[artie merlino]

Well I hate to say this but, YES.....All of you were Right! On Sept. 2nd, My Landlord & his Wife noticed/commented on me having 4 Yorkies, I knew it was it was a matter of time before I would get busted....according to my Lease I am only allowed 3 Yorkies (Paid a "Pet Deposit" for 3). They gave me a week to get rid of him (their words not mine!) On Sept.7th I spoke with his Breeder, my so-called Best Friend "Julie" at this point I had him for 4 months and 3 days, she had given me him on May 4th as an early Birthday Present!
She did NOT want me to Sell him she wanted me to give him back to her, so she could find him another Home? And use someone else! I Boarded, Groomed,
Socialized & Trained him......Crate/House Trained, Trained him on-off Leash w/hand & voice signals for Basic commands like Sit/Stand Stay, I even Trained him to pull their Crate Stroller like a Sled Dog w/the rest of my Pack.
I am so MAD @ her for not being a responsible Yorkie Breeder, she ruined his Bloodline by trying to make her own line of "Parti" Colored Yorkies, his Mother was a traditional Colored Yorkie and his Father was a Parti-Colored Yorkie, so she was trying to sell him for $1,200.00 as a Stud and calling him a "Parti Terrier" which there is NO such Breed?! Talk about confused!
I could'nt stand the thought of him going back to her total "CHAOS", she could'nt even afford to feed him Royal Canin or give him proper Vet. care!
I had done so much work for him, I made a committment to him to find him the Best Home possible! I would'nt have been able to do it w/o my BF and my own Pack. I had plenty of opportunities to sell him for the money but I thought it was more important that he went to Good Family with the right circumstances! So I SOLD him for $700.00, but technically for $1,200.00. I had Sold him through another Breeder, who had a waiting list, she Sold him to her Doctor. I offered her $500.00 for her cut, but she refused to take any money since she was a personal friend! Now Julie had called the following Day,
to take him back, when I told her I had Sold him the Night before, her only reply was how much? When I told her $700.00 she wanted half and demanded
$350.00 or she was going to call the Police and put a Restraining Order on me b/c she did NOT want to be my Friend anymore! She gave me till the end of the week, well she started leaving threatening phone calls and even sent me "Hate Mail", of course she did Not have the Balls to sign it or put a return address? Like it was'nt her? I called a couple of Local Dog Boarding/Doggie Daycare to get an Estimate of how much the same Services would cost her?
It was between $3.600.00 and $2,500.00, not even including the Grooming & Training Fees! I chose not to give her any money at all, based on all of your previous comments. I feel good about what I did for HIM and I don't feel bad in any way for loosing her as my so-called "Friend", I don't like being manipulated through a "Puppy". I have 3 incredible Yorkies, I am NOT a Yorkie Hoarder......I LOVE the Breed so much that I want everyone to have one, and I believe they are the "Best Dogs" as long as you take the time to "TRAIN"
them! Thanks for listening and all your emotional support it makes me feel alot better and confirms that I'm always doing the right thing for them!