Exactly. We want to be careful where we place our babies. If they have children we try our best to be sure the children understand and respect animals and how to handle small yorkies.
We had someone at our home looking at a puppy a few weeks ago, she didn't even hold a puppy. Her children (son and daughter) were young (about 4 - 5 yrs old) and they were holding the puppies (we handed the puppies to them while they were sitting). We were very careful about this situation as the woman asked questions but didn't seem interested in the puppies themselves. Adalaid walked up to her on the couch and sat next to the woman and she more or less ignored Adalaid.
I just didn't get a good vibe from her not to mention some other issues such as her telling me her lab would dig under her fence and they wouldn't realize it was gone until hours later. After we put the puppies back her son (about 4 yrs old) decided to jump up and down on our couch while she asked us questions. She saw him and didn't say anything, just keep talking to us.
Meanwhile I was watching the behavior and decided I didn't want to place one of my babies with her. I gave her a strong indication that I didn't think a yorkie would be a good dog for her situation. I think she understood the point because she was like "Oh, um, ok" and left.
I don't care what she would have offered either. A couple offered us $10k for Brydei from our last litter (they bought Bentley and wanted another puppy). We already had decided to keep Brydei for future breeding and had to decline the offer. We did arrange an agreement between our co-breeder (who had received Briar as a stud service fee) and the family, to sell them Briar.
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