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Originally Posted by yorkie_mama22  Sorry if it's insulting I was not intending to insult you. But it is the truth of the matter, you cannot guarantee that you are getting a purebred dog if you have no papers. You don't know where the dog "came from" and what kind of dogs are in the line. Of course you can't guarantee health either but a reputable breeder will have health tested all their breeding stock, did this breeder do all the testing? If she has had BOTH parents tested and can tell you about the grand parents of the parents then I would say you are dealing with someone a bit better but I still don't believe on letting babies go so early. |
I can understand your point of view.
In all honesty I would not be heartbroken if my dog Rocky was not 100% Yorkie through the lines. He is 100% awesome! He is one of the most beautiful Yorkies I have ever seen. He is very black and tan and will be 2 years in May. This is rare as most Yorkies I have seen turn more silver or tan (his dad is very black and tan like him and his mom is mostly tan). Our groomer said she has never seen such a muscular healthy Yorkie in all her 20+ years of grooming (our dog loves to run and is built for speed I tell you!). Testing parent lineage is likely a good thing but no guarantee of good health. Purebred puppies that can trace the lines back generations can still have health problems. I am not interested in showing this is why lineage is not as important to me. I am not buying from a puppy mill or a BYB - both parents are pets of the breeder and she raises the puppy in her home and socializes them extremely well. We love our Rocky so much, that's why we want to get another one from the same breeder.