Dee, I am so tempted to go see some of these places and dogs that are being sold like that, and see just what these $350 puppies and their breeders are all about.. but honestly, I'm afraid to track back parvo, fleas, coccidia, etc. etc. into my own crew. I really am curious, however.. just WHAT do you get for $350..?
I talked to a girl the other day who bought a puppy at six weeks from a broker, took the pup to the vet, vet said it was more like 4 weeks.. it had no teeth...it was covered in fleas, had roundworms, coccidia and tape worms, this girl nursed the baby back to health as much as she could, and kept the puppy alive for 8 weeks amazingly.. and she ended up finding her dead at 12 weeks of age in her sleep. The broker says no refund because it had to have been her (the buyer's) fault. I wish she'd gotten a necropsy.. what do you bet it was a liver shunt? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... this poor girl paid $800 for that puppy. That is just pitiful.
Becki
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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom  becki, I sooo agree with your posts. it is hard to compete in my area when the paper is full of $250. yorkies. yes, that's right!!!! $250. People are looking into cheap and not remotely interested in our pedigrees and etc. i recently sold a year old male for $400. I had advertised him as Judabob on both sides. People wanted to know what Judabob meant. I took less than half what I had originally asked for him because I know he went to a good home. other times, I myself have called to inquire about dogs and asked about the bloodline or pedigree and have had the people come back withm "what's that". You know someday I am going to look at one of these 250., no health guarantee or anything yorkies and see what they are putting out for that price.  |