Brokers can also pose as "Breeders" too........I bought my male online, thinking
I was buying him from a Breeder, later on through paperwork research. I found out that she was actually a Broker, she had bought him from an actual Yorkie Breeder (for peanuts) and re-sold him and many others on her website.
But in my first conversation w/her she claimed she had bred him herself.
She lied through her teeth about his weight, (he would only be 4.5 lbs. and he's now a whopping 10 lbs.) she lied about his Bloodline (There were no Champions in the past 3 generations anyway) she lied about his age (He was 5 months old not 12 weeks). It took me a whole 2 yrs. before I finally got his AKC. papers to Register him, I had to pay her an extra $300.00 just to get them from her, not to mention the late fees from the AKC. That's how I found out. But she also claims that she breeds her own too?
I met a Local Yorkie Breeder @ my Vet. he was getting "Health Certificates"
to ship his 5 puppies and he claimed that another Yorkie Breeder bought them all and he gave them a discount for taking them all so he could be done with them at once. (How convenient) He was bragging about it and trying to talk me into doing the same. It turns out that his "Mother" was the Breeder not him, he was just running an errand for her, he's actually only a Groomer @ Petsmart. (That was embarassing fo me) So apparently i'ts very common.
That sucks that it all boils down to money. Unfortunetely you can't trust anyone these days. It's sad that the Breed I love and admire the most
"Yorkies" have all this controversy, but I'm sure they do it with all the other Breeds too?