wut is ur Morkie's name?? can u post pictures??

well I got lucky with my precious Brownie, My inlaws had her mom she was a full blood chi well they wouldnt take my advice and get her spayed so of course she ended up pregnant. but by what we had no idea, well I had to rush her mom to the emergency vet at 8:00 at night when she went into labor cause the first pup was stuck my inlaws said ohwell just let her be what ever happens will happen. I said the puppy will die and she may also well I did what I thought was best and took her to the emer vet, she lost the first pup but had 3others they were all so cute. But I fell in love with the runt her and litter mates were so mean to her and never let her nurse and would fight with her so I took her and hand raised her since I am a stay at home mom. Well I paid about 150 (my hubby was not happy but now he loves her as much as me.) for her moms visit to the vets but I will say I ended up with the most beautful little girl ever and she is so loyal and loveing to me and my family.. she is now 2yrs old and still the love of my life. But I now would pay alot of money if I could get another just like her.. She is the best here are a few picts. The other 2 had really course thick hair like a terrier, but she was always soft and fluffy.
She is the Little Brown one... like 4wks
she is still brown..
she is a year and changed alot.
she is 2 and so pretty and where did all that hair come from??? (I only wish I knew what her daddy was.)

i know a wonderful breeder. she has female black yorkie-poo pups available. email her at Michaeldp44@ wmconnect.com.

she's absolutely adorable.

I've never heard that but thanks for the info. I have a siberian husy/german shepard mix that is about 9 years old but acts like he's 4. The vet was amazed at how young and healthy he seemed. He said that usually you will never see a germ. shep go over about 10 years but he wouldn't be surprised if Bosco went well over that (this was a year ago). So if you're right that would explain it.

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On the mix breeds I'm not against it in the least. I don't know that I would set a price necessarily (I would set a price on what I was willing to pay for any pup but not a price on what I would pay b/c it was mixed). I understand that you don't want to get taken and this is prob why you are asking to get a general price range of what would be a good price for a mixed pup. With the "designer dogs" craze now I believe the prices are probably going up and people are taking advantage of the situation but its not any different than a purebred small dog (pocket dogs or purse dogs or teacups). I think small dogs in general have become a craze. Everyone comes down hard on the price of mixed breeds but hey there are a lot of purebred yorkies that have cost quite a pretty penny themselves.

I think as long as you find someone you can trust to get the pup from and you are getting what you want (a healthy pup of the breed or breeds that you want) then whatever you are willing to pay if a perfect amount. If you are only willing to pay 100 dollars and you find a pup you like for that then get it, if you are willing to pay 1000 dollars....Only you can really say what the pup is worth to you.

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There are pics of him on here.. I would put them on this post but they are too big and I dont know how to resize them... Look under my name and the thread is im getting him tomorrow!! under general yorkie!

seh0422 I think she's beautiful. Kind of looks like father might have been a maltese. I do not know if it is a true fact or not myself but I have heard that puppies in a litter can be sired by more than one father. I'm not saying this right. Ok, if you have 2 puppies in a litter, they can each have a different father. So I have heard.

I wouldn't pay for a mixed breed. There are plenty of them for free out there. I would be getting it because it would be a pet, not a designer fad.

:) Lady of Yorkies thank you she is the best little girl I am totally in love with her . she is a little yappy and moody with new people but will warm up and you better be ready to sit and have her in your lap when she gets use to you. She is a big (10lbs)baby.. And has adjusted to her new yorkie brother 16wks and sister 19wks really well I am so proud of her. :D

the nsal(north shore animal league) truck comes by petland i went on there and there were little shepard mix puppies the adoption fee was $200
the kitten adoption fee was $75

Flakes, that was a great post!!!!! Very well thought out and to the point.

I sooo agree with post #20 and #36!!!

I paid $450 for my Yorkie/Maltese mix. Worth every penny! :D

Anyone with that mix want to share pictures? I'd love to see them!

Monique

i would love to see pictures...obviosul u can see rex through my avator...i PMed u my email

I agree. I paid $1,000 for Codie and $1,200 for Katie (they gave me a HUGE discount on Katie because I was buying 2 dogs from them - she was originally $3,500). However, if I fell in love with ANY dog of ANY breed, I would spend whatever is necessary to buy that dog. If they were going to charge me the full price of $3,500 for Katie, then I would have paid it. I fell in love with Katie the minute I saw her and it was the same with Codie. I know a lot of people are not keen on mixed breeds, but I happen to like Maltepoos (Maltese/Poodle mix). If I was ever going to purchase a Maltepoo, I would be willing to spend whatever is necessary to find the perfect one for my family.

