On the YTCA breeder page, one of those listed is very nice, but only does rescue. I spoke to her before getting my Beamer, and she recommended another lady that was on the list. I called and the lady had a small female - she was one that she had been keeping, but she wanted to "cull her stock down". We went over to see her. I only saw the one Yorkie. I asked how many Yorkie's she had, and she just said "too many" The price was cheap for the one Yorkie we saw ($500). We arranged for her to visit us with the Yorkie so we could see how she got on with Lil Bit.
She brought her over, and the little sweetie was timid. Breeder was telling us she does not allow her Yorkies to go outside in the yard and they use the pee pads. We have a doggie door and Lil Bit likes to go outside.
Breeder said that she was taking little one to be spayed and then we could have her. She was a tiny - compared to Lil Bit, only weighed about 3lbs. I called the day she was spayed to see how she was doing. She was doing fine, and breeder was going to bring her over in a couple of days.
Well, the day before we were supposed to get her, breeder called, said she changed her mind, she just couldn't let the little one go. I understood, as she was such a precious little babe.
A couple of weeks later I looked for a breeder who had the "line" I wanted - not for breeding, but because I wanted a good healthy dog with a good pedigree. I found a breeder in Michigan, who didn't have any puppies, but she had Beamer who was almost a year old. Of course he was a lot more expensive than the little female we almost got, but that didn't matter. We arranged to have him flown down to us, and we have been "entertained" by him ever since. I often wonder how many Yorkies the other lady had.
__________________ Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered. - Bob Barker   |