I talked to my daughter's boyfriend, and he said that there are a lot of breeders who sell puppies at flea markets in and around Akron. He also told me that about a week ago, he stopped at a gas station, and someone there was selling pitbull puppies....right outside of the gas station!
He said the mother's teets were dragging the ground. He said it's common to see people selling pups like that there. He said there's so much country and farm land around there, that there are a lot of breeders who don't seem to care much for their dogs.
He asked some of his friends who go to the flea markets. He said they see yorkie pups all the time. Most do not come with AKC papers. One guy remembers a woman named "Chris" who seems to be there often. She always has yorkie pups. I'm wondering if her name is "Christina", but it might be a long shot that she's the same woman.
Also, I think her phone number is a cell phone. The area code in Akron and surrounding areas is 330. My other daughter lives down that way, and her home area code is 330, but her cell phone is 440. My area code at home and on my cell is 440. My daughter says there are always tons of ads for yorkie pups in the paper, especially on Sundays. I'm going to check some of those out. I am going to keep trying to find as much info as I can on ANY of these places.
My daughter's neighbor is a vet tech, and she has lived in the area all her life. She said people are always bringing in sick puppies (all breeds, not just yorkies) that people bought at flea markets. She is going to see if she can find out anything. She said she's always trying to get someone to help her find out where these puppy mills are, but no one ever wants to get involved.
Will keep you posted...