I've seen Yorkies from Brazil and they really are beautiful. The problem with importing and selling them here is that it's brokers that do this and you do not know for sure that these pups are not coming from puppymills. I can tell you that if she's making a huge profit on them then they more then likely are coming from mills. Importing pups seems to be the big thing that not only brokers are doing but petstores. I've said this before but I'll say it again, that these brokers all have the same story and that is that they have family in Brazil or whatever country the pups are coming from and that their family breed them and send them here for good homes. It's really a crock of bs. They get the dogs cheap from overseas and like you said make a big profit.
Oh and please don't think that I'm saying that every dog bought from Brazil is from a puppymill. This is not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is those imported and resold here are more then likely from a puppymill. I do not know of any reputable breeders who 1. would breed and send their pups over seas to brokers to sell for a profit (or) 2. Breed on the scale they would need to breed on in order to supply the petstore or broker with enough pups to keep their business thriving. They would have to breed MANY to be able to send the shipments I've seen coming in to atleast one broker who sells from overseas. That to me is not someone reputable and to be able to breed on that kind of scale they have to have a small commercial breeding farm in order to do that.
Elaine |