Sorry you've seen it before but that doesn't mean it isn't the way it works. People pay more for nice looking puppies than they do for ones that aren't so nice looking, Smaller yorkies people buy before larger yorkies, (in my experience) Tri colored they buy before traditionals.. plain and simple. If people LIKE the look of these tri colored yorkies...and they choose to pay more for them when given the choice, why is that a "fault".
Same with the "size".. in a litter of lets say "traditional" colored pups.. I have three girls.. two that wil be 6 lbs and 1 that will be 4. I put them all at the same price..
The FIRST one that sells..of course, will be the 4 lb (don't know why but always is.. remember, I only sell for pets so no one breeds ).. say I have to keep the others for a few weeks so I lower the price.. meanwhile.. I'm getting calls over and over for more 4-5 lbs dogs.. that is supply and demand! Did I create it? Am I to blame for it? Should I be penalized for it? No.. I just wish that either people liked the 6 lb dogs more or I had more 4-5 lb puppies to place because I could place them into wonderful homes right away. So, I start out asking a bit more for the smaller one because I know that she will sell, so maybe the price will be the deciding factor to sway a person to get one of the other puppies.
The same goes for the Partis. They are the first to leave.. is that my fault, did I creat this or am I to blame?? no.. it's just the way it is. Now, if that happened to you, and you were comfortable charging a specific amount for a puppy and people were very happy to pay it, as a matter of fact, you had alot of people who were happy to pay it.. would you turn it down and charge less???? Now really... what sense would that make?
If people were not comfortable paying a specific amount for a dog.. they wouldn't pay it.. I know I wouldn't. Please, we don't have some magical power over people.. they are not fools being lead by the nose. We have beautiful, lovely puppies that people want to have.. if they wanted the traditional yorkies as badly, or a beagle or a non spotted dalmation.. they would pay what was asked for it also..until the price was to a point that they no longer saw the value in it.
I am not calling these dogs rare.. nor do I call my smaller yorkies tea cups.. I do not need to use marketing gimmicks to place my puppies.. please try grasping at another straw.
Diana
