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Originally Posted by ranant12 tskinner
LOL I am sorry if I sound harsh, but this is a subject close to my heart. I see so many "yorkies" around here that look like anything but a yorkie. They even have AKC, CKC, etc. papers. I have friends that have been deceived and disappointed by BYBs that don't have a clue what their puppies will look like as adults. I also have many, many rescues that have come into my life and I have to bring them back from the brink of death and work hard to find real, loving homes for them. Most of these 'rescues' are actually pure bred dogs that come from BYB's that pump out puppies with no concern for their future well being. Just last week I got a new male yorkie that had been passed from person to person for most of his short 3 years. It breaks my heart.
I did breed my yorkie last year, only after tons of research, testing, and mentoring by her breeder. I had 5 homes waiting for the litter. Diva gave birth to 2 males who weighed 2 ozs. each at birth. I spent countless nights and tons of money on her and those babies and in the end lost one. The surviving one stayed with me until he was 12 weeks old and then went to my best friend who was there the night he was born. She studied and asked questions and knew everything she could about yorkies before she got him. I visit him constantly and have an agreement with her that he WILL come back to me if for any reason she can no longer care for him. (I doubt that will ever happen!) He is almost a year old and weighs 2lbs. 4oz. He was neutered last month and is extremely well cared for. That is what anyone who choses to bring these precious babies into this world should do. I chose not to breed her again because of the chance that she would possibly have extremely small puppies again. I was new at it, but did not consider my a BYB.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but I have seen both sides of the issue. I just wish everyone that chooses to breed would take a trip to a local shelter before they decide to "make some money".  |
Sorry, didn't mean harsh in a bad sense just a realistic opening my eyes sort of harsh. That make sense? I would like to get rocco neutered but my husband said the same thing about when I asked him to get neutered, lol. No one is doing anything to his boys and the same goes for the other man of the house, lol.