i didnt read all the post but i do agree that the rept breeders that charge the high amounts do push others to the puppymill or byb breeders that everyone disapproves of, because of the price difference, then you of course have the 50/50 chance of having a well bred yorkie. So if they want that stopped they may want to considered lowering the cost. and i understand that alot of people go above and beyond on the testing and ultrasounds and the xrays and the vet exams. But i think there are ways to cut cost and save future owners on the price of puppies...you can do your own vaccines its cheaper and very easy to do. charging for the cost of your time...too me thats fun why would you charge people for the time it took you to raise the puppies? (if i understood that right) it was your decision to raise yorkies, it what you wanted to do. i dont see where charging for what you wanted to do is is right. i can see charging more if you paid for a c-section but if you had 2 or 3 ultra sounds and tons of xrays that was your choice, its not always neccessary to do that, especially more then once per pregnancy.
and the snobbinsh attitudes about who deserves a yorkie and who doesnt is not fair to other individuals which just push them to those dreadful byb or pm. in my opinion breeders can be the fault for the byb and pm |