Looking for information on Little Paws Kennel, both pos. or neg. please help!
 

Have you purchased from this breeder or would you?

1st thing I saw was the amount of breeds! I believe it is a puppymill

First of all, the first thing I noticed was that scrolling "Puppies For Sale!" thing at the top of the page...that just didn't sit right with me. Also has an "open for business" sign on their page with hours. Reputable breeders don't breed as a business...they normally have real jobs and breed as a hobby. Also.."Easter Specials"? Just by looking at the home page, i can tell this is a business...dogs should NEVER be a business

Good things.. says they retire breeding dogs at age of 5 :thumbup: Likes to stay in touch with owners :thumbup: Says they remove any dogs that produce health problems from their breeding program (hope they really do) :thumbup: Sells on limited registration only :thumbup: :thumbup:

Bad things:
Health guarantee against only "life-threatening" hereditary problems :thumbdown Big Loophole there..should be guaranteeing against all hereditary problems whether they are life-threatening or not.
Dogs kept in outdoor kennel...LARGE kennel facitily (although looks clean) :thumbdown
Has a "sales and show" room that looks very pet-store like :thumbdown
13 breeds for sale plus designer puppies :thumbdown :thumbdown

Not someone I'd buy from

No I wouldn't and what I see that I don't like is:
I see 3 lbs females. Mix breeds, Chihuahua page MR Furby looks like his coat is badly urine stained which is very sad :( Just way too much going on in the way of puppies for sale. Poor quality dogs being bred to more poor quality dogs.

Deana
Prestigeous

which site?

http://www.littlepawskennel.org/index.html
http://www.littlepawskennel.com/ (the one i was talking about)

I don't think I've ever looked at a site with that many different breeds before. She says many of the right things on her 'about us' section but it isn't reflected in her dogs (I only looked at the Yorkies). With 13 breeds and several sires and dams of each breed, this is a production facility, no matter how clean and modern. For me, there is no substitute for time spent with your animals (adults and puppies) and she has moved waaaay beyond the point of giving individual attention to anyone. :aimeeyork :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :mad:

The littlepawskennel.com has what 12 different breeds and mixes :thumbdown

I wouldn't buy from either and I would recommend people to view the YTCA.ORG to view pics of Yorkies as pups and adults to get an idea of what to look for and you can find breeders in your area on their listing too.

Good Luck

Deana
Prestigeous

I didn't even take the time to look at all the dogs. I saw what I needed to see on the home page and that was enough to turn me off

Yes, it was obvious from the home page. I was just so surprised to find someone with that much (apparent) knowledge would set up such an enterprise. She should have known to put the brakes on this a long time ago. There must be hundreds of puppies born there every year. Though all the pictures showed a clean facility, this is a puppy mill by any definition. :aimeeyork :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa :)

I didn't think much of the looks of the adult yorkies either. They don't look like good representations of a yorkie. JMO

Now i'm thinking http://www.yorky4you.com/

The one I looked at was http://www.littlepawskennel.com/

so many kennels...

http://www.yorky4you.com/


"Parti colored Yorkies" the real deal. The rarest and most sought-after of today's Yorkshire terrier in today's market are the Parti-color Yorkie puppies, due mainly to the unique coloring.

Give me a break!! Thats just lovely.
UGH

Deana
Prestigeous

LOL I have to tell you something funny... I was at a show yesterday and a girl walks up with a parti yorkie. We were in the area where the yorkie exhibitors were set up... She proceeds to tell us what a parti yorkie is like we don't know and has flyers trying to sell puppies! I think partis/biewers are pretty..but I'm just telling this story and saying it's funny because she was walking into an area of yorkie show breeders trying to promote her parti yorkie..she was really asking for it.. luckily for her, most of the exhibitors had already left for the day

LOL Oh to be a fly on the wall. But she would have gotten some feedback I am sure. :)

I actually have no problem with a Beiwer (spelling?)
I think they are cute, but it does bother me parti yorkies/tri yorkies etc.
I considered at one time buying a Beiwer but didn't.

I hate the way they use the rarest, most sought after on the market bla bla bla

Deana
Prestigeous

I do, too. (Out of subject) But I really don't understand how 'rare' breeds cost in the thousands. I mean, you are selling the puppies as a pet so why not just sell as a regular yorkie? Why $5000? Why not $1500? It shouldn't matter that is suppose to be rare, right? Plus, you're continuing making it rare by making it were not many homes are about to get one, only the people that can afford the $4000+.


Anywho, isn't she a member (the person that owns the site)?