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Originally Posted by DerbyLayne  This is THE BEST advice to give to a first time Yorkie owner looking to buy a puppy.
If someone had given me that advice, We wouldn't have paid almost $1500 to get a (now) 12 pound, Yorkie (mix?) from a Backyard Breeder who disappeared off the face of the earth. They delivered, and that's another thing you hear that you are not supposed to do because you never meet the parents. We thought "how nice!" and they brought their kid with them who cried when my hubby bought the puppy while I was at work... How "cute".
You can get a cheap Yorkie, check out REAL Rescues or save up. We thought $850-900 was cheap for a Yorkie, but as I stated- it wasn't really that price at the end of the deal. We got scammed because they promised he had all these shots, and he didn't, and we had to pay for it etc. They also showed up with a higher price than what we agreed on. My husband just fell in love with Derby (they brought 2 pups with them) and he didn't care about price at that point.
I love my dog, but for that price I should have a max-7 pound purebred Yorkie. We don't even know if he's just a poorly bred Yorkie over standard, or if he's a mix. We love him, but damn that was a lot of money for what we got.
GOOD ON YOU, original poster, FOR COMING HERE FIRST!!!!! |
Now getting a 12 pound dog can happen, what was awful was that you were scammed with a mixed breed dog that didn't have shots. Worst of all the breeder disappearing off the face of the earth.
To the OP
Besides not buying from the classifieds, looking for a good deal. Your first step when looking for your new family addition. Is finding a good breeder; You buy your breeder first, one that will be there for the rest of your pups life. If you don't feel comfortable with the breeder, walk away. You are buying a relationship, the deal doesn't end when you walk out that door with your pup.
Find a breeder that is at least in driving distance. Anybody can put up a nice website and put anything on it.
I have a friend, an exhibitor who was entering the show world again after a long break, with yorkies as her new chosen breed. Thinking things were as they were when she left the show world, you could trust who you were dealing with, after all that's how it use to be. She purchased 3 show dogs via a website. Well a well known exhibitor visited her home, and not knowing where she had obtained her dogs....pointed to those 3 dogs (and a one more ) and told her to rehome them as pets. Now my friend had on several occassions told the original breeder that these dogs had not turned out as what was promised to her. The breeder refused to refund her money, giving her this excuse and that excuse. So, 17 thousand dollars later, yep that's what she'd payed for them (she'd been conned and scammed) she had these dogs spayed/nuetered and placed in wonderful pet homes....