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Rebecca was up front (both by her posts and the puppy's owner admission here) that she wanted to breed yorkies and that she wanted a breeding female when she purchased Kseena!

This breeder/owner (not sure what to call her as the parentage of Kseena is still not clear) knew that Rebecca's male was not breeding quality. She posted: " She had previously described her male to me. By her descriptions i pictured her male as having very short legs, bulky head and lots of cottony hair. Again, at the time our female seem to make sense to be a possible match for her male if she was ever to decide to breed them once in her life as she wanted,..." Her description of the male is definately not what any responsible breeder would determine to be breeding quality. Then she tried to pass off Kseena as "breeding quality" although her post makes it clear she is not "show quality" -- I would like to know what the difference is there? If she does not meet the standards, then she should not be bred. She also tried to tell Rebecca that Kseena's appearance was normal for a Yorkie and she would change over time. Yorkies do change their appearance more than any other dogs I have known, but any responsible breeder could look at Kseena and see she was not going to be a breeding quality dog.

Registering the dog in her own name was an evasive move. Who does that when the new owner has already filled out the paperwork in their name, address, and the preferred dog name? And why would they unless they were thinking to obscure the parentage/owner trail?

I know Rebecca knows she made mistakes and would do things differently. She trusted the breeder as many of us have done here. I have to admit, I had to go on trust with the first breeder I dealt with too. I had done some reading but nothing can give you all the experience you need to pick a breeding puppy up front. You have to put some trust in other people. I think she ran into a breeder that just wanted to sell a pup. She had to know that dog was not breeding material, yet she sold it to Rebecca anyway. I can't see any way around that being wrong.

We all have some responsibility when we buy our Yorkies, but I doubt many of us here knew everything to look out for, everything to ensure is in the contract, everything to check for a puppy that will likely be in standard, everything to beware of being duped. I know I did not. I have learned a LOT since coming to YT. It is easy after being here for a long time to think everyone should know these things, even when most of us (outside of the seasoned breeders) did not before joining. I think someone new should be able to expect a little integrity from a breeder, especially after they established a relationship over time. Sure we all know now not to trust what every breeder says about their dog's potential -- but wouldn't it be a nice world if we could?