I don't believe purebreeds are "superior" to mixeds breeds. To me, a dog of ANY breed or mix is a FAMILY COMPANION and should be treated equally. It would be wrong of me NOT to buy a dog because it "isn't worth $500 because it's a mixed breed." I could never put a price on my dogs because to me they are priceless.

I agree. But it's also really a matter of preference. I volunteer at a no-kill shelter and I see hundreds of sweet dogs with no homes everyday. I was thinking of gettind a third Yorkie and I've been on www.petfinder.com almost everyday, looking to see if there are any new ones available (since there are none at my shelter). The problem w/ some people adopting at shelters is that there isn't always the type of dog that they're looking for in reference to size, color and temperament. For example, I've seen many people come in and look for a poodle. But they are only interested in a black haired, female who weighs about 3 lbs. While a black poodle is not hard to find, perhaps all 3 of those traits together are. Or maybe they are looking for a black male Lab who is around 2-3 years old. But we only have female labs. We don't have 20 different types of 1 particular breed at our shelter - we have maybe 1 or 2, plus a large amount of other dogs. So that is a common problem. People have set in their mind what exactly they are looking for. If I ever did get a Maltepoo, I would want one that looks like a Maltese but in the apricot color. Now that is a hard dog to find. One like that has never come into my shelter. So if I REALLY wanted one right away, I'd have to go to a breeder to get it. But since I am in no rush to buy another dog, I am taking my time to browse Pet Finder until I see one that grabs my eye.

I did try to adopt a little Yorkie in FL but they would not allow it because they said I'm too far away. I'd be willing to drive (or fly) a great distance to adopt a pet. But if I happen to find a mixed breed available to buy, then I would do that too. I am 100% for adoption - that's why it is taking me so long to buy a third dog. I'm just on the lookout for the right one.

i just wanted to say to me theres a huge difference in a mutt and a mixed dog a mutt is mixed with so many breeds you have no idea what it is thats what 80% of dogs in the shelter are ..me personally i like to know at least one breed my dog is the mixed breed thats being breed by reponsible breeds and puppymills are 2 great breeds some of them with great backgrounds it not like there mixing mutts with mutts yes some puppy mills are doing this but not everyone breeding them are puppymills

for all of you that are saying go to a shelter if you can find a mixed breed thats still a puppy with NO health problems then i will adopt it and im sure everyone else that agrees with mixed breed would too there are not many i shouldnt have to wait for some moron that puts there dog in a shelter to make a dog apart of my home and family
anyways this is my OWN opinion

I also forgot to mention in my last post that (as almost everyone knows) a lot of shelter dogs have come from abusive/neglectful situations. Many people are not willing to "train" and help these dogs get over their fears. People want dogs who have not been emotionally (and sometimes physically) abused. My mom adopted a cat from my shelter and the cat was positive for feline lukemia. Plus, when she came in she had SEVERE burn marks all over her body. The vet said they looked like burn marks from cigarettes. This cat was WILD and would never allow anyone to pet her, let alone hold her. It took my parents a LONG time to help their cat come around but after about 2 years, she finally became a sweet, docile little cat. But normally a cat like that would have been euthanized because she was just too wild to be placed. The shelterd only allowed my parents to adopt her because I worked there and begged them. I just couldn't stand to see her all scared and in a cage.

Sorry that I digressed. hee hee But I was just trying to point out another reason why sadly some people do not want to adopt from shelters.

I paid $350 for moose and she is a yorkie-poo (yorkie poodle mix). I wouldn't trade her for the world and the purpose mix thing really didn't bother me. I wanted a yorkie a bit bigger than Lil Bear but also loved poodles just not the pointy noses so I now have the best of both worlds. :animal36

Also I first tried adopting from shelters but I have severe allergies to most dog breeds so the limits that brought made is difficult and I wasn't able to find many of the small dogs that got along with other dogs. Then I tried yorkie, bichon, and poodle rescue groups I got nothing but heartache from ALL of them. Things like "well you can't adopt because you still live at home your parents have to adopt the dog" to "oh, your 27 well you might have kids one day and you won't take care of the dog then."

It bothers me that I wasn't able to rescue a dog, but I also think if I didn't get moose she might not have sure the good life if someone else woulf have gotten her.

