[treasurebeauty]

(Oh~~~ I am so sad... I just finish typing a long post and click submit... the page asked me to log in again.. and everything I wrote disappeared....)

Okie... so I guess I am going to make it short this time...

I had found a breeder about 2yrs ago, she said she is a show breeder and is actived in the show. In her website, she has a nice champion, and all of her females are nice looking yorkie with nice bloodline. Therefore, I gave her two deposit of $500/each to be the pick of girls from the litter. I am very picky with the dogs, so I only want puppies from a certain breeding. By the time when the puppies of my pick was about 8wks old, she told me the puppies are too small for breeding, so she can not sell them to me. I totally agree, so I told her I don't mind waiting for the next litter of the same parents.

Later, I saw she has a very nice imported female available for adoption, so I asked her if I can use one of my deposit on this beautiful imported female. She said okie, but she wants me to pay the total amount for the imported female, and she will let my $1000 deposit go to the balance of my puppy. I think so far it sounds good for me.

Finally, the mommy of my pick was in heat, but she told me she is going to bred her with another breeder's champion, the number 1 yorkie in America. She said the other breeder asked her to sign a contract which stated she can not sell the puppoies out of that champion to the public with full registration. So that basically means, I need to wait for another 6 month for my puppy. At this time, I already asked if I can have my deposit back, but she said the deposit is not refundable, and she was trying to ask me to purchase the puppy from her other females, which those puppies doesn't have the face I like. (Question 1: I thought the meaning of "deposit is not refundable" is only if the buyers decide not to take the puppy of their pick, but when the puppies of their pick is not available, the breeder should refund the deposit, is it??)

Anyways, so I have to continue waiting since she still have my $1000 deposit... for only one pup that was not born yet.

Later, my friend saw she has a champion sired female for sell as a breeder, and my friend would like to purchased her. So I thought maybe I can let my friend use my deposit, and she can pay me back. Therefore, I contacted the breeder again, and see if the would work out. She told me she can only let my friend use $500 out of my $1000 deposit, because she said this way, she won't lose the sell on the "upcoming litter".

Finally the breeding of my pick finally occured, and my puppy finally born. But it's a boy... there is a girl in the litter, but the breeder said she is keeping her. I don't want to continue to wait, so I decide to take the boy.

6wks after the puppies are born, the breeder contact me and ask me to pay in full for my boy. She said all of her other puppies' family had paid in full when their puppies are 8wks old, and she wants me to pay in full for my boy at 7wks old, because she said she will be away when my boy is 8wks old. At that time, she told me, she think the boy will be ready to go at 10wks old. So I go ahead and pay for my boy. But she never get back to me with the shipping detail, so I contacted her again when my boy is going to turn 10wks. Then she just told me she is not planning to ship him until he is 12wks old. I really don't mind the breeder keeping the puppy until he is 12wks old; I sometimes keep my own babies until 14wks old as well. But I really don't feel comfortable of paying the puppy in full when he is only 7wks old...?? I never ask any of my babies' new families to pay in full for their babies until the the babies are fully ready to leave me. (so Question 2: Is it right for breeder to ask the buyer to pay in full for the puppy before the puppy is reay to leave??)

Also, one thing I want to mention, this breeder said she is a show breeder, but she can never take a nice picture for her puppies. Most of her pictures are fuzzy and you can't really tell the face of the puppy. She always use her hand to hold the puppy's head up and high, and you can only see the nose... I had to ask her to retake the pictures, but she just never do a good job. (Question 3: is it normal for a show breeder that doesn't know how to take a picture??)

P.S. My friend who purchase the champion sired female told me the female is not breeding quality.. she has luxating patellas...!!

Sorry for so many question, but I really want to know if all these situation are right or not?? Or it's because I ask too much on a breeder??

Thank you so much for everybody's help