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Originally Posted by megansmomma  Wow~this has been my thoughts exactly and I couldn't have said it better myself!
Maybe the RESCUE and REHOME Forum needs to be renamed to Rescue Forum? Yorkies that are being rehomed would only be allowed to be posted by YORKIETALK MEMBERS who own the dog needing to be rehomed for $300 or less. Exceptions to this rule would be made by a Moderator of the Rescue Forum, since as we all know there are always exceptions to every rule I would think that an exception would be a member who knew someone personally who needed to Rehome their Yorkie and knew they would be able to find a wonderful home with a YT member. This way all of the links that are posted will be legitimate rescues and not walking that fine line between a Rescue/Rehome and a Yorkie that falls into the $300 being sold by "someone" who is not even a member of YT. If all of the links to the Kijiji. Craigslist, Hobbly were members of YT they would be posting in the For Sale section. If they were reputable the others breeders would be accepting of them as their peers and if not they would be weeded out for what they really are~BYBer making a few bucks off the backs of these dogs. Which as we all know is not a good breeder breeding for the betterment of the breed. 
Just like the legitimate rescues know who is legit and who is hiding behind the label "RESCUE".
Maybe these breeders need to be invited to join the forum and them they would be allowed access to the For Sale forum? Isn't that kind of the idea that is being expressed that $300 For Sale puppies and adults need a home too? That way if a member is interested in purchasing one of these Yorkies these breeders would have a reputation within our community, questions could be asked and we could see some of these Yorkies as they grow and are given new homes.  |
Lots of great ideas, and I too am skeptical of the rehome thing, if you know someone personally, why not just have them join YT? I would like the rehoming threads to be limited to actual Yorkietalk members who are rehoming their dogs. I also think they should have to give admin their name and address, just like breeders have to do who sell their dogs. I believe that the other links should be limited to legitimate rescues and shelters. Not sure how to make sure they are legitimate or not, I read that the fastest growing scam is breeders saying that they are rescues. Would a legitimate rescue always have the dog neutered? Or how can we tell? We most not forget that puppy millers sell their puppies for less than $300.00, so price alone doesn't tell us much.