I have a confession to make..... I bought Nala from a breeder I found on ebay.... I didn't know better. I googled
Yorkie puppys for sale and ebay is where I landed. I fell in love with her the second I saw her picture. The breeder didn't really ask me any questions about my home or my family. There was no contract, and she didn't even tell me what to feed her. When I picked her up, the breeder's daughter was crying and she told her not to worry the puppy was going to a good home with good people. I wondered then how in the world she knew I was "good people" since she hadn't bothered to ask me any questions about myself or my family or where this puppy was going to be living.
When we got Nala home, her little ears smelled really bad,
so I gave her a bath as soon as we got home. Poor baby must have been traumatized. She was only 9 weeks old and weighed 1 lb 7ozs. Again, I didn't know better. I took her to the vet the very next day as I had picked her up on a Sunday. The poor baby had ear mites!!
I can't believe this lady did not know she was selling me a puppy with ear mites!! I called her to tell her that Nala had ear mites (cost me $$$, which I didn't mention) and she would need to seek treatment for her other pups and momma and daddy which lived with her. She said thank you.... and hung up!!! That was it.... she didn't even ask about the little puppy that she had said was being raised in her home with her family. That was the last time I have spoken with her and she lives in my town!!
Nala is now on TOTW (thanks to YT) and has a clean bill of health so far and she is PRECIOUS!!!! She will be 24 weeks old in 2 days and weighs almost 4 lbs. I am so glad we have her and can't imagine her living anywhere else, but I would never buy another pup this way, thanks to the great peeps at YT. I have learned soooo much from this site and it has helped me take such good care of our little princess. I usually research everything to death... not sure why I didn't do a better job of researching this... I guess I just wanted that sweet little baby I saw in the picture. I have since learned from YT that we have a wonderful breeder about 12 miles from where I live. I will remember that when I am ready to look for Nala a sister, but I'm kind of glad I didn't know that when we got Nala or we wouldn't have her and since her breeder didn't check me out who knows who would have bought her!!
Thank you YT members for so much valuable information... I have been stalking the forums for quite some time now.