ya - it's DEF a personal decision - My original feeling/point was conveyed badly - I don't see anything wrong with going out to choose a yorkie ..many have their heart set on these little guys (like me)
as I said earlier - I never even knew I could go the 'shelter' way because back then small breeds weren't as popular - but now that I have my 2 - I decided if I ever were to add another pet to my life - I'd adopt.
The shelter problem has always been huge - I guess knowing it's worse rather then better caused me to really think about all this.
One thing that burns me up is seeing the sites selling puppies for thousands and thousands of dollars. People actually FALL for that hard sell tactic and it sucks to know how much is spent on just ONE puppy while so many dogs die each and every day.
edited to add - Yorkies /small breeds ARE filling up shelters now - When they became one of the top selling breeds the shelters are now filling up with them way more than in the past.
ALL dogs deserve better than this.