For Sale and only 5 weeks old!
 

I'm constantly preaching about good breeding practices, responsible pet ownership, choosing a reputable breeder and what does my friend send me this morning? This ad for a puppy for sale that is only 5 weeks old. :eek:

Yorkshire Terrier Puppies for Sale: Baby Boy

How could any reputable breeder think to sell a puppy at this age while claiming to be sick. Isn't that the oldest scam in the books? :confused: Then to add insult to the description they were hoping to "show" him! What responsible exhibitor would put a puppy up for sale at only 5 weeks old :mad: This poor little boy needs to be with his momma until at least 12 weeks old or longer. As a responsible breeder it was my understanding that no matter what happened in your own life (sickness, death, accident, etc.) it is your RESPONSIBILITY to either take care of puppies that you allowed into the world or find another breeder to help you accomplish you duty to momma and the litter she whelped. What is wrong with this picture? :thumbdown


Something is seriously WRONG with this picture! :eek: Sounds like a puppymill to me....they also sell Beagle puppies. :thumbdown

This is sad. It doesn't even have teeth at 5 weeks. If you have ever watched the interaction betweenm puppies and their mommas, it would bring tears to your eyes to think of them being separated this young.

That is my baby boy
 

You and your friend must not be able to read. Does the ad not say "Deposit to hold"? if it doesn't, let me know. I never let my babies go until they are 11-12 weeks and people on here know that. i don't appreciate your attack one bit and as far as claiming to be sick, I am!!!!! I was carried out of my house on July unconcious from vomitting blood from two stress related ulcers. I have been in the hospital five times since then and two weeks ago had surgery or maybve it was three weeks ago. I ended up in ICE with a blood pressure of 58/32 and 75 percent of my blood gone. I had fluids pumped into me as fast as they could get them, four units of blood and two bags of calcuim. I am still not well and gross as it sounds, I am bleeding from my bowels today and probably will be back in the hospital once agaion by dark or tomorrow . NONE of this is any of your business but I have seen you attack people over and over on here and you had better stop attacking me right now. You ought to be ashamed of yourself!!! Scam my arse!!!!!!!!!

Is it even LEGAL to sell a puppy that is 5 weeks old? Jeanie what would you do with a puppy if you were not able to take care of it due to illness? :( I'm wondering if breeders have a backup plan to whelps if her claim of sickness is really true.

OMG this is you :eek: I had NO IDEA........:eek:

As far as whelps, I don't even have a dog breed. I am down to trwo females and one male.

I have family members that would care for them. IfI did not have family, I would be at the mercy of my breeder friends. But I wold not sell them.

I had not told anyone on here about my illness except Wylie's mom and she doesn't even know all the details. I don't post on here anymore or have anything to do with anyone on here. My family and getting well is the most important thing in my life and when you have come as close to dying as I did, all this stuff on here means nothing but I am still appalled you would attack me like you did without knowing the facts and it is a shame I always have to post my personal stuff on here. Also excuse my typos please. I was very very upset when I read your post.

I am sorry to hear that you are not well. I honestly did not read the ad, I just commented on this thread. My Bad. I appologize for adding to your problems.

Thank you. I am just in tears now. Your apology is accepted and appreciated.

Dee, perhaps you could edit your ad to let any potential buyer know that the puppy will not leave until he is 11-12 weeks old? I have reread the ad several times and it is very misleading since that information is missing. I'm sure it will also cut down on phone calls from people who want to pick up a puppy at only 6 weeks and spare you having to deal with them.

:thumbup::thumbup:
good suggestion

Lots of prayers to you. It's a miracle you are here today. You will be in my thoughts and prayers for complete healing from everything you are going through.

Ummm.....I did not "attack" you but you sure are defensive! I'm sorry that you are ill but that still doesn't mean that you can sell puppies at 5 weeks old. she was very excited and wanted to jump at the chance of having a champion sired puppy. If you were planning on selling him "on hold" as you say it should have been made VERY CLEAR in your ad with it was not.

As for not selling on YT any longer, why would that be? I would think that you would have come here first for help. Not only that but YHR did help a breeder last year who was ill and needed a rescue for her female that was ready to have puppies. She surrendered her to the rescue a day after whelping because she was ill and not able to take care of them never once thinking about her profit. The only consideration that she had was the welfare of her dogs.

Prayers are going out to you for a speedy recovery. I'm so very sorry to hear what your going through.

