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Originally Posted by yorkieK9trainer "Or, do they think that just because they buy their puppies from a broker, that "technically" the puppies come from a broker, so in reality they are not really buying directly from a puppymill?"
ABSOLUTELY! This is the case more often than not. Puppy stores are trying to get around all the new education that that canine populous is putting out there warning potential puppy buyers about puppy mills and so on. SO, they'll often advertise exactly what you witnessed OR they'll sweeten the deal by saying that "These puppies come from private homes (or private breeders)"
And of course while it sounds good, it often just means back yard breeders or hobby breeders who have no care in the world for what they're producing. It's more quantity than quality. The most important thing actually I think is that the puppy's are cute and initially healthy and how many they can produce like this. They often don't care what the Yorkie matures into (including the health issues) and just how closely it resembles the AKC standard. |
That's true about not caring about the standard b/c (and I can't believe he told me the truth) the guy at the store told me that his Yorkie was going to be bigger than mine. Well, Baby is already 7+lbs and I know the standard is up to 7. So, if that Yorkie was going to be bigger than Baby, the person he bought that Yorkie from did not breed for standard.
Oh, another thing was that the dog was "only" $1300. Most petstores around here charge over $2000 for a Yorkie. Maybe he did get the dog from a local backyard breeder or this puppy didn't have papers.
But it still doesn't excuse that sign.
