would have paid around $1,500 or $2,000....and why not? You'd see this tiny 1lb thing and say to yourself, awwww...he's so small, he won't grow big...he'll be like a really really expensive hamster for the rest of his life!!! But I think that at the point we got him, we all knew he was going to be big so they really couldn't really pull any "teacup," scheme even if they wanted to. Anyway, like I posted before, I talked to Archie's breeder yesterday (he's in Oklahoma) and Archie's sister is 3lbs., and the breeder told me that he has a hard time training her and getting her to eat, etc. But being a girl and 3 lbs., she can probably sell for $2,000 or more. May I just add that if you are thinking of buying yorkies, please please please make sure that you don't get them when they're too young? It's really bad for yorkies to be separated from their mothers too early--they end up having behavioural and health problems. And please do not let anyone sell you a much too young yorkie and tell you she's a "teacup." It's worth waiting until they are 2 or 3 or even 5 months old.

01-23-2005, 05:32 AM	#23
lickthestar YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NY Posts: 360	I live in NYC and Archie cost us about $850. The reason is that we got him when he was 5 months old and he was already bigger than some of the other yorkies (5-6lbs). I was told that if we had gotten Archie when he was younger (at 4-8 weeks old) and smaller, we probably would have paid around $1,500 or $2,000....and why not? You'd see this tiny 1lb thing and say to yourself, awwww...he's so small, he won't grow big...he'll be like a really really expensive hamster for the rest of his life!!! But I think that at the point we got him, we all knew he was going to be big so they really couldn't really pull any "teacup," scheme even if they wanted to. Anyway, like I posted before, I talked to Archie's breeder yesterday (he's in Oklahoma) and Archie's sister is 3lbs., and the breeder told me that he has a hard time training her and getting her to eat, etc. But being a girl and 3 lbs., she can probably sell for $2,000 or more. May I just add that if you are thinking of buying yorkies, please please please make sure that you don't get them when they're too young? It's really bad for yorkies to be separated from their mothers too early--they end up having behavioural and health problems. And please do not let anyone sell you a much too young yorkie and tell you she's a "teacup." It's worth waiting until they are 2 or 3 or even 5 months old.