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Originally Posted by myfirstyorkie I have been looking for a male puppy for soooo long now. I finally found parents that I absolutly fell in love with. Both of the parents are exactly what I have been looking for at least in the looks department. The breeder said the dogs are wonderful. They are working dogs, and her dogs get trained everyday to detect some sort of desease or something like that. The puppies are due March 24. She said if she had a male in the litter I would get first pick. So far so good, right. Well here is the bad part I found her online (puppyfind.com). I not saying buying from the internet is bad I just never done it before. It gets worse. She lives in Oregon, and I live in Ohio! That is so far from me. So now I cant see where the puppies are being raised and I have to trust what she tells me. Has anybody bought from the internet before? What was your expierence? How did you trust what you were being told? Is there any certain questions I should ask since I cant see for myself everything I should be checking out? How do I know the pictures of the parents are really the parents and not some picture they found off the internet? Sorry so long I just dont know about this internet thing. If anybody else could add anything please do  |
I have had two "internet" experiences regarding the purchase of dogs. The first one was horrible. I did not get the dog (Hailey, a Brussels Griffon) that arrived via airplane I picked out on the web site. We took Hailey anyway but had to return her for a refund due to a hereditary issue. This time we drove to the breeders, (very long drive)....Not happy with breeder whatsoever!!
The second experience was my Yorkie Half-Pint. The breeder is now my friend. It turned out to be a bittersweet experience as Half-Pint passed away.
I most likely will use the internet again if I do not have any luck finding another Yorkie someday down the road in my own surrounding areas.
Any breeder can make false statements regarding their puppies, in person or over the internet. A lot of how you go about it I feel needs to be time given between both the breeder and the person wanting to adopt to build a relationship, to build trust, and a good report. It all takes time, sometimes may take a very long time but it is worth the wait I think.
Research is my favorite word to use regarding all this.
There are both good and bad in everything in life with people and what not....With good judgement, research, and time given there can be a very happy ending with a internet purchased Yorkie.