Aren't there enough Yorkies that need to be taken care of at a rescue without members of the rescue going to auctions to get more?
Aren't rescue organizations often riddled with vet bills and such anyway?
So.. rescues going to market, buying up pups
"prepared to spend several hundred dollars for each biewer" and adding to the debt of the rescue... not being able to recoup (through adoption fees) near the cost to buy and vet the dogs, thereby putting the rescue at risk financially... ..? I feel bad for the dogs at the auctions too -- but isn't that almost the same mentality as buying from a pet store? At a pet store to supply demand they support puppy mills.
I don't really know much about the issue but it seems to me that if they sell at an auction (no matter WHO they sold to) the auction then says: Wow, we sold all those yorkies and can make lotsa money! Let's get more! ... and so just like a pet store, to meet demand the auction helps out puppy mills and the like. Simple supply and demand.
If a dog needs to be rescued and shows up on a doorstep of COURSE it will be taken in, I don't think anyone here will argue about that. I do think that supporting auction activities (good intentions or not) is just as bad as buying a pet from a miller or pet store though.