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Originally Posted by gemy  [/B]
You must be joking here. Full breeding rights on a show quality pup for $2K well I have not heard of that. Show quality pups do not get placed until 6mths old show promise yes earlier.
And with Yorkies a 3mth old or even older pup don't kid yourself is at best a show promise. The teeth have not matured. The coat is guesswork as well as coloration.
In my breed I have paid out about $4K for a show promise gal. And at 8 wks old for all the forementioned that is what they are. You research your breeder, you weigh, you judge together, the pups development from birth onwards. Then both you n breeder make a very informed as you can be choice at the time. You do what genetic tests there might be for your breed. You sign a very detailed contract that stipulates many things, vet checks, health tests, on going pictures n vids once pup is in your home. You determine before signing contract well what happens if for some reason your dog is not breed worthy. You have shelled out the bucks, what then? Delicate negotiations go on.
Oh and that $4K is at the low end of the spectrum........ |
How things are and how they should be are two different things. I started off by saying the business is a RACKET. 80-90 percent of what you will encounter while trying to find a dog is just smoke in mirrors and people trumping up their situations to get more money. That's what we are talking about here.
We are talking about someone looking for a yorkie as a pet. 90+ percent of ALL DOGS are never going to see the inside of a ring. If you are a hard core breeder/ shower then of course you would probably spend that much and more on a prospect for your program but be honest, no one looking for a dog to go on walks with, snuggle, play ball, needs to be spending anymore than what i said. When the price goes above that then we need to honestly see all of the things you just listed come into play but that is not the case. Most $4000+ dogs are being sold as "teacups" being sold to people trying to live out their Paris Hilton _dog in a purse fantasies.
The dogs you are talking about are often not even listed or available to the general population. Those breeders have waiting lists a mile long and someone like this person here will never encounter them unless they link up with the breeder at a show or they are referred.
But the dogs this person will come in contact with most likely will be $1275 labeled as pick of the litter($200 extra for full AKC of course) 13 weeks old, God only knows what the teeth and coat will end up looking like, hell, they may even be a deceptive "morkie" or "yorkie-poo" that you won't discover till the dog is 4 months and getting curly.