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Originally Posted by faith carane  the poor thing just wanted off that silly niosey plastic! I have problems spelling too I hope i am still yorkie worthy. I see aton of things about puppy mills and highly disagree w/ them I saw a micro mini maltese for 8k i was like omgoodness! The thing that bothers me is I see people on this site breeding dogs left and right and selling them for an arm and some a leg. They get all kinds of praise and traffic. I don't know correct me if i am wrong but how many people are actually showing these dogs that they pay 1600 or even 900 for? just cuz of papers? I think if anything we all are guilty for this puppy mill stuff. People see a way to make money cuz we are willing to pay for a pet at a high price. Mind you i don't think it to be right. I don't want to affend anyone just wanted to speek my mind and am more than willing to hear the feed back!  |
I agree with you that the prices are all over the map, and the breeders that have worked hard to improve the breed and didn't get in it for the money spent a lot of money before ever breeding for genetic testing, etc. I think that breeders deserve some profit for the effort it takes to raise a litter (it's as demanding as having a newborn, maybe more). The Mom and pups require 24 hour attention. Consequently, I believe that there are breeders out there who inflate their prices too much. Show dog or not, there are prices that are unheard of. I was quoted $6,500 for a parti Yorkie last year, and in my opinion, that is highly unreasonable. But you can't blame the breeder; if someone will pay it, a breeder will charge it. In my head, there is a median price of getting a quality dog. And with that median price, I'm expecting the pup to obviously be registered, have a health guarantee, to be 12 weeks old when it leaves the breeder so that the buyer can get a better idea of how the pup's personality, coat, and ears will be, and for the breeder to answer any additional questions or concerns after the sale is completed.