Hello everyone. First of all, Happy Halloween! Anyway, many of you know that I have been looking for a Yorkie for the last 3 years or so and now I actually went ahead and started looking for one. Well, today I saw two different puppies. The first one was already 4 months old and was still pretty small and cute. Her ears weren't up, but I think that could have been fixed. But I also had an appointment to look at another lady's puppy. This lady had had an ad in the paper for a while and I called her to see if she still have puppies available. She said her's were all gone, but her daughter also sold Yorkies and she had a little girl he daughter didn't want to sell, but she always ended up selling them anyway. She said her daughter's dogs were more expensive because they were "tinies." So off I go to see her puppy. So a friend of mine and I go to meet her outside a supermarket and we go to her car and she brings out a tiny Yorkie...that really wasn't a Yorkie!!!
I looked at the puppie's face and thought, Yup, Chihuahua mix. She of course, said the puppy was 100% purebreed, etc. But I didn't buy it for a second. I told her, the puppy has white on it's chest and she tried to tell me that they were supposed to have white. Haha, yeah right! I told her only an inch was allowed and this was over the entire front. Then she said the puppy had the long thin nose that was standard for Yorkies. Again, hahaha. The puppy had the Chihuahua popping out eyes and round "apple" head. So not Yorkie characteristics. I told her thank you but that instead I wanted a registered puppy, to which she said I was going to pay more for. Whatever! I laughed so hard about this, I'm still laughing. This is why it pays to know the breed standard.
Anyway, on another note, the other puppy I did see was pretty cute. I don't have a picture of her, but I have one of her father. Can anyone comment on it? Let me know what to expect from the puppy? I'll try to get pictures of the puppy from the owner. He's not the breeder. He said he purchased the puppy, but is low on money and needs to sell her. He told me he purchased her in Mexico City and gave me the picture of the father. So if anyone can let me know if I should go for it or pass this one up as well, that would be great. Thanks again to everyone on this board!!! You guys are the best!