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Originally Posted by MaWilliams3  I'm not independently wealthy. I, like most of the world's population work, my husband also works, my 2 of 3 of my children work. You can't inflect tone in text, I'm sorry it came across to me as condescending. My question was quite simple. Is it safe. I made it clear that I have considered all ramifications involved in being a pet owner. Thanks for your background story. As I mentioned before, I did not now the breeder was a backyard breeder until I had paid half the cost of the puppy. I'm in it for the long haul, and would appreciate words of wisdom and encouragement as opposed to posts riddled with fear. (Which is different from, hey watch out for this or that) This is my first puppy. I came here for advice. I appreciate any guidance. Thanks. |
You hadn't made it clear that you had considered all the ramifications involved in being a pet owner when I wrote my reply. While you think your question was quite simple, it was too simple for me, I was confused by what it meant so answered in terms of what I thought “safe” might mean and my answers took a financial leaning I guess, but that's probably is more telling of me than you. I too am sorry if that seemed condescending, but I like to know the financial aspect of anything before I commit. I wrongly assumed you would as well. Believe me, I don't give up hours of my week so I can make a member of Yorkietalk angry, I want every possible pet owner to get the dog that's best suited for them. I truly don't know how to answer you since I'm now afraid anything I say will be "riddled with fear." I personally would rather lose half my investment than buy from the backyard breeder. Are you sure the other breeder is reputable? Your first post, “Two pups, different breeds, same age..... same day pick up? (No vacs)” led me to believe that it was one breeder, in later posts you have said it was different breeders, but since neither one is giving shots, I would say neither breeder is reputable. Yorkies should stay with their mothers a minimum of 12 weeks, according to the YTCA and this enables the mother to begin teaching inhibition of the biting reflex and the beginnings of pee pad training. Good mothers literally push their pups to the pads when they smell that the pup has to pee. I would not mix two pups from different kennels together that had no shots, even if you rush them to the vet that very day. Immunizations take two weeks to offer protection, and in fact actually lower the protection at first. If this is your first pup, housebreaking is much harder with the smaller breeds, and someone has to be there to take them out of their crate more frequently. Don’t plan on having a toy dog trained before a year. With two dogs, it’s even more difficult.