It was mentioned that if you can't pay for a yorkie you can't pay for the vet bills. That does scare me sometimes when selling one at a discounted price, but I screen homes the best that I can. If someone tells me straight up that they cannot afford more than $200 for a yorkie, then I am leary...but if I have spoken to someone for awhile and know that they would be able to afford vet bills, etc. I have lowered the price many times to help them out, because as I said before, I would MUCH rather them spend the money on giving my baby a good home and paying for food, toys, grooming, routine check ups, etc. It is a fine line though. As Dee said, the economy right now is terrible and I don't think there are very many breeders that are doing more than breaking even, if that.
I have placed yorkies for free though in the past, but they were adults that I had retired. They were spayed and I ASKED for an adoption fee up front. If they had no problem with the fee then I dropped it and gave them the Yorkie at no charge. Of course, they were already adults and had passed the big stages for health issues, so I wasn't QUITE as concerned about them not being able to afford it. It's always a risk placing them, you could easily have someone calling you and wanting to bring them back in a week because they can't afford it, but you do the best you can and if you have to take one back, you do it...and you hold onto them until you find the RIGHT home. |