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Originally Posted by maggies-mommy  I mean even is she is a puppy mill dog, shes okay now. right ? |
There are plenty of yorkies on YT that are from pet store/puppymills/backyard breeders that are just fine. The reason that it is not a good idea to purchase from any of the above mentioned places it that they do not treat the momma dogs well and use them as breeding machines. They are not taken care of and loved like we love our pets. The mills dogs do not have families that take them to the vet, give them baths, take them for walk....all the things that you do for your puppy. Mills dogs are treated as money making machines and when they are no longer needed and cannot make puppie$$$$ they are many times killed. Usually they are considered useless around 5 years old.
The puppies are the lucky ones that make it out of the mills. Many time the miller will hold back the little girls to make more puppies.
My Doodlebug was from a mill. His mom was purchased at a dog auction when she was pregnant and no one wanted to buy her so she was given to a rescue. Doodlebug is very healthy other then having bad knees (Luxating Patella) and he is just turned 2 years old.
I am sorry that your other dog died but that has nothing to do with your puppy. If your vet gave her a clean bill of health them that is fine. She still should not be bred to make more puppies. You do not know her background and that alone is reason to never use her for breeding.
If you do not know her genetic background you could make puppies with conditions that you could be responsible for treating. Breeders give health guarantees and if you were to sell a puppy with a genetic condition (even unknowingly) you as the breeder would be responsible.