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val · 01-23-2006, 09:20 AM

I have a yorkipoo and personally I would not trade her for the world. I also have two other I guess they would be considered mutts as well, one is a terrier cross with a mini dacshound and the other is a cross between a sheltie and a lab. I love the three of them the same. My other two I got from a shelter, and I did not know how big they would get or anything about them, they were the ones that caught my eye. I went looking for a small dog but I fell in love with these. One of them even pooped right in front of me and I still took it home. To me, I do not mind buying a mixed, the reason I did go with a yorkipoo instead of the full yorkie which is what I intended to buy first was because they say they have less congenital diseases than the pure yorkie, it had nothing to do with price or the size or the look. I have friends that would prefer big dogs than the small yorkie one even paid $1500 for a bullmastiff not including all the changes that he had to make to his house. Backyard breeding is going to happen whether we like it or not. I have another friend who has a pure yorkie that died and bought another one paid alot of money and is now considering getting rid of it because it is alot harder to potty train than the first one. What I am wondering is if these purebred's go to the pound will you have to pay more money for them, has anyone ever checked this out in their area. Most people I assume go to a pound so they can get a companion and save a dog from being put down that is why I went there for my first two. I am figuring that if there was a purebred there selling for more expensive and a mixed with half of the breed in it they would probably buy the one that is cheaper just because they are just looking for a companion not a showing dog.

01-23-2006, 09:20 AM	#34
val Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: medicine hat,ab Posts: 155	I have a yorkipoo and personally I would not trade her for the world. I also have two other I guess they would be considered mutts as well, one is a terrier cross with a mini dacshound and the other is a cross between a sheltie and a lab. I love the three of them the same. My other two I got from a shelter, and I did not know how big they would get or anything about them, they were the ones that caught my eye. I went looking for a small dog but I fell in love with these. One of them even pooped right in front of me and I still took it home. To me, I do not mind buying a mixed, the reason I did go with a yorkipoo instead of the full yorkie which is what I intended to buy first was because they say they have less congenital diseases than the pure yorkie, it had nothing to do with price or the size or the look. I have friends that would prefer big dogs than the small yorkie one even paid $1500 for a bullmastiff not including all the changes that he had to make to his house. Backyard breeding is going to happen whether we like it or not. I have another friend who has a pure yorkie that died and bought another one paid alot of money and is now considering getting rid of it because it is alot harder to potty train than the first one. What I am wondering is if these purebred's go to the pound will you have to pay more money for them, has anyone ever checked this out in their area. Most people I assume go to a pound so they can get a companion and save a dog from being put down that is why I went there for my first two. I am figuring that if there was a purebred there selling for more expensive and a mixed with half of the breed in it they would probably buy the one that is cheaper just because they are just looking for a companion not a showing dog.