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I searched for over two years for a dog and was turned down by the SPCA and pure bred breeders because I am not home all day. It didn't matter that I was going to take 10 days off when I got him and I live 5 minutes from work and that I had arranged for mid morning and mid afternoon visits from my husband with a noon time visit from the both of us. I found a mix breed (Lhasa Yorkie) In Quebec (I live in Nova Scotia) for $499 (he is now priceless!). I flew up to get him in June when he was 11 weeks old, and we couldn't be happier. He slept the whole way home in the plane. I don't know how to attach a picture but he's just the cutest, sleeps in his carrier at night with no complaints, has been excellent at housetraining, and only barks when he plays which I was so worried I would get a "barker".

I think Mixed breeds are cute and would pay whatever I felt like a fair amount would be for one.

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I mentioned I didn't know how to attach a picture - Buddy's in the basket on the home page of where I got him in Quebec.

When I was originally looking for a yorkie mix, I would see them for $700-$900. I guess the expense is worth it to someone that wants the dog.

i payed 350 for my pomeranian/yorkie mix back in january. i wouldn't mind paying as much as i paid for my yorkie. they are still a part of my family and that's all that matters :)

good luck on your search :)

Check out this site!!! I love it!!!! Sometimes they have YorkiePoos
http://imagegallery.webspawner.com/gallery.asp

Tauni

I just went back and noticed the brown ones are yorkie poo.

Yes this is exactly how I feel... I have been to those shelters a lot and there are sooo many cute babies there. I have a lab mix, gentle as anything and brilliant with kids, a border collie mix, lots of fun.. smaller then a normal border collie, brilliant with kids and gentle as anything, and then I rescued a Jack russell cross, high strung want to kill him on a regular basis for his being naughty and then love him to bits, he yaps too much but he taught my lab to play... he is also good with kids which is important as we are going to have a skin baby within the next year or so ( if all goes well with IVF ).
I would never be able to pay $2000.00 for a dog because I I have been to the shelters and seen all the dogs there.. To me a dog of any breed is wonderful but they have to be good with children and cannot bite. After seeing all the posts on here about backyard breeders and puppymills I would think that more often then not the designer dogs are going to be from one or the other of those. My mom, who helped my nana breed poodles, believes that most of the breeders who breed more then one kind of dog are backyard breeders or Puppymills. She says and I have to listen to it, If you are breeding more then one type of dog you are in it more for the money then the dog. You cannot know all you need to know about several breeds. She would never buy a dog from any breeder who bred more then one kind.
As for the designer dogs Labradoodles being hypoallergenic, the AKC says this is not true. The AKC says they are no less likely to cause an allergic reaction then a labrador. They are cute and in fashion at the moment, much like dalmations were when 101 dalmations was rereleased and look where a lot of them ended up because people were not knowledgable about the breed.

Sorry for ranting or going off in a million directions in this post bottom line is I would only pay what the shelter charges as I would only adopt a dog from the shelter. I paid over a 100 pound for my lab cause I bought him lots of doggy stuff that day as well but his adoptions fees were something like 85 pound, I paid 75 for my border collie cause those were her costs and finally I paid 40 for the jack russel cause that was the fees at the recue centre I bought him from. Two of them came with chips and nuetering, the third one we paid for her chip, all are insured under pet insurance and only one came with his shots the other two we happily paid to get these done for. All 3 are a part of our family and well loved. But not one of them broke our bank accounts and not one of them supported a puppymill.

Bah link is not working for me

Sorry do a google search for Halliday South Kennel. The area close to me. I have never been there, but if anyone is interested I could check them out.

Tauni

You could say that you shouldn't buy a mixed breed dog because you can go to the shelter and rescue one, but really you can say that about purebred dogs as well. I'm not saying that they have purebred dogs there, especially not ones that are registered and come from good breeders, but unless you are showing or breeding one could say that you don't need a purebred dog. Most of us here have yorkies and why did most of us get them? Because we liked the look and temperment of the breed and bottom line we wanted one. Did I need a yorkie? No. Could I have gone to a shelter and rescued a dog? Yes. But I wanted a yorkie so that's what I got. Some people want a mixed breed dog, a certain mixed breed dog and they want one in which they can go to a home and see the pups and trust the people they are getting it from. I don't think the act of buying a mixed breed dog instead of rescueing one is any worse than buying a purebred dog instead of rescueing a dog. Bottom line I don't find a problem with buying a mixed breed dog nor do I find a problem with paying whatever you want for it.
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The temperment that a rescue dog may have is another problem. I know not all dogs from shelters have problems (in fact all the ones that I've either gotten or been around that came from shelters didn't) but some people just can't risk it. The point was made that some people aren't willing to train these dogs but to take that a step further some people don't know how and can't train these dogs. Also some people may have children in their homes and ideally shouldn't have a dog with problems in their home.