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Originally Posted by abgabby1  Thanks Nancy
I have the AKC Yorkie pup we picked up from the breeder at 11 weeks...she was 2.7 lbs then and now weighing her at Vet yesterday she is weighing in at almost 3 lbs at 15 wks. She's the one that had all but one set of shots left and we took her to get them and also she had all wormings by 11 wks too. This breeder had excellent health records of shots given and wormings etc...and a nice packet in plastic vinyl for our records. Now the puppy that was born yesterday evening will be CKC and she is the breeder that says she doesn't want to give the pups shots or wormings and it's up to us as owner's to do this. Well, bottom line is, I not knowing any better has sunk 250.00 down payment into this puppy. That's the problem. Should I get this puppy and get her shots and wormings and take the chance of her coming into contact without any of her shots to my yorkie AKC pup? Or get the puppy get her shots then sell her? Or just forfeit my down payment? Geesh, I am so stupid for not being more careful, flags should have hit me in the face!!!! GRRRRRRrrrrrr  |
I would forfeit the down payment, $250.00 is a drop in the bucket compared to what you would pay out in a sick dog, not to say anything of the emotional cost. I also want to add that Joey's breeder would not accept any down payment, and I think many reputable breeders will not, they want you to be happy the placement. I think that there should be a "relationship" established with the breeder before purchase, and a mutual trust should be in place. Finding a good breeder is harder than finding a good husband, lots of "dating" has to take place too.