[HeathenFaerie]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

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Unfortunately there is a small group on here that is only here to IMHO forward their lackadaisical in the least attitude of Yorkie, care, breeding, etc-it's like a group of obvious bad Greeders trying to promote p*$$ poor breeding, standards and dangerous care (or lack there of) to make a below the bar standard seem acceptable by a "group" so when you see their web sites, their poor judgements: it seems acceptable until you are educated otherwise.

Similar to the small "group" here only to self promote their breeding: posing as their own buyers-huh-maybe this group is one in the same.

I am not nor have I seen anyone suggest buying from piss poor breeders or trying to make substandard care acceptable. (I have only been here a few months so maybe I will see it eventually)

I am only saying people seem to think that a person with children should not ever own a small dog and then moan and whine when people buy them from pet stores and the like. So a breeder is a bad breeder if they sell to a family but we want all the BYB and pet stores shut down? Why isn't it that a breeder or rescue can't insist on meeting the whole family or visiting the home?

I didn't buy my Yorkie. I didn't even want a dog. I was visiting family and saw he was at my grams (his third or fourth home in a matter of months) and she was taking him to the pound aka a local shelter that is a kill shelter in a small backwoods town so a matted up, 3 year old, half shaved Yorkie would probably end up getting put down. I thought I could find him a home. I didn't have any takers so now he has a vet app to be fixed and one to be groomed before that as well as TOTW food. In his home with one adult owner he was eating old roy I looked it up and it is supposed to be an awful food. I think he is better off in a home that loves him WITH CHILDREN than at a kill shelter or bouncing from place to place. He has clothes and toys a warm bed and access to medical care that he didn't have before and likely would have never gotten. My kids and husband dote on him and I adore him. *smh* I will probably continue to lurk but if I need help I think I'll go to a book or another website. I joined Dogster a while back too I think I'll lurk over there a bit and get a feel for it too.