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Originally Posted by kanda  Coming from someone who is looking to get a yorkie in the next couple of months, I would hope that any breeder who doesnt want to sell me one of his/her pups would tell me the truth. I suppose some people would just lie to the next breeder, but I know that I would use that as an opportunity to learn. Everyone has to start somewhere, and I'd rather find out what I'm doing wrong before I get my furbutt. Unfortunately, some breeders are just in it for the money and dont care who they sell to. If the first breeder I contacted sold to me with no questions asked, I would have made some pretty dumb mistakes. But, thankfully she told me the truth and it inspired me to educate myself. Here I am, 2 years later and I know a heck of a lot more than I did 2 years ago. The breeder who turned me down is a YT member (though I didnt even know about YT back then), and I respect her knowledge...and I absolutely respect the fact that she truly cares who her pups go to.
In conclusion (lol), sometimes the truth hurts, but I think that by telling the truth you are honouring your pups by letting prospective buyers know what it is about them that makes them "unfit" to own one of your guys/gals.
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There are so many red flags with this gal. 3 small children, lives in a trailor park, has an "outside' dog. With small children running in and out all day with no fenced yard, the puppy would be sure to get out and get lost or run over. Having an "outside" dog tells me that you were too lazy to train the first one so why would it be any different with this one. and chances are the children aren't very well trained either. Plus she said she wanted to get it for her kids.
What I'm concerned about, is that if I tell her the truth, that next time she will lie about her situation. Probably not to me, but to some other breeder. She lives in Texas, now I know there are a lot of yorkies in Texas, so I'm guessing she has been turned down before.