I wanted to add one more think to watch for while you are looking for your puppy. Make sure that you visit the home and see the parents of the puppies too. When I was looking for a puppy several years ago I was drawn to an ad that I saw in Kajiji for yorkie puppies. They were located in Bolingbrook, IL, had a cute website and even had pictures of their teenage daughters who was part of their business taking care of the puppies. It wasn't until I called and spoke to the husband that I started to question what was really going on with the puppies they were selling. He told me that about once a month he drove to Missouri and picked up puppies from a breeder (puppymill) and brought them back to IL to sell. She was "wonderful" and that although he currently didn't have any puppies he would be traveling there within the next 2 weeks once the current litter was old enough to leave their mom AND she usually had at least one litter a month! They were puppy brokers! Thank god I was smart enough to see the red flags and run in the other direction.
I'd like to also add that he mentioned that there were several others in the area that also brought puppies back from her and several other breeders to sell in IL. So please be very careful.
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