[thelittleyorkie]

Pardon me if I don't disclose the name of the breeder--she only has one little pup left so I'm being a teensy bit selfish :P

PROS:
-She posts lots of pictures of the pups
-She posts tons of videos of the pups.
-For her breeding, she has two females and one male. It looks like she breeds each female once a year. She has a couple other females/males, but she retired them. She currently has a younger female and put down a deposit for a male for her "next generation" of breeding.
-She provided me references--I contacted about 3 people and they all had nice things to say about her. Reference A had a 12 week old pup from her, Reference B had a now 4 year old and 1 year old from her, and Reference C had a now 2 year old pup from her. All three references were very pleased with their pups.

-All three references told me that when they saw the pup that the pup appeared very clean and healthy and happy.
-She was very honest and upfront.
-She does aptitude testing.
-She follows up on pups after being adopted and hosts an annual "get-together" event.
-She does vaccinations. No coronavirus/lepto.
-On some old pictures on her FB page she did post pictures of the dam and sire of the pup I'm looking at's AKC registration certificate. It looks completely legitimate.
-She told me in detail about each pup in the litter's personalities. Very informative.
-She requires all potential adopters to fill out an adoption application.
-She posts tons of tips/advice on her FB page about deworming, etc.,
-Reference A said that she reached out to the breeder and that the breeder gave her lots of advice and support about her pup since the time of adoption.
-All adopters were required to sign a contract at the time of adoption. The contract stated that if the adopter was not able to take care of the pup at any time during the pup's life that they would return the pup back to the breeder.

CONS:
-She used to breed lhasa-apsos. However all the lhasa-apsos are now retired. Her boyfriend/fiance/now husband breeds pugs. It seems like she focuses on her yorkie pups/parents and her husband focuses on the pugs/parents.
-Reference A told me that since the breeder lives in an area where hawks/eagles are very common, she didn't let the pups outside much, so the pup that Reference A had was confused with grass the first couple of days, but later got over it.
-Reference C told me that her pup had an umbilical hernia that was fixed at the time of spaying/neutering, and that the breeder took the cost for the surgery off of the purchase price. Reference C told me that she was pretty sure that the umbilical hernia was developed from the mom being too rough with the pup. The mom of her pup is now retired, however.
-The pups DID get sick about a month ago, but she was very honest to me about the situation. She stated that the puppies drank from a black plumber's hose from the water well and that the hose got super warm and probably had some bacteria in it. Her husband also had gotten sick from that. The puppies had diarrhea but she gave them medication and gave them Coccidia and Giardia medicine just in case and their stools went back to normal. She said that they responded very well to the Corid. She said that the pups weren't lethargic while being sick and it didn't affect their playing or eating or drinking and that they had no fever, and that they are now completely healthy and checked out by her vet.
-She did admit to me that she doesn't do any health clearance testing. She said that she would like to but just haven't yet. She told me that so far there haven't been any genetic or health issues with her pups/parents and that the only thing that she can guarantee is that her pups are healthy when they leave her house and that there are no genetic issues that she is aware of. She did invite me to post on her Facebook page to ask if any of her previous buyers have had any genetic or health clearance issues. She mentioned to me that one of her past buyer's pups had been hit by a car (after being adopted) and that the pup needed surgery and that she offered to help raise the funds. Another pup needed hernia surgery and they helped pay for half. She said that if anything happened to the pup she would do her best she could to help with the funds, and that if something happened to the pup she would offer a replacement pup or a refund.

NOT SURE ABOUT/QUESTIONS:
-The sire's lines on pedigreedatabase.com have lines from Koedam's, Ju-Lyn's, and Schroeder's.
-The dam is 7 pounds and the sire is 4 pounds.
-Predicted weight for their pups ranged from 4-5 pounds though on average.
-Pups are AKC Conditional only.
-Parents/pups are fed Royal Canin.