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Originally Posted by BisBatt  I have been in the market for a Yorkie pup (as a pet) and over the past few months I have contacted several breeders and also been shopping on the PureBredBreeders website. Yesterday, I wandered into PETLAND and they had two Yorkies - one little guy immediately jumped all over me and then fell asleep in my arms. He was perfect. I've read all about the puppy-mill horrors (regarding PBPUPS.COM and PETLAND) - but now my heart has been stolen.
Petland says the puppy is ACA registered. This is also concerning - even though I will never breed the pup. They are charging 1999.99 - which looks to be around the price point for a pure AKC pup.
I am looking for any words of advice.
I also found a 9 week pup in the classifieds - no papers - 600 quick sale. Should I run? |
I did the same thing as you are describing with Taka, I didn't know about puppy mills and all the bad things about it until after buying Taka and coming to yorkie talk. We paid $1900 for him and we found out he has a soft spot that will not go away since its still the size of a dime and he is 8m old and he has a degenerative bone disease (LCP) we just discovered. I have no idea if he is registered or not since he is from Japan and his papers are in Japanese lol. So my advice.....I wouldn't buy from a pet store. I'm so happy we have him now but if I would've known about all the bad things I probably wouldn't have gotten him. Lily came from a pet store too I think we got lucky with her. I just wanted to get her out of the store she was in, I COULD NOT STAND the condition she was in when we got her it was HORRIBLE! She was so matted that I couldn't even pet her without getting my fingers stuck in her hair.