[moshes_human]

There are other ways.
You could call your local ASPCA every week or so and ask if they have any yorkies that have been surrendered. A friend of mine got a puppy that way (wasn't a yorkie it was a pug).
You could contact Yorkie rescues...there are quite a few.

Anytime a BYB gets your money you in a way are helping them stay in business and ultimately helping the over population problem and animal cruelty that goes along with these breeding practices. For every BYB pup there are some parents who are probably locked in a cage somewhere without care, attention or proper food and hygiene.

I personally don't care one bit about breed standard. I would get a Briewer in a heart beat (I look at greenwood's web site at least once a week and dream lol) but what I do care about is testing. Like someone said...1500 might seem like a lot until that pup gets sick and needs surgery. The couple hundred bucks you save now could bite you in the butt later.

I totally understand wanting...heck needing one of these adorable creatures. I dreamed about it for years. I think what we are all trying to say is that we don't want you to regret your choice (not to mention supporting a BYB is not something any of us here can contend with).

Here is what I did. I put the word out. I contacted anyone I could think of(ASPCA, rescues, vet's office, the people at petscence, the pound). I told EVERYONE I was looking. I refused many pups because I would get calls that so and so breeds yorkies, but when I investigated they were obvious BYB. Out of the blue I got a call. A girl my friend knew bought a pup from a back yard breeder and changed her mind and no longer wanted the little guy. The breeder had refused to take him back, so I stepped in and purchased Moshe. The other girl who wanted him was just awful (her son killed their Pom) and I knew there was no way I was letting that woman have this baby! I waited for what seemed like forever to find him, but when I did it was meant to be. We needed each other.

Your heart is already invested in this pup and that makes it hard. I do wish you the best of luck and I hope your feeling aren't hurt. That wasn't my intention.

And remember anything worth while is always worth the wait.

(please over look typos etc. I'm on the smallest keyboard in the free world)