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yorkietalkjilly · 03-10-2011, 11:56 PM

The store just wants to sell dogs and I would not trust any health certificate from them. They buy largely from disreputable breeders who crank out puppies from little dogs who are often inbred, sick, living in their own waste often in crammed cages, infestated with parasites of all kinds and with little vet care. Most if not all of their puppies carry all of those problems in their bodies to their new home, protected the first few weeks only by the mother dog's indued immunity. If the genetic problems don't kill the pup at the mill or the store, very shortly after the dog is sold at only a few weeks of age, those problems begin to show up, though some wait for some time to manifest. Stores also buy pups from "reputable breeders" who don't run the traditional puppy mill but just turn their litter of dogs uncaringly over to the store to sell it to whatever person walks in with the money. The breeders or the store owners do not care what kind of person or family or lab the puppy goes to and what its little life is going to be like - they just want to make a quick sale and turn a profit off that little life. There is no consideration given to the puppy's inbred, genetic, looming problems and/or whether or not the person buying that dog will have the inclination or funds to treat the dog's medical problems. It is immoral dog-trafficking and those who buy from pet stores help to perpetuate the agony of all of those dogs - the puppies at the store and the parents back at the breeding site. If we all would nix buying from them as you did, they would go out of the dog-selling business. If you save up your money and buy a dog from a reputable breeder, you will 9 times out of 10 get a healthier, happier pet. Plus, keep calling reputable breeders looking for the occasional cheaper dog that they sometimes have to offer due to a non-health issue return or a dog they have decided to sell because it is not breedable, something like that. I hope that you can one day get your little Yorkie but if you can't afford it right now, a good, healthy Yorkie is certainly worth the wait!

03-10-2011, 11:56 PM	#10
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	The store just wants to sell dogs and I would not trust any health certificate from them. They buy largely from disreputable breeders who crank out puppies from little dogs who are often inbred, sick, living in their own waste often in crammed cages, infestated with parasites of all kinds and with little vet care. Most if not all of their puppies carry all of those problems in their bodies to their new home, protected the first few weeks only by the mother dog's indued immunity. If the genetic problems don't kill the pup at the mill or the store, very shortly after the dog is sold at only a few weeks of age, those problems begin to show up, though some wait for some time to manifest. Stores also buy pups from "reputable breeders" who don't run the traditional puppy mill but just turn their litter of dogs uncaringly over to the store to sell it to whatever person walks in with the money. The breeders or the store owners do not care what kind of person or family or lab the puppy goes to and what its little life is going to be like - they just want to make a quick sale and turn a profit off that little life. There is no consideration given to the puppy's inbred, genetic, looming problems and/or whether or not the person buying that dog will have the inclination or funds to treat the dog's medical problems. It is immoral dog-trafficking and those who buy from pet stores help to perpetuate the agony of all of those dogs - the puppies at the store and the parents back at the breeding site. If we all would nix buying from them as you did, they would go out of the dog-selling business. If you save up your money and buy a dog from a reputable breeder, you will 9 times out of 10 get a healthier, happier pet. Plus, keep calling reputable breeders looking for the occasional cheaper dog that they sometimes have to offer due to a non-health issue return or a dog they have decided to sell because it is not breedable, something like that. I hope that you can one day get your little Yorkie but if you can't afford it right now, a good, healthy Yorkie is certainly worth the wait!