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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I am surprised as well in that the OP said it is a specialist. But..hey what do I know?
I would never breed a yorkie. People all have the same story about how their pups are never going to be homeless....I have yet to meet a breeder say there is a risk of his/her pups being homeless. OP you are a breeder now, so this includes you. All I can say to that is that I am never without foster pups and there are sadly so many more yorkies who we are unable to assist....on a daily basis. They ALL came from breeders....you know, the ones whose pups would never end up homeless.  |
There is always a risk in that the pups I have bred, despite stringent contract obligations, might be sent to a shelter without notifying me. So it is all not all one way or one-sided.
I do wonder, how many of the foster pups you get in, you contact their breeders, if that information is available to you when you rescue these pups? Do you even try to search for the breeder of the rescued pup? Look at microchip information that just may have the breeders name as second contact? Do you look up the AKC registered name of the pup, which should have the breeders name on both the sire and the dam?
When a family/person voluntarily surrenders their dog to you at 5 or 7 or 9 years down the road, do you try to find out from the family the breeders name, addy, and phone number? Do you ask that family what their contract provides, if indeed they have one with the breeder?
Just wondering how rescues go about researching the history of the dog they agree to take in.