[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

I understand where you are coming from, but what if the vet bills all of a sudden come to $5000 or even $10,000? I have a good friend that has spent $14,000 on her dog's vet bills in the past 4 months! He is only 9 months old now. If someone can't afford to pay $1000 for a yorkie, I'm sorry but I do wonder what they'll do if major vet bills arise. Dogs are expensive to own...can be VERY expensive. And yorkies are an expensive breed to buy...if someone can't afford the purchase price of a healthy, well-bred puppy then my advice to them is to continue saving their money until they can. No one should buy a puppy because they found a "cheap one"....price shouldn't dictate which puppy someone buys. Price of a puppy would probably be the last question I would even ask a breeder...just not important to me. I mean, no, I'm not going to pay $5000 for a pet...but $1000-$3000 is worth it for a healthy, well-bred puppy from a reputable breeder. Think about it...you're going to have this dog for at least 15 years...that's only $100-$200 per year of it's life..not much for the love our babies give us.

That big a vet bill is not common in my opinion. With my dog and my moms dogs if they need vet care they will get it no matter how much it costs because we will always find a way to pay for it weither it be by making payments or borrowing money from a family memeber and making payments to them. Out of a group of 100 yorkies if 5 have medical problems most humans are going to remember the 5 with the problems over the 95 without and I'm not going to borrow a shovel and go well this dog is going to cost me thousands and thousands of dollars when the dog could live all 15 years with just the normal vet checks for shots and getting fixed. Its kinda like saying if you only have the money for the car you cant buy the gas.