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Originally Posted by CrystalYorkie  Letter From Crystal Hardacker
A couple of my yorkie friends guided me to this thread, so I will respond.
Anastacea-- I am very sorry you are not happy with your pup, and that DNA is showing it is not a purebred. The parents lines on that puppy were bought as purebred registered yorkies, and to the best of my knowledge, are purebred. If this is not the case, I am truly sorry for this, and I have paid for registered dogs that are not purebred and were mixed somewhere down the line before I purchased them. I would never knowingly sell a mix as a purebred dog. Why would I? It would only create problems and lawsuits for me. Even a good registry like AKC does not DNA every litter with the parents, so it is possible to get registered dogs that are not pure. I found this out years ago when a male (not a yorkie) of mine had papers pulled because of DNA problems that happened a couple generations before I even bought the dog. It was eventually cleared up and proved to be purebred. I have offered to give you a full refund for the pup, and you have declined. Please contact me about this.
Junoline-- I know you are really freaked out by this, and of course you can have your deposit back. I return deposits if there is a good reason, or if I feel the pup will not be going to a good home where it will be loved. Please contact me and we can get your deposit back.
Joanna-- Sorry to hear you were so disappointed with your pup. Again, both parents are registered and to the best of my knowledge purebred. I have been raising dogs for around 20 years, and I know there are people out there that are hateful and upset with me because their $300 dog does not look like a $2000 show dog, but I realize everyone will not always be pleased with the way their pup turns out. You apparently have no idea what a bad breeder truly is. I once paid $1500 for a so called show quality dog, and it was crippled in both back legs at 6 months, and the breeder did nothing. Your bitching and whining about your $300 dog because it got bigger then you wanted is absolutely disgusting. I have seen yorkies with pure DNA that are around 20lbs with very different hair types and facial features on several occasions. Also, you make it sound like you have uncovered some kind of sinister conspiracy because I have seasonal homes in CA and CO. Get a life. Thankfully, for every one of you, there are far more people that send warm letters, cards, and photos of their new family member that they love.
This will be my only post on this forum, as I am not interested in bickering with people. This really is a terrific site for information on yorkies!
Thank you,
Crystal Hardacker
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It is somewhat refreshing to see a breeder come on, to communicate with her puppy buyers, in a direct way that mostly is not too derogatory of her puppy buyers.
Whilst I know that you said you would not post again, and that is fine by me, I do so hope you take the time, to read up on the Yorkie here, and to see "first hand" some of the experiences buyers have had with "breeders" of Yorkies. For a real eye opener go to the Sick and Emergency thread.
Now onto your response to Anastacea: I know it is quite common to ask for a return of the puppy by many by certainly not all breeders; once your puppy owner has bonded with your pup, agrees to provide the health care required and to love this pup; then an alternative to return really does need to be offered. Please consider this.
Consider also that this DNA testing of her dog, did NOT show Yorkie in any major way at all in this dog. That should give you considerable pause. A couple of possible scenarios come to mind, but as the breeder I'm sure you will want to have this breeding pair DNA tested, first to establish if indeed they are the parents of this pup, and secondly to establish what proportion if any of Yorkie is actually in their genes. ONce your have the answers to those questions, then I'm sure you are quite capable of taking this up with the breeder(s) who supplied you with this breeding pair.
In the interim of course this breeding pair should not be bred again, until their provenance is established clearly.
You warranted and sold as purebreed a mixed breed dog, an honest or not error that needs to be rectified, to all the purchasers of this particular litter, not just this one poster.
In respect to Joanna; she expected to purchase a Yorkshire Terrier that has been bred to standard. This standard is set by the YTCA and approved by the AKC. The standard sets the weight out at maximum of 7 lbs. A 20 pound dog is significantly over this standard. A $300 dog if that is the price you sell your purebreds at, as a purebred should be a good healthy representation of the breed. That includes size, color, coat and temperament. The buyer should ask for and expect as a good breeder, that you health check - prescreening breeding tests, special tests for the Yorkie breed, and that both sire and dam have passed these tests. If you are unfamiliar with the range of what needs to be done, there are threads on here that delineate that: also you can go to
www.chic.org, and look up the very basic requirements there for this breed.
And for your information a show "quality" dog is ususally never purchased prior to 6 months old; maybe show promise not quality. LP is usually evident in pups as young as 8-10 wks old, and as a breeder of YT's you should already know how to check for this. All I can say about this breeder "doingnothing" for a crippled dog, is you "buy" your breeder first and then your puppy; that is a caveat for the pet owner, it is triply so for breeding/show quality dogs.