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Originally Posted by pawever Yorkie  I'm pretty sure that there are some YT members who have yokrie cross.
Not all of them are from shelters, so where did you (yorkie mixed breed) get your baby? I feel like there should be something that we can do more than just tell people who wants yorkie cross, to go to theshelter, beacue most likely they'll go to the pet store instead...
My understanding is that many people who ask for yorkie cross in YT , feel like they are being attacked by YT members(although we tell them in the best interest of the furbaby). They get upset and log out and go to the pet store to get their cross breed. We want to stop people from going to the pet store, not make it as an only option... Is telling them that there's no reputable breeder who cross breed(which I agree) and telling them to go to the shelter are only answer for people who seek cross breed(if we can't change their mind from getting yorkie cross)? |
I understand what you are saying. I don't know what the solution is. There is such a demand for small cute little dogs and there are not enough reputable breeders to meet the demand. Anyone who has bought from a reputable breeder knows that generally it means being on a waiting list and paying a decent amount of money. I am not in anyway against that but the public in general just want a pet for a reasonable amount of money and they don't want to wait a year for it. I am not saying that this is right but that is the way it is many times. Many years ago when I bought my Maltese from a show breeder my family about flipped out when they heard what I paid for her. To say I was shunned would be putting it lightly.
Personally, I would prefer that many people would never have a dog of any kind. I have seen way too many abused and neglected dogs to care about meeting the demand of the public. That still leaves us with the problem though. I would hope that when people come on YT looking for a mixed breed that the members would be polite and kind and yet explain to the person about puppy mills and about people who breed substandard dogs. It is an opportunity to educate a person on the horrors that occur when defects in a breed are brought forward. Millions of dogs are being put down daily in this country. There are rescue groups that help the morkies and shorkies and other mixed breeds and I think it would be a good idea to point those who ask in that direction. Maybe a list of various groups could be kept handy so the information could be given to people who are interested.