There are several things about the ad that I don't like, besides the fact that it doesn't say when the dogs will be available. It looks like you are selling them at 5 weeks! You also are touting "Champion bloodlines" to me, this is only what a byb says. I warn people to avoid breeders who market their dogs in this way. Also, implying that he has show potential is so very misleading. We're his parent's champions, even if they were, you should know that this doesn't mean the offspring will have show potential. Lastly, although you say you will sell on limited registration, you only mean for this price, you will just negotiate for a higher price if someone wants him as a breeder. A dog either should or shouldn't be bred, and you have no way of knowing at 5 weeks or even 12 weeks if he is breed worthy. This ad sickens me.


I just want to say to all you breeders, and would be breeders, the economy is really bad, people are not buying as frivolously as they were buying two years ago, it is NOT Yorkietalk member's fault that you are not selling your dogs like you once did. I'm sorry so many of you are having financial and health difficulties, I truly am, but I suggest you stop breeding if you need this money to live on.

Thank you, I will go and look. I just assumed people are smart enough to know puppies don't leave that young. And you are right, I have had some phone calls for a puppy NOW and for Christmass. No one gets my babies like that. As far as phone calls, my hubby monitors the phone. We were getting a lot of crank calls from certain YT members so now we let the answering machine pick up. Thanks again.

Sugar's Mom -- I am very sorry you have been sick. No one wishes to add to your illness or misery. I think if you look again, you can see why it might have looked to many that you were letting 5 week old pups go to new homes. Even the "Deposit to hold' line only makes me think of offereing to hold for people who do not want to take possession yet due to Christmas, etc. Maybe you could add to future ads when the pups are available to leave to avoid misunderstandings. Glad you do keep all pups until they are older! Wish you better health in the new Year!

Sorry -- looks like a whirlwind of posts all about the same time resulted in repeated information. I see that you are already looking at revising your ad.

I am very proud of my dogs and am not going to sit here and get into another thread like the review was. I have no doubt several of the same people are going to be along any minute to post. I did not say anything about selling on YT. I said, I don't post or come here much anymore. If you go back and look at the for sale ads, you will be surprised at how few dogs I have sold on here in the past two years. Anyway, you and your opinion of me is just that.

Thank You.

Did I say I would sell on full for a higher price? I think I said I would have to reall get to know the breeder first. perferably, it would be a personal friend. I am done with trying to help breeders.

I don't recall her saying she needed the money to live on. And why wouldn't one describe the dogs pedigree in the ad. It saves from having to tell people later when they ask about it.

She said she is not well and doesnot want to deal with alot of questions. Thatis understandable.

It is not HER fault that the rest of us did not read the last line in her ad.

This is a long time member, not someone who came on to sell a puppy and then leave.

Excusse mee, I did say it is a pet price only.

Dee, I see that I cannot PM you. So PM me if you want to talk.

I'm sorry Sugra's Mom that you're not well. I hope you are feeling better soon! :)

I do however think your ad will make people think this pup will be ready to go home by Christmas. It has a lot of the same qualities that we warn new puppy owners about. At first glance (before you edited it) it sounded like because of you're illness you wanted to find his forever home sooner rather than later. Again, it could be just silly assumptions I made, but that is the impression I got from it.

I see you added he will not leave until 12 weeks old, that's good! And prank calling from YT members is uncalled for.

But right after that, you said "This is a pet price only." That sort of implies it would be a higher price if sold on full registration. Would you be selling at a lower price if it was full registration?

YES!!!!!!!! You said, "only unless
prior arrangements are discussed and I am
comfortable where he is goin his is a pet price
only."

This means you have to be comfortable with where the dog is going, :rolleyes: and pay a higher price, but then he could be bred. Do you put ads to you personal friends on puppyfind? Give me a break.

Seriously, if this was just another breeder, everyone would be outraged, but because it's a Yorkietalk member, all the other breeders will not speak up. This is wrong wrong wrong, and being sick is no excuse.

That's exactly my point!!!

I'm sorry that you have not been well. But to be perfectly honest with you all of your medical emergency I too have dealt with in the past. Actually, I had 5 units of blood and then was DXed with ovarian cancer and had a Total hysterectomy, lost my job, fell and broke my arm in 3 places and went through 6 months of Physical Therapy to recuperate.. But none of that has to do with selling a puppy.

Let me further say that I had NOT IDEA that this was a member of YT who posted such an ad. To me, when I was asked about the ad it was full of red flags. I am NOT going to apologize for a belief system that I follow regarding how a breeder should be chosen. I also an not ashamed of myself for speaking up when I see something that is suspect. There have been plenty of times that others have posted about breeders claiming to be ill and needing to sell their puppies.

I would like to know who the YT members are that would be prank calling your home. Seems pretty childish to me. Do you have proof of this and if you do then you should be naming names .

Lastly, if you are no longer active on YT how was it that within 8 MINUTES of my post that you were defending your actions and verbally attacking me :rolleyes: