[SoCalyorkiLvr]

I have purchsed four yorkies in the last year. Three I got locally in Califonia but one I purchased from a breeder in Texas.

My Princess Chai was advertised on Puppyfind.com and her picture was sooooo cute...I couldn't resist...unfortunatley about 45 other people felt the same and I had to convince her breeder that my home was the best place for her. She turned me down at first because I had bigger dogs and children. I wrote her a novel via email about my lifestyle, the fact that all of my dogs are extremely well trained and that my youngest child was 13 at the time.

I spent a lot of time with the breeder on the phone and email and I spoke directly to her vet who raved about her. I could tell from the fact that she wouldn't let her go until she was 15 weeks and 2 lbs and had a heath certificate from the vet as well as how many instructions she gave that I could trust her.

I would suggest using a Puppy Escrow to avoid scams regarding money in long distance transactions if you are not sure.

I was looking at a puppy some time later from another breeder near Dallas and I asked a fellow YT member if she would go check her out for me but that never happened. That might be an option is to have someone from YT go see the conditions, parents, puppies etc and maybe even take video and pictures!!

Good luck!