Yikes. Is there a way to register her with AKC now? The lady we brought her from actually had a puppy mill, but we didn't know that when we drove 3 hours to look at puppies. She had at least 7 different types of dogs there. She was very cautious when she showed us into the "puppy building". We had to wash our hands with a sanitizer, we had to clean the bottoms of our shoes. All good precautions to take, so I thought she was a reputable breeder. The Yorkies she had in the buidling weren't actually hers. She was selling them for a friend of hers that works at the local vets office. Turns out they were much better cared for than her own. Hers were kept outside and they were nasty. She brought a couple of them in for us to see before we commited to buying Nikki, but they turned us off because they were dirty and smelly. Poor little things. She wouldn't sell hers before 10 weeks, but the one we bought was only 6 wks old. I understand now how risky that really was! My husband wouldn't let us take her out of the house until she had all her shots. Anyway--I know now that she is running a puppy mill, and when people ask us where we got Nik, we tell them, but recommend they don't buy from her and why. |