[KimInMD]

Originally Posted by navillusc

Not that I see pets as possessions...I do not...they are precious family members...however, to me, I think the difference is in where the emphasis is placed...welfare of the 'product' vs profit for transfer of ownership.

Yorkies for Adoption is when you re-home a Yorkie someone else bought or acquired, perhaps as a gift, at an earlier time...not for profit, but maybe for recovery of some of the expense of ownership...but because you care about them and their well-being but are unable to or cannot keep them any more due to conditions...not because it's a way to make a living. Adoption implies the welfare of the adopted as the primary objective...not the price of 'transfer of ownership'.

Yorkies for Sale is when you are pricing for and expecting a profit beyond expenses and a reasonable amount for your time, or complete recovery of all your costs, especially if there's a little something extra in it for you, and specifically when the only previous owner also owned at least the dam who welped the offspring and you are providing the initial 'litter mate separation home' whether as a puppy or an adult. At any time you price for substantial profit above expenses and recovery of admininstrative costs...as income, the re-home becomes a sale or re-sale rather than an adoption. For sale implies a product.

I re-homed two Yorkies, meaning that (1) they had former families between the 'breeder' and myself, and (2) fees paid did not cover the retail costs of the accessories transferred with ownership of the pups...never mind recovering all of of the initial costs of the purchases of the pups themselves or vet expenses since initial ownership transfer, nor additional profit.

I also re-homed a Yorkie-Poo, as a rescue, whose previous owner was unknown with no profit involved, and ferals and strays and dumped animals.

Excelent post!