That is so sad...I love looking at puppies, but always leave so upset.
Today, my fiance and I went to a well known mall in Ontario to their pet store and they had about 5 cages as their front windows and then two walls - top and bottom cages. I was so sad to look at these puppies. They had one 'pure' yorkie and he was $2000! They also had about 3 cages with yorkie x maltese (I believe), another cage with yorkie x shih tzus, boxers, miniature poodle, miniatute pinschers, maltese, black and chocolate labs (3 in one cage!), a shelti x pomeranian, daschund, a cockapoo (maybe?...they didn't even have a sign on this little guy and he was sleeping the whole time alone) a cage of siamese kittens (for $800 each), 2 cages of domestic kittens ($200 each) and a cage with a persian ($800 as well).
None of the puppies were below $1200 I believe, other than one...and it was one of the saddest things I have ever seen. He was a little min pin and had a chubby belly and my fiance pointed out that his head looked just like his bull dog's head looks like (and she has mange - she doesn't live with us...she came from the breeder with it and it keeps coming back)...so he was 'on sale' for $800. It made me so sad for him ... no one will take him because the store has pretty much deemed him imperfect and seperated him from his brother...
The dogs in the window were all by themselves, with their litter mates inside the store...it basically lures you in because they don't put any info about the puppies in the window, and once you go in the litter mate's cage says "check out my brother in the front window"....oh, and when I say cage I am referring to the plexi-glass windows and the wooden doors with little holes for air on the other side and filled with shredded newspaper...no toys...just paper. Sorry for my rambling...I just was extremely upset because of a petstore as well today.
As for finding a yorkie for a decnt price. I understand what you mean. When I was looking for a yorkie I kept telling my fiance that I can afford the $2500 breeders want, but I really would rather have that for taking care of the puppy - all vet appointments, proper food, toys ... and basically to spoil her.
Everyone kept telling me that I was incapable of financially handling a puppy because I was up front to every breeder...and told them what I could comfortably afford in order to spoil and take care of the puppy..
I kept looking and finally found a person who breeds her female, she is their pet and it is just what they want to do. She was extremely helpful, and to thei day I can still contact her - I even almost got another puppy from her a few weeks ago. I paid $850 for Sophie and she is a mix between a biewer and a 3rd gen yorkie-poo, and she is the most adorable thing ever. She weighs about 4lbs, and has been amazing...she was in perfect health when I got her, had her first set of shots...my only regret is I didn't know any better and we picked her up when she was only 7.5 weeks old - but that wasn't the breeder's fault, I didn't know any better, and asked if we could take her home the weekend after we went to look at her because I was off of work the next week.
Wow, sorry this is so long! I hope you find a perfect little baby in April...and I completely believe you can find one that is affordable and perfect! |