[Lovetodream88]

In the US the only reputable registry is the AKC so reputable breeders will only use this and it generally is the best way to know your getting a pure breed yorkie. There are bad breeders that will breed AKC and there are good reputable breeders that will breed AKC. So you have to put more into it then just if they have AKC papers (which you should get even if its limited). You have to look at their lines, how long have they been doing this, what health testing do they do on their breeding dogs, do they breed to standard and so on. Now I will say neither of mine have AKC papers my girl Callie has ACA which is not reputable and my boy Joey has none. I don't love them any less whether they have papers or not but neither of mine came from good breeders and neither are even close to the standard. Callie is 18 pounds with floppy ears and health issues up the wazoo. When I got Joey I got insurance for him because of the fact that Callie had so many issues and I knew nothing about his parents or anything. Joey is almost a year old and 10 pounds with huge ears and tall and skinny and full tail. At the end of the day though certain health issues are kind of a crap shoot and even the most perfectly breed yorkie can have one or more so I would always get pet insurance on any puppy.