Thanks everyone for your advice. I think I will start to contact some of the breeders on the YTCA list. I felt a little too intimidated at first due to my lack of experience, but I think it'll be worth it in the end.
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Originally Posted by Reese1  Why do they advertise with them though? I don't understand why a reputable breeder uses a site like that has tons of breeders & breeds listed to sell puppies?
Let's say you are a good breeder, not every breeder is and as you mentioned some slide through the cracks, so why would you associate your name with them?
This is a company making money off breeders selling puppies. JMO |
As for this last comment, does it mean that if a site lists one or more questionable breeders, then it's hard to trust all the breeders listed on the same site? I ask this because I was looking at breeders.net yesterday. There were definitely some questionable listings (i.e. east coast parti yorkies, teacup yorkies) but I also saw Peanut Gallery Yorkies, and I believe the owner is a long-time member of this site and is friendly with most other members.
I guess my question then is, is it better to evaluate each breeder individually despite what sites they might be listed on? Thanks.
On a last note, this research is getting incredibly overwhelming...I wish someone would just plomp the name of the perfect breeder in front of me...one that just had a litter and lives 5 min away from me lol. Oh well...one can only wish =\