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Originally Posted by lauren_f  We didn't acquire him through a rescue. A family had purchased him as a pet for their young daughter. When the daughter didn't want to take care of him anymore they contacted me and gave him to our family. I don't know anything about his background other than what his papers say and I would want to research that more before we decided to breed him. We have the breeders name and number so I will contact them first if this is something we decide to do. The only thing that tips me off that the breeder might not be reputable is that they let Iggy go at 6 weeks. He weighs 3 pounds now and I cannot imagine letting a puppy go home with a family at that size and age. I think there can be many dogs with good lines that end up in rescues and I don't think just because they ended up there means anything negative about them. Also, I would like to think that families that purchase Yorkies would contact the breeder and offer the dog back but though this family was very nice I cannot say that they knew much about Yorkies or dogs in general. |
I sure did not indicate in my post that poor quality dogs wind up in rescues...but you see very few breed quality Yorkies in pounds and rescues...you do not find them in pet shops and among most breeders...I am extremely criticial as to what dog should or should not be bred...
You may have a perfectly lovely Yorkie..and I understnad he came from a family..so he is not a rescue..he is a Yorkie a family did not want and you were caring enough to rehome him...
His breeder sodl him at 6 weeks...you can take it to the bank they are a miller or their equel...no one who has the least bit of concern for the breed would let a 6 wk old go...