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momsdream · 05-29-2010, 08:27 AM

Hello and thanks to such a helpful community. Long story short, went to look at some older Yorkies near my job site in Houston TX this morning which are alot less expensive than the Yorkies back home in L.A. The breeder said an 8 month old male who weighs 3 1/2 lbs would not grow anymore. He said because he is so small, his sperm is worth alot of money, so if I took him it would need to be on a "pet share" basis as he would want to sell his sperm. The dog would be going to my mother in another state but this didn't matter to him as he said the sperm would be transported via Fed Ex overnight on dry ice. (I didn't ask how the sperm is obtained as it was all a bit overwhelming.) IN ORDER TO NOT have the "dog share" arrangement, the dog would cost an extra 1900.00 over the already 2,000.00 asking price. Right about then, the breeder swooped the pup off the floor to take something out of his mouth (it looked like a small piece of duct tape). I noticed the dogs bottom teeth looked strange. I mentioned this, and the breeder said that all small Yorkies have 2 sets of teeth and that because of their small intestines they need to chew their food more thoroughly so "the good Lord gave them double the teeth of bigger Yorkies." He proudly showed me the dogs entire double rows of teeth. (The dog didn't just have 1 or 2 duplicate teeth, it had two entire upper rows and 2 bottom rows.) Is this breeder full of it? He only had 4 dogs and they were well groomed and were in his home, which was very neat. The pup has already learned to sit and shake, so the breeder had invested time with him. Thanks for your responses, I'm not sure if I'm just a cynical guy from SoCal if this guy was full of it.

05-29-2010, 08:27 AM	#1
momsdream Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12	Is this breeder full of it?????????????????????? Hello and thanks to such a helpful community. Long story short, went to look at some older Yorkies near my job site in Houston TX this morning which are alot less expensive than the Yorkies back home in L.A. The breeder said an 8 month old male who weighs 3 1/2 lbs would not grow anymore. He said because he is so small, his sperm is worth alot of money, so if I took him it would need to be on a "pet share" basis as he would want to sell his sperm. The dog would be going to my mother in another state but this didn't matter to him as he said the sperm would be transported via Fed Ex overnight on dry ice. (I didn't ask how the sperm is obtained as it was all a bit overwhelming.) IN ORDER TO NOT have the "dog share" arrangement, the dog would cost an extra 1900.00 over the already 2,000.00 asking price. Right about then, the breeder swooped the pup off the floor to take something out of his mouth (it looked like a small piece of duct tape). I noticed the dogs bottom teeth looked strange. I mentioned this, and the breeder said that all small Yorkies have 2 sets of teeth and that because of their small intestines they need to chew their food more thoroughly so "the good Lord gave them double the teeth of bigger Yorkies." He proudly showed me the dogs entire double rows of teeth. (The dog didn't just have 1 or 2 duplicate teeth, it had two entire upper rows and 2 bottom rows.) Is this breeder full of it? He only had 4 dogs and they were well groomed and were in his home, which was very neat. The pup has already learned to sit and shake, so the breeder had invested time with him. Thanks for your responses, I'm not sure if I'm just a cynical guy from SoCal if this guy was full of it.