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Originally Posted by red98vett  I agree with this - and it's so sad and we ARE seeing more and more sick little yorkies - - but it's thanks to those breeders who are charging AND GETTING big bucks that caused so many to jump on the breeding for money bandwagon.....
Any 'Joe' on the street can see the prices for yorkies and figure "Hey - I can make a buttload of money selling yorkie puppies - LOOK HOW MUCH they go for !" .....so ...the cycle starts ....and they breed without a CLUE. The dogs suffer in the end and the people who love them. |
We're not getting anywhere here. Someone put the idea in your head that dog breeding was supposed to be some kind of charity work. NOT. I breed because I'm still trying to create the perfect Yorkshire Terrier. This is very very expensive and time consuming. Few puppies make the final cut as show prospects and I NEED TO be paid for those that are sold as pets. That is how I raise the money to go to shows, pay big vet bills, buy expensive show dogs, pay the people who care for my dogs when I go the work to a job that I need to do to raise more money to cover more of the expenses. I can tell you that though my prices are not low, they are not nearly as high as they should be.