[Gingergirlsmom]

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie

to me there is a difference between a puppy mill, where hundreds or even thousands of pups are in metal cages living in their own crap and being mistreated, underfed, and not loved

and a backyard or "hobby" breeder, who has only a few dogs, keeps the soon to be moms in the house nearby, and plays with all his puppies daily running around in the yard/house with them and loving on them, bathing them, and talking sweetly to them.

The guy may not be the best breeder in the world, and he may not have all the right ideas down about raising pups, but he's not running a puppy mill.

I will agree that he's a backyard breeder, and that he probably should do things differently, but we're going to trust it this time and see how it goes, if we get screwed, you can all say a big fat "I told you so" and i'll feel like a complete dunce, but let's all hope for Sadie's sake, and mine, that everything works out great, she's healthy and wonderful, and i have the experience of owning and loving a yorkie and making this the best thing to come into my life.

On that note, i'm going to retire from this thread, other than to ask more "How To" questions.

Feel free to offer any advice on raising puppies and other things like that!!

Please start a new thread when you have new questions. If you post on this thread, it pops it to the top of the list, everyone reads your first post, replies to that and the subject will go on and on. If you truly want to stop this discussion, just start a new thread.