[DvlshAngel985]

How did I miss that you said that your pup came from a pet store? Anyway, you're right, pet store puppies need love too. No one here said don't love her, just don't even consider breeding her. Like Rhetts Mama said, it's a big game of chance, and you and whoever you give the puppies to will be the big losers in the end.

And you're wrong, any puppy sold in a pet store comes from a heartless breeder. Think about it this way. If you were to breed your little girl, and do it correctly because you love her and want to do it safely, you would have put out of your own pocket lots of $$$ in proper health screening. I don't mean a wellness check, I mean an in depth analyses to make sure that she is capable of carrying a litter to term, free whelping without complications, and make sure that she won't pass on any genetic illnesses to her babies. Since you care so much about Suki and her future babies, you make sure the stud goes through all the same testing. It's only fair to the future puppies right?

So that's done, you breed, you watch Suki's belly grow, she delivers and all is well. To make sure that these new little babies have the best start in life possible, you drop everything for 12 weeks (min) in anticipation of the delivery, and to help Suki raise her babies. You've watched these little ones grow, you've seen what an awesome mom Suki is, and now the puppies are 12 weeks old (the min age a yorkie puppy should be leaving it's mom) and it's time to send the new little ones off to their new homes. Wouldn't you then want to know where they are going? I mean, you've spent months preparing for the breeding, months helping Suki raise her litter, and you put lots of love, your sweat and tears into this litter. I bet you want to make sure that they go to the best possible homes right? Would you send them off to a puppy store to be sold to whoever brings enough cash, or has a credit card to pay for it, with no background check? No right. You'd want to ask questions and know exactly who is getting one of your precious babies, because that's exactly what they are, precious little babies. This is what a responsible reputable breeder does. Sometimes they barely brake even.

A puppy store however only cares about making a buck. At the very minimum they have to make enough to pay the rent for their location, salary for the workers, and enough money to purchase puppies from breeders. How do you think they make that money? By cutting corners of course! Puppy mills do not do health screenings, and they do not even minimally vet their dogs. It just costs way to much money. It's easier to get a bunch of dogs, confine them in small crates so that their mess is just where they are sitting, put a dog with a bitch and make sure they mate, wait for the bitch to give birth, count how many puppies they have that survived, as soon as they are weaned, pull them from their mom, and ship them to stores. Whether you'd like to know about it or not, your baby Suki spent days if not weeks sitting in a cage at the pet store away from her mom. If anything, Suki needs more love and attention because of her traumatic past. However, as much as we'd all like to walk into all the pet stores, buy all the puppies and make sure they're loved for the rest of their lives, you're forgetting something. By purchasing that puppy, you put money into the pockets of the people who breed dogs in the most horrendous way. By purchasing that puppy store pup, you told them it's ok to treat dogs this way. Maybe not Suki because she was lucky enough to find such a wonderful loving mommy. But what about Suki's biological mom? Did she have the luck of being in someone's lap that will love her forever?

Sorry for the long marathon post everyone.