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Originally Posted by alaskayorkie  Great responses, thanks! I honestly can see both sides, but it's good to hear all the arguments explained. I appreciate it.
As a buyer, I just want to see how the puppies will be living during those important first 3 months of their life. If it takes wearing shoe covers and rubber gloves, I would be more than happy (and appreciative of the forethought of the breeder) to do so.
But, again, I can't fault a breeder for wanting to protect their pups. Maybe pictures of the facility would help in cases like that. |
We had a thread on Yorkietalk and someone posted a breeder's "facility". They showed the cutest little house with baby cribs inside, each puppy in its own crib, stuffed animals lined the shelves and it was adorable. One of the breeders here said, that can’t be the kennel, the mother is with the pups the first months of life, they aren’t separated in separate cribs. (Duh, we non breeders didn’t think of this. ) Anyway, it turns out it was the “store front” for buyers wanting to see the kennels. A satellite picture showed other kennels that were not so cute, and after further checking, a puppy mill group also had close-up pictures of the real kennels, that was really bad. I think Yorkies are one breed that definitely need air conditioning and heating and don’t do well in outside open air kennels.