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Originally Posted by yorkieK9trainer If you're still in Missouri, please be sure to steer clear of any/all puppy mills or pet shops (esp. ones that brag that they sell from "USDA kennels" or "private breeders"!). Your state is littered w/ them! More so that any other state in the US! Did you know that?
What's your budget for a pup? PM me if you want a few referrals on breeders, unless you've already gotten that taken care of! 
~Leslie
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I am in Missouri and I do know some very good Maltese show breeders here.
I am a Yorkie show breeder here as well. And I must say not only dowe have puppy mills and BYB's, pet shops ect. but so do many other states...
I think one has to be intelligent and talk to each breeder to see how they do things in order to be cautious when purchasing any type of pet. I was getting my hair done today and my hair dresser has one of my retired champion girls and the lady before me was talking about her 6 mth. old yorkie girl she has. And how she is worried about her only weighing 2 lbs, and her temperment of being afraid of people. When I asked where she bought her Yorkie from it was a breeder in the newspaper in Arkansas. Who has many other breeds and they were out in a kennel building and she picked her little darling... As far as I am concerend she did not do her homework, and even though I said nothing to her, she did buy from a puppy mill. Her husband is a doctor so $$$ could not have been the issue!
There is good and bad everywhere!