I'm sure many people have purchased dogs from back yard breeders and ended up with a healthy and loving puppy BUT there are just as many or more that buy a BYB's dog or a puppy mill dog that end up with heartbreak. If you stay around here for long you will see more of their stories.
You might get lucky again and get a healthy puppy but why reward an irresponsible breeder by buying their puppies? These people keep the dogs around as an added financial asset and don't care that they are producing low quality and sometimes defective puppies. Those puppies are sold to anyone that has the money and many of those puppies will also be used for breeding with some neighbor or relative's dog.
Look for a breeder that knows a lot about the breed and who has researched the pedigree of her dogs. They should know about genetics and be producing puppies that are as close as possible to the breed standard. Personality is another thing you want to check out about the dogs. Are they high strung? Do they have issues with training? Breeding dogs is not as simple as putting two dogs together and letting nature take it's course. Doing it that way is what has produced so many genetic defects in Yorkies and other breeds. Do some reading and lots of research before you buy your next Yorkie or look into a breed rescue and help out a little one that needs a new home. |