How weird. Just today I was in a local feed store (looking at doggy clothes) and I walked in the back because I could have sworn I heard a little Yorkie bark!
Sure enough, when I walked back...there are 2 BIG Yorkie babies in cages for sale! Or they looked "big" to me anyway, as Stedman is already over 8 months old and only weighs 4lbs. I asked the lady how old they were and she said that they were 4 months. These 2 babies had to weigh anywhere from 5-8 lbs easy! They were $900 each.
They were sticking their little paws out of the cages and licking my hands all over. One of them kept staring me down - he watched every single move I made! If I looked the other way, he watched. If I went over to pet the other Yorkie, he watched! He kept giving me that "please take me home look"
Of course, I'm not looking to buy another one (my hubby would probably kick me out of the house
) but I DID feel sorry for them. No one can help but to feel sorry for them. They
looked very healthy (although one needed his/her bangs trimmed from his/her eyes) - but of course you never know "what lies beneath".
I can say that I personally would never buy from a pet store unless I KNEW, FOR SURE,
EXACTLY where the pups came from (which would be very unlikely). HOWEVER, I do not blame anyone who does. One cannot help but wonder what would happen to ALL of these precious puppies if NO ONE EVER bought them. When you are LOOKING for a puppy, and see one of these little guys...sometimes your heart just aches for them so much that it hurts. Sometimes people bond with them right away...sometimes they just KNOW. Again, I wouldn't do it, simply because of all the "what ifs", and because if I DID happen to purchase a sick pup, I'd probably die of heartache - (and I normally don't go and look at the pet shop pups that are for sale for this very reason)...but I say, to each their own.