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Originally Posted by maggies-mommy  I believe on her papers from the pet store it says AKC yokrie bla bla bla.
The pet store we got her from is very clean, the dogs are bathed, and well kept and they claim no puppy mills. Anyone can put on an actt but the owners are a gay couple and I belive them. If she is a mill puppy you can not tell at all! She is playfull friendly, sometimes scared of other dogs not of the 3 we used to have. But our neighbors dogs and her hate each other.
There's another yorkie in the neighborhood and both mine and her yorkies are the only dogs they don't attack! Maggie however does get scared of other dogs, but my aunts yorkies who she got from a breader herself are tthe same way, though shes way over protective of her dogs. I mean WAY. She brings them no where! |
Just bc the store is clean and the owners are a gay couple doesn't mean the pups aren't from unscrupulous breeders. The fact is, reputable breeders have worked for years and years perfecting their lines and are VERY protective of their work. They will not sell to brokers or pet shops bc they will have no control over who will purchase their puppies (their hard breeding work), and anyone with the money can come buy one of the puppies and breed it with a whatever and ruin all the hard work.
Only breeders in it for the money would sell their dogs to brokers and pet shops. They don't care where their dogs end up, and anyone with the money can buy one. Haven't you even encountered people who shouldn't own pets? Where did they get that pet from? Either a mill, petshop, or a byb.
That being said, there are plenty of dogs from brokers or petshops that have turned out well, good health, temperament, looks. But now knowing what you know, the question is would you purchase from them again, given the facts? The more I learn, the more I believe my Uni was from a broker. I used to think she was just a small byb, but now I really don't think so. Brokers are some of the lowest of the low. So to answer my own questions, no I wouldn't, I would adopt from a shelter or from a rescue.