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Originally Posted by capt_noonie

One of my customers told me they got a yorkie. "Actually we won her" she said. Whaaat???? Apparently they went to a community summer fair/festival thing and they had a yorkie there on raffle! Her son wanted one so bad b/c he loves Uni so he bought 11 $1 tickets, so he could have actually won her for $1.

I am so holding my tongue, and asked her a few more questions, but didn't want to act like a total psycho b/c she is a lovely person and her kids are totally nice and sweet. She said a local pet store donated the pup, but it was basically advertising for them. I have heard of this pet store. They are down the street from me. I had another of my customers who got a daschund (sp?) well weiner dog there, and it ended up with kennel cough. The store owner paid for the vet bills, from what my customer told me.

Everyone keeps talking about this place, asks if I have been there. No of course not, b/c pet stores are bad, but since I have not actually been inside I don't know if it is clean or what.

Anyway, they brought the pup in to meet Uni, but after I found out how they got her I was kind of like uuuhhh, should you be bringing her in here? I don't even think she's had all her shots yet. She looks ok, playful, looks like a full yorkie, but who knows?

Should I have said something to them???

Also I had read in the breeder forum about a breeder who seems "iffy" at best who also raffled off a yorkie (this was an old thread but still up at the top pretty much). the thought of raffling off a dog makes me very uneasy to say the least.

Oh wow, well congrats to them for getting a yorkie. I hope they don't end up with any health problems, obviously it didn't come from a great place or it wouldn't have been up for "raffle" to begin with. At any rate, you are absolutely right about not wanting the pup near yours until you know it is healthy, and it shouldn't be around other dogs until it has had it's shots as well. Maybe you might want to give them some information about that type of stuff so they aren't putting him/her in any danger unknowingly