[FlyingNimbus]

Originally Posted by rjwalt

Even if they check microchips if a person is surrendering an animal, they will more than likely take their word for it and find the dog a new home. You think they are gonna hunt down a breeder five states away to return a dog to them that they sold 10 years ago and the breeder is gonna take the dog back (from a rescue trying to place the dog) to what? Another rescue to place the dog?

And If you have not looked for a yorkie lately, let me school you on a little factoid....About 75 percent of the yorkies available are not AKC registered. they are purebred but most likely came from AKC registered dogs with limited registration, re-registered with CKC or other registrations that accept limited AKC registration forms to register the dogs on their registry....,now with full breeding rights. Its simple, its not a scam, and its legal.

9 times out of 10 when you see someone walking around loving up on their yorkies, taking care of them when they are sick, playing ball at the park, they came from one of these breeders.... Be cause the breeders that you are talking about have 2-3 year waiting list and that is generally full of other breeders like them. People simply can not afford them or are in the right circles to ever score one.

So the low-key guilt-tripping in every thread, every chance you get on how and where some people got their dogs is a little silly and possibly offensive. We all love yorkies, we all hate the fact that some dogs get sick and some dogs don't have homes, BUT ONCE THE DOGS ARE HERE, THEY NEED HOMES AND CARE. So if you want a yorkie, you have the means and time to take care of them then people need to do what works for them and not be judged for trying to love a dog. Honestly, if someone has a litter of perfectly healthy yorkie pups should people really snub their noses at them while being sold by the breeder? Because they were not genetically tested? And do what, go get a dog from a rescue (because they won't be getting one from the breeders you speak of anytime soon) who is coincidentally from the same type of situation as the little innocent pups? what's the difference other than a few years and possibly damage that you can save these little pups from ever having to go through.

I mean if the person is getting a dog from another country to fit whatever selfish desires they have-- without thoroughly researching the breeder and checking out the facilities and all... Especially if they decided to pay 5k for a grossly over priced dog, poorly bred, etc, and then paid more on top of that to have it sent here