I've turned many away, but one sticks in my head more than the others. A very nice gentleman came to the house to see the babies and in the two hours he and his adult daughter were there, he asked 17 times how difficult it was to housebreak a yorkie.

After the 5th time, my mind went blank and all I could think of was, what would happen to my babies if they were to pee in his house. I'm sure they were wonderful people, but I couldn't get past that.

I'm never in any hurry to place my pups, they already have a good home with us. :)

return of a pup
 

i remember once someone called the evening of the the day they took the pup home. he complained because the puppy was "too noisey and was biting". then he said he's like to return the puppy in the morning w/a partial refund. i said, "how about a FULL refund and i come get the little guy TONIGHT?"

good grief... :eek:

hardwood or pergo (sp) works well too. :D

There is also this carpet that Lowes and Home Depot sells taht you put down yourself and it comes in squares so if you get a bad stain you can replace the square AND if it isn't bad you can just take up the stained square and clean it. It's very expensive though but that's what I want to get when we can afford it. I think it would be ideal with dogs!!! I checked a few months ago and it was going to be like 650 to do a 14x16 bedroom in our house. Comes in lots of different colors too and you can make patterns in it. Supposed to be really easy to put down. It's my dream carpet :D

that's sounds heavenly! is it pretty soft? or does it depend on the padding?

It's soft and the padding is on the back of each carpet panel already. You can add extra padding though I think. The quality of the carpet itself is very nice!!! It's not plush but more like a berber carpet. I love it! I think it comes in a poop and pee shade too :D Here is the link for Legato that Home Depot carries....Lowes carries same thing but different company and colors. :

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS...339-home_depot

That link was supposed to take you to the exact page but it didn't work....think it was too long. find the carpet link and look at the Legato.

thank you! this is totally cool :cool: i'm emailing it to my husband right now. we have no carpet in the downstairs bedrooms nor in the family room. i was waiting for hardwood. this may be quite the alternative. ;)

Pee on a carpet....Oh PLEASE....with 3 pups running around I definitely know about pee on a carpet....With having to sell one of my pups I keep telling my husband it would be much easier keeping him than trying to find a family for him...i will be soooo picky about where he goes,,,,I have put off advertising him in hopes of my husband changing his mind..... I just this weekend visited a little 1.2 oz yorkie (at 10 weeks) that was sold to a family with two kids age 2 and 4...and i thought OMG what was this breeder thinking about....obviously not the pup just the money!!!! Children will be one of the reasons for not selling the pup...I do have two children of my own age 9 and 11 and they are extremely well behaved and very good with the pups...but I know how some children can be....MY own sister wants one of the pups and I won't sell her one I keep telling her she can't afford it...but I have my other reasons!!!

children between the ages of 1-7 can be well behaved but just normal. KWIM? they're just being kids...which is not a good match for smaller breeds.

Refusal to sell? Mini is due her first whelp in 3-4 days and I've already turned down 5 people who wanted me to "promise" them a baby. One lady at a town festival is "dying" for a female, then hands me her Yorkie Breeder card! Mind you, my babies are PETS, not baby making machines. Another with a 2 year old child ... NO! One with other (larger) dogs, Poms ... NO! One with no fenced yard ... NO! And one, buying the puppy as a gift for someone else! ... NO! Actually, I may not find acceptable buyers ... who will supply me with 3 references and let me inspect their home, LOL!!!

I have refused to sell puppies and allow stud service. Sometimes it is things that they say- sometimes things they don't say- it can be a tone of voice or an attitude that they have.



Kathy

true...true...

you have BEAUTIFUL dogs btw! :aimeeyork

Have any of you breeders thought you could get sued for discrimination by refusing to sell to certain individuals?

Elizabeth

Discrimination was not done- So I have never worried or lost any sleep about it.

Males are $1000, females
$1200, including shots, microchipping, tails docked, dew claws removed, CKC
registered, health guarantee, etc.

what are your opinions on that?

OMG I am sitting here reading through this thinking why would anyone get carpet
and continue getting carpet if they are a breeder???

good question!

as for me, no...not at all. as a breeder if i look-out for the best interest of the dog & buyer/family i believe that would hold-up in a court of law.

I plan to follow my Mini's Breeder way of selling - except I will not sell Mini's babies at 5 weeks as she does. But they will have their shots, no micro-chip, AKC Litter Registered (that's new and I don't know quite how it works), tails docked and dew claws removed at 3 days old and, dependent on who I sell to and size of puppy, I will not limit right to breed. Mini's Breeder knew I wanted to breed her with Mickey, and she helped me choose Mini as good breeding stock ~ I'll follow her lead.

I would think if you had signed papers agreeing to a sale there could be a lawsuit but
if it's just one persons word against another, I can't see how that would ever hold
up?? Don't know but I'd still refuse!!

Discrimination? Sued? No ... No more than the State Services to Children and Families or any other adoption agency gets sued for discrimination in choosing acceptable parents.

Good question. My excellent (20 year) Breeder in Modesto, CA told me she has raised her rates to $800 male and $900 female - from $750. Portland, OR start at about $1500! Los Angeles, CA look like $2500! I'll probably go with Mini's breeder rates ... higher for a tiny if I get one. But I'm in a very rural area on the South Coast of Oregon. We drove 10 hours to pick up Mini! I won't ship by air, but if I did it would mean a five hour drive to Portland.

Both Mini and Mickey (he's from San Diego County) are AKC registered from champion stock ... she's 5lbs and he's 3.5lbs ... she's stocky (good breeding stock) and he's much smaller, fine boned, beautiful long coat. So it's very exciting ... this first litter experience!

DOH!! LOL :lol tears

personally, i think that's a SWEET deal!

I'm not a breeder but when looking for Gus, I came accorss a very nice lady to had sold one of her puppies to one of her friends. Rosie, I will always remember Rosie! She was just a tiny little thing. At 10 monthes she was only 1.6 lbs. Anyway,,, her friends husband was a drinker. And was trying to get it under control. Well while on the phone with her friend she over heard her friends drunk husband yelling at Rosie and Rosie crying soon after him yelling. So she hung up the phone, went to the bank to pull out the money in the amount they had paid, went to thier house gave them thier money back and took Rosie back. She ended up keeping her and even though these people didn't have the puppy that long and she recued her, Rosie still is a very nervous and scarde dog and has a hard time with strangers especially men.

Yes I feel the breeder has every right! They have to make sure these precious babies to go right homes. I give good breeders alot of credit. It would be so hard for me to go though what they go though. the problems that can and do happen. Whelping, dead pups, sick pups, winging out potentail buyers. And most of all letting a puppy go. I couldn't do it! My hat's off you guys. :bravo:

I am confused what does this post have to do with the refusal of selling a puppy- did I miss something.

i was wondering the same thing but i'm new so i chilled. :cool:

LOL!!!!

Sounds like we had some ADD and got off the topic. Seems to happen sometimes. LOL