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SoCalyorkiLvr · 01-01-2006, 09:21 PM

Shelby'sMom~

I think your story is one of the best as far as a first time yorkie buyer really doing her homework!!! I hope it is okay for me to tell the story....

We met during our respective searches for our babies and neither of us bought from the breeder where we met.....we both had a bad experience there and knew she was NOT who we wanted to business with even though she was a Show breeder.

I was so impressed with your resolve and the fact that you did not buy on impulse as many would have....I already had my Hefner at home so I could resist the temptation better than you who were puppiless at the time. I respect you so much.

Then we met again at the Yorkie Specialty show in Los Angeles and we met some of the same people that day and you finally connected with Shelby's breeder, also a show breeder. In between those two meetings we had also visited another show breeder's "kennel" ( at separate times and unbeknownst to the other) and were both appalled at the conditions.

I met a breeder at the show that I had talked to on the phone and who was a friend of one of the show breeders but who bred "for" the babydoll face. She didn't have any litters but a friends of hers that was her mentor did and she put me in touch with her and I found my Ava.

I tell this story because we took similar paths and dealt with similar breeders but both ended up purchasing different dogs from different types of breeders but both were very reputable if not set in their own individual ways of doing things!! LOL....you know what I mean.

There are no perfect breeders any more than there are perfect yorkies, but if you do your research and take your time you will have a better chance of not being disappointed or "surprised".

01-01-2006, 09:21 PM	#52
SoCalyorkiLvr BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,246	Shelby'sMom~ I think your story is one of the best as far as a first time yorkie buyer really doing her homework!!! I hope it is okay for me to tell the story.... We met during our respective searches for our babies and neither of us bought from the breeder where we met.....we both had a bad experience there and knew she was NOT who we wanted to business with even though she was a Show breeder. I was so impressed with your resolve and the fact that you did not buy on impulse as many would have....I already had my Hefner at home so I could resist the temptation better than you who were puppiless at the time. I respect you so much. Then we met again at the Yorkie Specialty show in Los Angeles and we met some of the same people that day and you finally connected with Shelby's breeder, also a show breeder. In between those two meetings we had also visited another show breeder's "kennel" ( at separate times and unbeknownst to the other) and were both appalled at the conditions. I met a breeder at the show that I had talked to on the phone and who was a friend of one of the show breeders but who bred "for" the babydoll face. She didn't have any litters but a friends of hers that was her mentor did and she put me in touch with her and I found my Ava. I tell this story because we took similar paths and dealt with similar breeders but both ended up purchasing different dogs from different types of breeders but both were very reputable if not set in their own individual ways of doing things!! LOL....you know what I mean. There are no perfect breeders any more than there are perfect yorkies, but if you do your research and take your time you will have a better chance of not being disappointed or "surprised".