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Originally Posted by YorkieRose  I wish I had puppies for all the people who want to replace a Yorkie they bought from me 12, 14, 16 yrs ago. I get emails asking for a relative, or at least from my new lines...I refer to people with my lines if possible... but more often people will tell me I have no clue to the poor quality, unsolicizated puppies breeders are cranking out to make money on the second most popular breed...I wish with all my heart Yorkies were the most undesirable breed..you would see the mills dumping them fast... |
I couldn't agree more. When we had our very first Yorkie, in 1968, the vets from our clinic all came in and stared at her. She was the first Yorkie in town. Our vet was so impressed, he ended up with a Yorkie some years later. We both were Poodle people previous to that.
The last time we were at the clinic with Scout, two Yorkies were there. I am not being nasty but I stared at them in horror. They were nervous, poorly groomed, thin and very poor quality. The owners said up front, "I cannot pay my bill today, but they need their nails trimmed". I was dumbfounded.
No money, no sense, but two little creatures dependent upon them. They said they had to have Yorkies, they loved them and they couldn't wait till they had puppies, one was male, one was female. I could not even speak.
Scout was very ill, I was very fragile, I just started crying. To think those little dogs were going to be put to breeding, in the care of people who knew nothing about them, could not pay to have their nails trimmed, much less LEARN to trim them. How could they better the breed?
It is upsetting to me. I love this breed, I have since I was child (which was in the dark ages) to me this is sad.
YorkieRose, Do you raise Yorkies now?