Hi everyone
Like mentioned in another post, I did start a forum where quite a few South African yorkie owners could chat. I don't know exactly what happened, but the forum has been dead for almost a year. I think that when I couldn't post regular threads and topics to chat about, the forum felt a little like a ghost town. It did when I was there the last time!
The site itself is a free forum and I was planning to switch over to a much better format when there are enough members and enough community support that we have some leverage within the market.
You can visit the forum here:
Free forum : SA Yorkies - Portal and post some new messages if you like!
Please note that the SA Yorkies forum isn't meant to rival or compete with YorkieTalk in any way. SA Yorkies operates alongside YorkieTalk, simply offering Yorkie owners another place to acquire information and chat to friends.
When we have enough members and support on the forum, we can start setting up a club. I'm going to talk to the YTCA and find out if we can start a South African chapter.
To the Yorkietalker who mentioned KUSA, there are many clubs operating in conjunction with KUSA. The kennel union merely registers purebred animals. They don't regulate breeding practices (one reason why so many registered yorkies are abused and neglected to make money). The only Western Cape club to which yorkie owners could belong is the Victoria Toy Dog club and personally I'd prefer a Yorkie club. I think there are enough South Africans with yorkies that we can start the club, we just need to connect somewhere.
Geez, I hope YT doesn't ban me for saying all of this. I am so glad that this thread was brought up again. I hope we can get this thing started!