[RachelandSadie]

Originally Posted by ErinsWhitney

To the OP, I'm in your exact shoes, except my breeder is not so willing to work with me. I will be bringing my little girl home just shy of 9 weeks. Like you, I did more than just put a deposit on her...I fell in love with her and I can't imagine walking away from her and leaving her to go to another home where God forbid, she might not be loved as much as I already love her. I dream about her, and she's all I think about! I KNOW what kind of life she has waiting for her now, regardless of how much more work I may have to put into her as a result of getting her too soon. I am eternally grateful for this site and the wealth of information that everyone so generously puts on it. I can't wait to see pictures of little Riley, and I look forward to his stories!

That's EXACTLY how I felt when I was getting Sadie. I hadn't even seen her yet but her picture and picking her out from a picture of a litter made me fall in love with her. I 100% understand your hearts.

As for the lesson part of my posts because there is always something to learn about every situation, I really feel that in the future for both me and anyone new just getting their first puppy, that people need to check out their breeder thouroughly before ever taking a leap and meeting that puppy. Nearly anyone who sees a puppy for the first time will fall in love with it and feel like they've already lost themselves in love with those puppy eyes...esp a yorkie's eyes. We just have to be very careful that we don't allow ourselves to take that leap and meet the puppy. Who doesn't lvoe pups and want them rescued from a bad breeder and brought home to love and live with us? Everyone feels like that and no one has the strength to walk away from them. That's why I really suggest to not go meet a puppy until the breeder has 100% checked out as a reputable breeder. I hope we can all learn that lesson and some of us sure learned it the hard way. Once you know a yorkie's love it's a lot more easy to understand and to see why putting money in a breeder's hands that is only breeding for money is not something to do. But once you've fallen for a baby no one is going to blame you or hate you for taking them home. Not ideal, but totally understandable.

And OP i sure hope you know I don't hold anything at all against you because I did the same thing and know how you feel.