What do you think of this breeder?

[PrestigeousYT]

Thanks
I think once I can get off the meds I will feel even better.
Some meds make me crankie LOL

Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies

[EmrldShdwQueen]

Originally Posted by PrestigeousYT

Thanks
I think once I can get off the meds I will feel even better.
Some meds make me crankie LOL

Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies

Shoot I can understand that...right now I'm battling the flu, a sinus infection, laryngitis, and double ear infections... I hate using this word but it's the only one that comes to mind: this sucks!

[Rae Rae]

I would never pay that much for an "accidental breeding" mix. I don't understand why she is charging that much!

[PrestigeousYT]

I agree and I would never buy a mix, I would rescue one

Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies

[EmrldShdwQueen]

Originally Posted by PrestigeousYT

I agree and I would never buy a mix, I would rescue one

Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies

Same here, we have a mix at home, but she was a rescue. As cute as some of them are, there's still just mutts...

[bjh]

There are a lot of people that charge, what I consider, outrageous prices for 'designer' dogs and purebred dogs. If someone has loads of money and nothing better to spend it on then I guess that is their business if they want to spend it on a overpriced dog but I think it is wrong for breeders to mislead people into thinking they are getting something great or 'unique' when in reality they are just getting an overpriced dog. But, there are many, many people out there that think $500 to $1000 is an outrageous price for a Yorkie. Did ya'll hear what some of those Super Bowl tickets were going for......thousands of dollars to see a silly game.....some people just have money to blow.

[EmrldShdwQueen]

Originally Posted by bjh

There are a lot of people that charge, what I consider, outrageous prices for 'designer' dogs and purebred dogs. If someone has loads of money and nothing better to spend it on then I guess that is their business if they want to spend it on a overpriced dog but I think it is wrong for breeders to mislead people into thinking they are getting something great or 'unique' when in reality they are just getting an overpriced dog. But, there are many, many people out there that think $500 to $1000 is an outrageous price for a Yorkie. Did ya'll hear what some of those Super Bowl tickets were going for......thousands of dollars to see a silly game.....some people just have money to blow.

Well, I certainly don't... lol

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by PrestigeousYT

I agree and I would never buy a mix, I would rescue one

Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies

Same here...if I wanted a mix, I'd only go through a rescue, shelter, or get one being rehomed. I certainly wouldn't buy one for any price from a breeder.

[meglaulanmar]

Your posts are well put. I like my yorkie, boston and min. schnauzer (all pure breeds) but I loved my mutt I had my whole life just as much. BUT people who are involved in trying to come up w/ new breeds (labradoodle is probably the biggest right now) are charging large prices, but I know of one in my neighborhood that everyone seems to have bought from and they are sooo very passionate about creating a breed standard (just as so many have in the past). I think the intent of the breeder has to be looked at. Accidents happen but if the litters cost as much as everyone seems to thing (where they are making no money at 1500-3000 per puppy) then it only makes since that she wouldn't give them away. She shouldn't have to pay for her workers mistakes out of her own pocket when their are a lot of people in search of morkies. (again... just following some people line of logic...not necc. what I believe). If the person is just into designer dogs to make a profit it is another story. I think a lot of people are doing it ...not to come up w/ another breed...not because of an accident... just because people will spend a fortune on the "designer" dog label. Which is freaking crazy!

[lil miss molly]

Originally Posted by EmrldShdwQueen

Same here, we have a mix at home, but she was a rescue. As cute as some of them are, there's still just mutts...

I am with you there are enough mixed breeds being put down every day why take the possibility of rescue away from one of those dogs by mixing breeds on purpose just to try to make a buck.

[lil miss molly]

Originally Posted by bjh

There are a lot of people that charge, what I consider, outrageous prices for 'designer' dogs and purebred dogs. If someone has loads of money and nothing better to spend it on then I guess that is their business if they want to spend it on a overpriced dog but I think it is wrong for breeders to mislead people into thinking they are getting something great or 'unique' when in reality they are just getting an overpriced dog. But, there are many, many people out there that think $500 to $1000 is an outrageous price for a Yorkie. Did ya'll hear what some of those Super Bowl tickets were going for......thousands of dollars to see a silly game.....some people just have money to blow.

I dont think that is an outrageous price for a healthy quality dog but I do think Its outrageous that some breeders charge astronomical prices for their dogs that are just as good a quality and as healthy as someone who charges $500-$800.

[cutiepieyorkies]

well in my eye's they should just be placed if you are a show breeder you need to stick to the akc reg

i would not openly want to tell everyone i had an oops can make other's wonder!!


they are just that an oops and should be placed as oops not charge a big price for them maybe 200 or 300 to cover shot's etc but that would be it

i know another show breeder that has an oops every now and than makes me wonder

but i only have yorkies so i dont know about oops happening

[MindieRose]

Originally Posted by bjh

While I only have Yorkies and I do not and would not crossbred I do realize that most all breeds that exist in the world today were started by doing exactly that. The Yorkie would not exist unless some BYB, as they would be called today, did not decide to cross a Waterside Terrier with a English or Manchester Terrier and then later with the Paisley Terrier and the Clydesdale Terrier. New breeds are still being developed and recognized by AKC even today. Now, while this breeding was accidental and was not done with the intention of creating a Morkie, if the breeder is an ethical breeder, she will still spend the same amount of money caring for the bitch through her pregnancy, and caring for the puppies. I agree that $1200 is high for a crossbred pup but I don't think people should necessarily give their dogs away because some people that are just given a dog don't seem to give them as much care as they do if they paid for the dog. Also, as you expained, she was not advertising them as Morkies, she just told you about the accidental breeding and that she had the puppies available.

Now, to me the most unethical thing, if I am reading you correctly, you said she told you she "also breeds others to achieve the 'tiny baby doll look not found in the standard representations of the breed". It sound like she might be purposely breeding tiny Yorkies without consideration of the Yorkshire Terrier Standard. She is most likely not a member of the YTCA and could very well be in it just for the money but it is still possible that she has beautiful, healthy dogs. I, myself, would never pay that kind of money for a pet Yorkie.

I think this was a very good post. If people stuck to only breeding purebred dogs hundreds of years ago, we wouldnt even have yorkies, or that many breeds at all for that matter.

[kelkiss5]

People always say that if anyone wants a mixed breed (mutt), then they should go and get 1 form a shelter. But in reality people who want a Morkie, and other designer dog, want these dogs specifically for the way they look. So I guess if there is a market for the designer dog, well some people are gonna breed them. Over here In Ireland the disigner dog market hasnt hit us yet. I guess it will soon. But I prefer to stick to my Yorkies.