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EbonysMom · 07-07-2008, 08:14 PM

I own two Bichon Frise sisters which I got from a breeder in NC seven yrs ago. I found his advertisement in a American Kennel Club magazine at that time. I researched him alot and recieved excellent reviews and references. He is a member of the Better Business Bureau and has been breeding small breed dogs for 30 yrs. I paid $600.00 each for my Bichons and they have been wonderful. Two year health guarantee and he would have flown them but I was coming back from vacation in S.C. at that time so I arranged to pick them up from him. I also wanted to meet him, see his place and see the parents of my Bichons. He and his wife have a great web site and they were very helpful. I still have my Bichons but when I decided upon a yorkie I immediatly went back to him. I ordered one female yorkie born April 12 and I planned to go and pick her up. I had pictures sent to me form the breeder when she was about five weeks old. On the way to pick her up from Northern Virginia, my twin 19 yr. old daughters told me they would also like a yorkie puppy. I said well you will just have to call the breeder but do not get your hopes up as most are already spoken for because he only breeds a few each spring. Well they did call and were lucky, he had three male yorkie puppies still not spoken for. They were born on April 25 so two weeks younger than mine and from a entirely different litter. I paid $800.00 for my puppy Dixie and my girls actually got a little bit lower price of $700.00 for thier puppy Teddy. I have seen yorkies go from low prices to very high prices but I felt very comfortable and trusting of this breeder. The day we got back home with the puppies I took them to the vet which is what you are required to do to make thier health guarantee into effect. They were very healthy and now that we have had them for at least two weeks I am so pleased. They are wonderfully playful, eats well, sleeps all nite. They have graduated from a playpen area to the kitchen area. Just today I noticed Dixies ears were both up. She looks so cute. Every day I notice something new about them. I think I paid about the normal price and they were so worth every dollar. Now what I did not say is the weekend we went to go get them we had the transimission blow out in our Ford Windstar van at the top of a mountain. How scarry was that. We had to rent a van to come home in and tomorrow my husband has rented a car to drive back down there (about 6and a half hour drive) to get our van that had to be fixed at a price of alittle over $3000.00. What a weekend! But those puppies are wonderful. Good Luck with yours!

07-07-2008, 08:14 PM	#190
EbonysMom Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 108	Costs I own two Bichon Frise sisters which I got from a breeder in NC seven yrs ago. I found his advertisement in a American Kennel Club magazine at that time. I researched him alot and recieved excellent reviews and references. He is a member of the Better Business Bureau and has been breeding small breed dogs for 30 yrs. I paid $600.00 each for my Bichons and they have been wonderful. Two year health guarantee and he would have flown them but I was coming back from vacation in S.C. at that time so I arranged to pick them up from him. I also wanted to meet him, see his place and see the parents of my Bichons. He and his wife have a great web site and they were very helpful. I still have my Bichons but when I decided upon a yorkie I immediatly went back to him. I ordered one female yorkie born April 12 and I planned to go and pick her up. I had pictures sent to me form the breeder when she was about five weeks old. On the way to pick her up from Northern Virginia, my twin 19 yr. old daughters told me they would also like a yorkie puppy. I said well you will just have to call the breeder but do not get your hopes up as most are already spoken for because he only breeds a few each spring. Well they did call and were lucky, he had three male yorkie puppies still not spoken for. They were born on April 25 so two weeks younger than mine and from a entirely different litter. I paid $800.00 for my puppy Dixie and my girls actually got a little bit lower price of $700.00 for thier puppy Teddy. I have seen yorkies go from low prices to very high prices but I felt very comfortable and trusting of this breeder. The day we got back home with the puppies I took them to the vet which is what you are required to do to make thier health guarantee into effect. They were very healthy and now that we have had them for at least two weeks I am so pleased. They are wonderfully playful, eats well, sleeps all nite. They have graduated from a playpen area to the kitchen area. Just today I noticed Dixies ears were both up. She looks so cute. Every day I notice something new about them. I think I paid about the normal price and they were so worth every dollar. Now what I did not say is the weekend we went to go get them we had the transimission blow out in our Ford Windstar van at the top of a mountain. How scarry was that. We had to rent a van to come home in and tomorrow my husband has rented a car to drive back down there (about 6and a half hour drive) to get our van that had to be fixed at a price of alittle over $3000.00. What a weekend! But those puppies are wonderful. Good Luck with yours!