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Originally Posted by abgabby1  I am buying a Yorkie puppy and it will not be ready until February. The lady says she is a registered breeder. She breeds CKC yorkies. She sell's her puppies strictly by word of mouth, no advertising she says. She said she doesn't ever give her baby yorkies vaccines or wormings. She said because they are so little, it would be dangerous. She let's the new owner bare the cost and says she doesn't make any money off of breeding because of how much the vaccines have gone up. I could see that and understand...I'm waiting until it is 9 weeks old so that I can get her started on wormings and vaccines she needs because she won't have them before then. I have just recently bought a Yorkie puppy at age 11 weeks and the breeder is a registered AKC breeder who has given all of the wormings and vaccines before we picked her up. Except for the last set of shots. I will take her for that. But my question is this, how come the breeder of the pup I have now (Izzy) has had all but one set of shots and all her worming at 11 weeks and she is just as small as the other CKC ladies litter I'm to get a pup from? Am I making sense? What is your opinion? I just think if she cared about her puppies well being...if she can't afford to give them shots at the proper time then maybe she shouldn't be breeding dogs? Am I right? *sigh* |
Yes you are right! Do not buy from this breeder, remember it is far far easier to find a bad breeder than to find a good breeder. Personally, I think people should "assume" the breeder is bad, until they prove differently.
Just being CKC doesn't necessarily mean a bad breeder and being AKC doesn't mean good breeder, but I always recommend people only look at AKC breeders, if they would actually like a purebred. It really is the only reputable registry. Selling at 8 weeks has been discussed, so you know what we think of breeders who do that. Selling a dog with absolutely no protection or any shots is horrible, she's putting her puppies at real risk. Good breeders have told me their dogs never touch the ground before they have had their shots, and many give the shots themselves, because they don't want to expose their dogs to the vet office where they could easily catch something. If the 11-week-old puppy is the same size as the 8 week old puppy, chances are the 8 week old puppy will be much larger. A rule of thumb is three times the 8-week weight, and twice the 12-week week to get an "estimate" on adult size.