The are adorable, how much are they going for, I been looking for another one.

They are beautiful....and yes I would guess the economy has a lot to do with it.....blm

They are very cute. Wish I lived near you....

I think they are adorable too. I know it's hard, and like you said you don't want to give them away. When I use to breed pits all of a sudden the market was flooded with them, and I couldn't make any money at all. I loved my pups, and bred them according to the standard, but there were so many puppy mills selling them that I didn't stand a chance. When I first started I was getting 850 and up. When I quit I was getting 250. It just didn't make any sense to me to work that hard to get such a perfect dog, and then have to give them away to any old body.

Ok glad you all think they're cute. This is my first litter and I have been franctic on this site ever since my girl was pregnant. I am not an "experienced" breeder and other than a few little things like the ears I missed, I think I have done pretty well. You have to start somewhere.. ;)
So now that i've got advice about the ears I guess I will go ahead and shave them. I was just afraid that no one would want a pup with shaved ears..lol.. but it took the others no time and they were right up. I will post a picture of my tiny baby Pottsy. His ears are up and he is cute as can be.. ears ears ears.. I've been talking about these ears for 2 days now.. lol. bare with me.

How much are you asking for them? Could be the economy or could be the price or could be both. I noticed the price of Yorkies dropping around here due to the economy. You can get one here for about 700 last time I checked.They were running about 1200 before.:aimeeyork

Hi...............your babies are adorable! Nothing wrong with them at all. I do agree with Sugars Mom about shaving the top 2/3 of their ears. That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the pics knowing you were concerned that they were not standing yet.

Also wanted to say welcome and it's good to see another fellow Nebraskan here on YT. :D

Well, I shaved them and I taped them. Hopefully they're not too old to stand. Anyway, I started off asking $600 for them but have lowered the price twice.. But someone said before that I shouldn't lower it too much.. So I guess this site just confuses me..lol.. Some people told me to keep them til they were 12 wks, some ppl say I should have sold them at nine.. I guess everyone just has different opinions.

I've read that it is possible to train a pups ears to stand up until they are 6 months old. What you sell them for is up to you and as for whenn to let them go............12 weeks is the rule for yorkies mostly due to their small size, though the more time with their mama and littermates, the better socialized they will be when they are older. With my first litter, I let them go at 10....they were a little on the bigger size and I was confident that the new families had knowledge about how to care for a new yorkie puppy. Had the pups have been smaller, I would have kept them longer. It all depends on the situation & your comfort zone with the prospective buyers.

there is nothing wrong with them...it could be the economy or possibly most people looking for a yorkie like myself care about them being to standard with their ears up...if they are not up when i get them i would shave the hair off the ears and see if that helps...if not then i would tape them...

I just did shave and tape them but I noticed one of them has the tape off already.. This should be fun! It's taking forever for my little ones' hair to grow back.. He looks like a little gizmo.. but I did notice that the boy whos tape is off, ears are already standing up more since an hour ago.. yay

yes shaving does help...hehe...usually the hair is too heavy for them to hold up....so i usually shave them and see how that goes...then if that doesn't work then i would tape them...then again you can have some with big heavy leather ears that is to heavy to stand no matter how much you try.

I have not read the other posts, but your babies are beautiful. I think they are soo cute with the ears down. If I did not have 5 already, I would try to snatch one up.

The Economy
 

Your Puppies are Adorable it's the Economy and the Location. I live in Myrtle
Beach, SC and I constantly check the Local prices w/c used to be between
$1,000.00-$1,200.00 but now they are down to $500.00-$750.00 and are switching from the AKC. to the CKC. b/c the Breeder's are complaining about the higher fees w/the AKC. (for Registrations) Timing is everything, I was Breeding just 2 yrs. ago and I was selling my males for $1,800.00 and the females for $2,000.00. They had 14 Champions in their past 3 generations of their Pedigree and they were Standard sized @ 5 lbs. (full grown). Try feeding
them some "Cottage Cheese" the extra "Calcium" in their Diet w/help the soft
Cartilidge in their Ears get hard that's what makes them stand-erect, besides the shaving and taping! Most Breeders do shave their Ears at an early age so they are accustomed to getting Groomed. I kept my Puppies until they were between 15-20 weeks old, they were potty Trained, Crate Trained and Leash Trained and knew basic commands. Most Breeders don't keep them that long b/c they don't want to pay for all the Medical/Vet. costs during that time of the first year. Plus some people are under the impression that it's better to let them go so early so they will bond better w/their New Family? IMO by keeping them longer only makes them a more stable/balanced Dog, the early Training makes them easier to Train for their New Owner it sets them up for
good behaviour. Sorry this post is so long, I hope it helps?