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Originally Posted by bjh  In all honesty, papers do not mean much to some pet puppy buyers, they just want a healthy loving pet at a cheap price. There are many beautiful unregistered yorkies out there just as there are registered yorkies that don't look like yorkies. There have been many discussions how some people will buy pups with limited registration and breed them anyway, some may be of good quality and some may not.
My personal opinion is that a unregistered pup should cost no more than $400 to $500. A yorkie that stays black is a fault, the same as a yorkie that is too light or is parti colored. I know there are people that just don't care if their yorkies conform to standard or not. Everyone has a right to choose what they want but I know there are many people that are uneducated about the yorkie breed and they are too quick to select a puppy and they later wish they had done more research first.
One other thing, no matter if you are a byb or a show breeder, sometimes a breeding just doesn't work out and a breeder will get some pups that are not to standard. These pups might have longer muzzles, extra long legs, short legs, a bad bite, too large, improper coat and so on. These not so pretty pups need loving homes too. I really hate it when someone posts pictures of a yorkie that is not standard and people always just assume the dog was poorly bred. A homely yorkie can come from well bred gorgeous parents. Like my mom always told me 'It's what's inside that counts'. Yorkies are a loving devoted breed and they offer so much more to their owners than just looks. |
I've bred a couple of those....not homely....but a bit too large/small, too leggy, incorrect coat color....yes, these are the pups that are placed in pet homes.....
The other thing that amazes me is those that want a dog that has all the attributes of a show dog, for a pet price. I guess that's not a bad thing, but absolutely not a doable from a breeder/exhibitor, since that one is going to be kept by me.