[QUOTE=kionini;3188647]in this area and it's not just breeders but people I meet that refer to these pups that way. I really couldn't tell you who came up with it or if there's a recognized and accepted single term for this mix. If I tell people Nini is a Morkie, usually, people look at me with a huh? look. So to save myself the explanation I say 'Yorkie/Maltese' and usually they respond with, 'oh, a Yorkietese!' I let them choose what they want to call her mix
I agree with you lots of unethical breeders and money hungry people marketing these poor babies. The person whom I adopted Nini from, swore to me that even though she sells them out a business facility, her babies came from just a few and ethical breeders who don't mass-produce. She even has pictures in her wall of the moms with their pups in regular homes (kitchens, living rooms, etc). I guess $900 was what our market was bearing at the time (the place was full almost every day and the day I got Nini, a lot of people adopted. 'Morkies' were adopted the fastest), I don't know about now.
I thought puppy-mills were places out in the yard with kennels, one on top of another and dozens of dogs cramped into them. Anyway, that was before I knew better.
$500? Yeah, older and as you said, puppy-mill etc. I just haven't been able to add another member to my family because of the prices. If you do a search here in NE PA, NJ and NY, you'll see what ridiculous numbers for a healthy, well bread baby. Stores in NY and NJ $2.5k and $3-5k micros & tinies---yes!
Google it, or research prices right here in YT, you'll see. I won't tell you what 'reputable breeders' want, you may have a little heart-attack.
Nicky is a Biewer, I adopted him because the girls were double the price and I wasn't going to breed them and I adopted him from 'a reputable breeder.' It's sad. Yes, females are more than males even if not breeding
The breeders give me a ton of excuses as to why the girl is more that the boy.
I have got to go visit relatives up where you are, $500 is great for me
I tried my local shelter, but it didn't work out, I wish it did and not for the money part but because I'd love to help a poor baby. Cats aren't so sought after here, so there's a lot of them in shelters.
Please, if you know of a (real) reputable breeder with babies at the $500 mark for a healthy, less than 3 yr old, let me know.[/QUOT
MY breeder sold pups that low but she wouldnt fall under the category of reputable breeder either