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rebeccag · 04-22-2009, 05:53 AM

sorry there was more to the article and it didn't come thru.....here it is:

How To Spot The Fake Puppies:

1. Yorkie puppies will always have puffy hair. Their hair should be thick and burly with curled tips.

-If the puppy you are looking at has thin stringy hair, know that the puppy is a Chihuahua yorkie mix. This puppy is worth $250. Not $2,500. Do not be afraid to point this out to the breeder...see what the scum bag has to say.

2. Look at the face! Mixed yorkies will have a longer narrower face and skull. Pure bred yorkies should have short stout little faces that will almost give off a gremlins type appearance.

3. Check the color/markings on the dog.

Yorkies come in gold and black, and silver and black. Their fur should have obvious markings and colors that are solid, if the colors run into one another which will create a calico type color, the dog is most likely a mutt.

4. Some sellers also like passing of their mutt inbred puppies. This occurs when they keep a male from a litter of puppies, and then that male mates with his mother. These puppies are very convincing... my greatest tip and easiest tip to follow is to check the teeth.

We had a group of inbred puppies before by accident. The puppies all grew a second row of teeth, and only one testicle formed on the male puppies that she had.

So check their teeth. One row and one row only should be present. If you see a weird straggler tooth in the back of the first row, odds are the pup is inbred.

Check male puppies and feel their 'private parts' to make sure their are 2 testicle bumps coming in, and not just one. You should feel two of course. The absence of a testicle is a sure sign the puppy is an inbred. The puppy may e convincing, the puppy may even be a pure bred puppy...but its an inbred pure bred puppy. Not cool.

5. Ask to see the parents of the puppy if you are buying from a breeder. The parents should be on the premises. If the parents are not pure bred, or don't look pure bred, don't buy unless you are okay with the non-pure bred.

6. Be careful in pet stores. I see more fake yorkies here than I have at any breeders house. These puppies are always very obvious, and always have the stringy hair I mentioned earlier. If you are buying a pure bred yorkie try and locate a reputable breeder.

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7. If the dog is cheap; too cheap that it is almost too good to be true...then it probably is.

Yorkie mixed with Chihuahua are the easiest puppies to pass off as real yorkies or 'Chihuahuas'. Don't be fooled.

Keep in mind what I mentioned while buying your pure bred yorkie.

The key is the hair. If the hair is not thick and puffy, you are looking at an expensive
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mutt.

-If you do not mind that the dog is not a pure bred, then at least make sure you are getting the puppy for the fair $250 range of price. Anything more is robbery.

04-22-2009, 05:53 AM	#189
rebeccag Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,183 Blog Entries: 2	sorry there was more to the article and it didn't come thru.....here it is: How To Spot The Fake Puppies: 1. Yorkie puppies will always have puffy hair. Their hair should be thick and burly with curled tips. -If the puppy you are looking at has thin stringy hair, know that the puppy is a Chihuahua yorkie mix. This puppy is worth $250. Not $2,500. Do not be afraid to point this out to the breeder...see what the scum bag has to say. 2. Look at the face! Mixed yorkies will have a longer narrower face and skull. Pure bred yorkies should have short stout little faces that will almost give off a gremlins type appearance. *3. Check the color/markings on the dog.* Yorkies come in gold and black, and silver and black. Their fur should have obvious markings and colors that are solid, if the colors run into one another which will create a calico type color, the dog is most likely a mutt. 4. Some sellers also like passing of their mutt inbred puppies. This occurs when they keep a male from a litter of puppies, and then that male mates with his mother. These puppies are very convincing... my greatest tip and easiest tip to follow is to check the teeth. We had a group of inbred puppies before by accident. The puppies all grew a second row of teeth, and only one testicle formed on the male puppies that she had. So check their teeth. One row and one row only should be present. If you see a weird straggler tooth in the back of the first row, odds are the pup is inbred. Check male puppies and feel their 'private parts' to make sure their are 2 testicle bumps coming in, and not just one. You should feel two of course. The absence of a testicle is a sure sign the puppy is an inbred. The puppy may e convincing, the puppy may even be a pure bred puppy...but its an inbred pure bred puppy. Not cool. 5. Ask to see the parents of the puppy if you are buying from a breeder. The parents should be on the premises. If the parents are not pure bred, or don't look pure bred, don't buy unless you are okay with the non-pure bred. 6. Be careful in pet stores. I see more fake yorkies here than I have at any breeders house. These puppies are always very obvious, and always have the stringy hair I mentioned earlier. If you are buying a pure bred yorkie try and locate a reputable breeder. Reviewing Your Dog 7. If the dog is cheap; too cheap that it is almost too good to be true...then it probably is. Yorkie mixed with Chihuahua are the easiest puppies to pass off as real yorkies or 'Chihuahuas'. *Don't be fooled.* Keep in mind what I mentioned while buying your pure bred yorkie. The key is the hair. If the hair is not thick and puffy, you are looking at an expensive http://ads.associatedcontent.com/www...&cb=7febf02c83 mutt. -If you do not mind that the dog is not a pure bred, then at least make sure you are getting the puppy for the fair $250 range of price. Anything more is robbery.