That has been one heck of a situation you have been through. Glad she isn't pregnant and hope you will be getting her spayed as soon as she is stabilized.
Actually your post and experience has a little bit of a teaching element to it from the point of view of being very careful if you are not buying directly from a breeder but from someone who bought from a breeder and now is reselling.
Before anyone should ever entertain doing that, the best thing to do is find out where the dog was originally purchased, name of the purchaser and get in touch with that breeder let the breeder know a Yorkie she sold is being resold. Some breeders aren't going to care but many do.
There are contracts from breeders that do not allow resale or giving a Yorkie to another party. If you are the buyer from someone else who bought it you could lose your dog with no restitution to you from the original breeder, you would have to chase down the person you bought it from and get your money back from them.
Would it all stand up in court? Well, a breeder with that kind of contract would already have the info that it likely would and wouldn't hesitate to haul your butt into court to get the dog back or at the very least be sure your home would be deemed acceptable to the original breeder for you to be able to keep the dog and there would be no question that the original breeder with that kind of contract would go after the original purchaser and enforce all aspects of the original contract.
I have no idea if the original breeder of your dog had such a contract but that is something that exists that any buyer should be aware of. |