11-23-2009, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
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| Well, I got Roxy for $600 and she is barely 4lbs. The woman I got her from was a good person who adored Roxy and didnt want to part with her, she told me though that she knew that she would have a good home and made me guarantee her that I wouldnt breed her, simply due to her small stature.
Of course I agreed. At first when I thought about getting a Yorkie, I thought about breeding, but when I found Roxy... she just means so much to me. I cant imagine parting with Roxy for any reason. Even when I die I want her ashes to be placed with mine. She is my child, and literally getting rid of her would probably kill me as if she was my child. I'd feel like I was selling my kid.
I didnt mean to upset anybody at all... but I can not picture doing this for myself. We had Chihuahua puppies years ago, my mother bred Chihuahuas. Turns out we didnt make any money because we ended up making sure they went to ppl that were family because we couldnt bear to part with them. We even kept the runt of our last litter, which was Mutzie.
I know many breeders can not keep a dog that they cant breed simply for the fact they dont want to get attached, and many of them dont name the puppies so they dont get attached, and sell them at decent prices, but not too cheap, in order to make sure they get an appropriate home, which is what the woman I got from does. All her Yorkie, regardless of size, are between 500 and 1000. Females obviously more than males, but has never charged over 1000 for any dog, as she also breeds Maltese, and all her dogs are AKC. Ive been to her house, and she has a large yard thats fenced where all the dogs play, and I loved going there so much, I have taken Roxy back on occassion to see her.
I am currently talking to a woman who got her Yorkie from the same woman, and she wants $650 for her 3lb Yorkie who might possibly even be Roxy's littermate.
I am not trying to make anybody feel bad or anything... Just saying the idea of ever parting with Roxy would make me ill. If I would have bred her, I probably would have kept the puppies... and I never would have kept breeding if it meant parting with her. I'd stop breeding before it meant I had to get rid of my baby, just like if I had to get rid of my oldest kid to have another kid, Id stop having kids.
I mean, I guess its great ppl can do that, or I wouldnt have Roxy... I'm just saying from my own personal point of view... I couldnt do it, and if having only 2 litters from my dog and that was it vs. getting rid of that dog and getting a new one to breed, Id stop breeding.
She is laying beside me right now, and she will be until one of us dies.
Then again, I am also one of those crazy ppl who think that my dog has just as much of a right, if not more of a right, to be in restaurants than ppls dirty little children... lol. 
I should live in France. lol.
Anyways, I'm still checking around. I really want this little girl that might be Roxy's littermate, but I am not sure if this woman wants to part with her. She really loves her, and I am not sure if she is going to be alright with it. Also, I am going to look at a little boy Yorkie about 20 minutes from me in N. Huntingdon who is $550, 4.5lbs. I am excited...
But STILL always keeping my eye out, I want to make that connection that I had with Roxy the first time I held her. 
But just know, I am glad there are breeders out there, cause if there werent I wouldnt have Roxy... and I hope I explained myself right... No more thumbs down I hope... lol. |
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