I didn't vote as I am truly confused about his breeder. I have always had rescue dogs when I was single. Got married, hubby wants only yorkie if I am ever to have a dog so I search for one. I tried yorkie rescues first, but they have all the condo crappy rules so I was never even considered then I gave up, tried to adopt from a few other rescues with small breeds because I stay in a condo. I wasn't even picky, anything will do; shih-tzu, mix small breeds etc and I talked hubby in to it which he agreed but again I was rudely put on the side a few more times I got so demotivated so I started looking to buy a puppy...I just couldn't go on for long without a dog. I know never to buy from pet stores because they come from puppy mill and I kind of have a rough idea about backyard breeder but this as everyone knows is hard to differentiate. The story was we actually responded to an ad online. We visited his house after hubby got back from work and reached there like 12am at night or should I say morning. I never got to see Siu Pao's parents because they say it was very late and they were sleeping. Siu Pao looked okay to me (actually very cute
), only a little scruffy, sleepy and a little timid but I thought it is because he is sleepy at 12am and I am a stranger. I really love him when I first saw him and I do not want to leave him there so I had to bring him home and I did. We got him to the vet for a check-up the next morning and he was healthy accept that he needs a little ear cleaning and a bath. The thing that puzzles me is, after I got him, from the same website I got Siu Pao from with the same email and name of the breeder, I saw he has another 2 puppies up for sale. One is a Yorkie at 8 weeks old (my Siu Pao is 12 weeks old at the same time) and another Maltese pup can't remember 8 or 12 weeks old....So really, what is he? I really don't know but he does know a lot about dogs and breeding and what to feed and he answers my emails after the fact but he never follow-up with me to know anything about Siu Pao. Now, if I am a breeder, I would want to make sure the after sale that my pup is well taken care of. Sorry this is long but maybe someone can tell me what his breeder actually is? A backyard breeder?