Originally Posted by Lolasmom1211
(Post 2535266)
I have replied to a thread similar to this one in the past ~ I can speak to this from experience from buying a puppy from Glenda and buying from a broker, all within one year.
I found my Lola in March of last year upon the recommendation of friends. I think I was probably your typical "pet" buyer. I had no experience with Yorkie Talk, I didn't even know this sight existed...We drove for about an hour outside of Houston to look at Yorkie puppies and there was Lola - tiny and beautiful and I fell in love. After I got Lola, I found this site and have learned so much. I learned that the people that I had bought Lola from were "brokers" and I had no idea where Lola had really come from....As much as I loved Lola, it seemed like she missed having another puppy to play with, so I began to do my homework on finding a reputable breeder on Yorkie Talk. All I ever read, at that time, were wonderful praises about Glenda Beaver and her puppies. I contacted Glenda and after several lenghthy coversations with her, purchased a male from her in 8/08. We named him Harley and even bought another male for my daughter from Glenda in 11/08. All that I can tell you is that the two males we purchased from Glenda Beaver have been the most perfect, healthy little puppies I have ever been around. They are happy, well adjusted, have hearty appetites, are friendly, social, and not to mention, the most absolute beautiful little males you have ever seen.....and believe me, I do know the difference. I have just returned from flying my female, Lola, to Dr Tobias at University of Tennessee. She had a liver shunt and it was also discovered that she had luxating patella in both knees....This was the female I had bought from a broker in the Houston area, so you see, I personally do know the difference! After many thousands of dollars, liver shunt surgery and many tears later, there is NO QUESTION about the quality of Glenda Beaver' s puppies. She breeds QUALITY!
Forgive my ignorance and inexperience, like I said I am faily new at all of this Yorkie stuff. I don't profess to be a expert by any means, but isn't the main complaint with puppy mills the way that the puppys are kept during their life, their quality of life, their puppies being taken from them too young, and the transport of the puppies after they are born? Glenda certainly has above standard living areas for her dogs and is certainly not transporting them across the country in nasty, dirty, horrible trucks. She is not ripping them away from their mothers at a young age. Regarding shipping after hernia surgery, would the vet or airline have certified them fit to fly if they were not? I know I had to have a health certificate to fly Lola both to and from her surgery in Tennessee. Unless there was some conspiracy between the vet, Glenda and the airlines, I don't know how that would be possible. How someone can even compare her to puppy mills, seems uneducated and ignorant to me. It reeks of envy and jealousy for her success in breeding the dogs that she does. They are perfect little Yorkies. If you are trying to say that all breeders on Yorkie Talk or elsewhere "screen" each of their potential buyers to make sure that they are placing them in a perfect home, I just don't believe that. I think some may, but not all, and a lot of times these little puppies are bought as gifts for others...how do you screen for that. I think everyone is doing the best they can and unless there is obvious, first hand abuse(such as puppy mills) maybe, just maybe, some should reserve judgement. I know I am getting off topic, but I like the others that personally have one (or two) of Glenda's puppies, do not understand the vicious, judgemental attitude of some towards her. As I have said before, I think Glenda will survive this latest attack also...her product stands on it's own. There is a chance that if Glenda did ship to an A rated pet store that just possibly that they had a pre-screened client that they were buying for...how do we know what the circumstances were? It certainly does not sound ideal, but I can vouch that I innocently went with the best intentions to buy what I thought was the perfect Yorkie back in March of last year when I got my sick, little female....if only I had gotten one of Glenda's dog's first...how much easier this road would have been. I hesitate to even post this because I am sure that I will be met with such anger and wrath, but I do feel the need to pass on my personal experience. If someone that has had a negative PERSONAL experience with one of Glenda's dogs were to post, maybe then these posts would not seem so politically motivated...I just have never, ever seen anyone that has personally bought one of her dogs EVER post one negative thing about her or her dogs.
I just remember what my mother always reminded me ~ "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone".....
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