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who wants a yorkie??? In the other thread we found out how much we are willing to pay for our yorkie. So I am here to ask, what is the demographic of the people who would want a yorkie. Being new to this site, I don't know who you yorkie lovers are. I'm trying to do my research on who is the favorite candidate to have my yorkie. Who is best and capable to provide for my yorkie so that I can price my yorkie at a fair and reasonable price. As we all can see the price range from $300 to over $3000. So who out there are most likely to pony up some hard earn money for a love of a life time????? Age, sex, ethnicity, etc.... I myself only see yorkies on t.v with movie stars... so they don't count. |
Adult or Puppy? Are you talking about pricing puppies or an adult yorkie? |
yes pricing puppies and also who would likely to buy yorkies...??? old retired ladies?? stay at home mom?? etc... |
I'm a 29 yr old stay at home mom, both of my girls are in school and I would pay up to $6000 depending on the family tree, bloodlines, sired. I buy show quality (just to show not to breed)and I would never buy over the net, from someone who wouldn't let me see their home, nursery, and both parents medical history. |
I'm a 26 year old stay-at-home mom. I was willing to pay up to $1000 for pet quality. ((I'm so out of it I put that I was 29 first! LOL -- my husband is 29 today though!!)) |
I am a 20 year old college student and would be willing to pay around $500 -$700 for a yorkie that was strictly just for a home...no breeding or showing...just lots of love!!! |
I am 22 year old female who is married with a full time job. I paid $1900 for my yorkie and would do it again. I do not breed or show, she is strictly for fun!! |
thanks guys.. wow we are all come from such different background... I guess in order to be more accurate on how to price my dog and see what kind of interest that is out there for them I have to tell you a little about them right?? ok here it is.. My female is roughly 6 lbs. and male is almost 7 lb depending on his hair cut...Nice teeth, very healthy, great shiny coat, I bath them 3-4 times a week. They stay inside with us when I get home from work, but when I'm at work they stay in their doggy house so they won't get into any trouble or tear up the house. On the weekend they stay with us and even sleep on the bed with us...hehehehe They are diffinitely "pet quality" although my female comes from champion bloodline, or so that is what the breeder I bought her from told me but I can't read the pedigree. ANd yes I do have the pedigree. I'm not sure how big or what the pups will look like yet, she is due in a month or so. With that in mind, what is a fair price range for the pups??? |
I'm a poor 21 year-old college student. I paid around $500 for Stewie. He's AKC registered, but I have no idea if there are champions in his bloodline. He is not of show quality and will probably be about 5lbs full grown (he's 3lbs now at 4.5 months). I would pay about $650 at the most for a puppy with parents 6lbs or 7lbs that are registered. Who are they registered with? I want to get him a brother or sister in the fews years. I will probably go to a more well-known respected breeder than I did with Stewie and pay more. I don't want any of those famed "tea cup", but would like a dog whose parents are in the 4 to 5lb range. |
my females are register with AKC and my male is registered with CKC... unfortunately I didn't know any better when I start buying my pups. I don't buy because of the registration. I just buy for who they are...loveable puppies at a fair price that I can afford. I didn't think about breeding them, but now that it happened.. oh well.. more for me right??? heheheheh now to get the litter registered, I have to register the females with CKC also as AKC don't and won't recognize my stud registration with CKC.... what a bummer....:(:( |
my other female she is only 3-4lbs range. She's small compare to Mercy. I'm not sure if I want to breed my 3lb (Sadie) cus she's too small and I worry too much about her having C-section. |
Registration means nothing to me either, but I think it weeds out a lot of dishonest breeders who pretend their babies are purebreds. Congratulations on the pups. Have you come to a decision on how your'e going to sell them and for how much? I wonder if anyone on the forum is interested. |
well to tell you the truth.. i haven't. I'm a newbie at this. Not a seasoned breeder. Just have loveable dogs that did their natural thing.. and poooop she's pregnant...hehehehehh pricing?? no no idea yet.. I might just base it on what I see the average cost for them on the papers. I see that female are more expensive than the male. Not sure if there are alot of people from Houston in this site. But if asked really nice I might be able to drive as far as 100 miles to deliver them to the front door...hehehehehe |
Right now I have a litter 5 of Siberian Huskies.. they will be 3 weeks old this Tuesday. All have beautiful mask and blue eyes... 2 are already spoken for, 3 left... all are for $400. just an FYI... my yorkies and huskies get along so well. |
This is my first time posting anything on the site but I have been reading everyone else's information and have found you all very helpful with training my 6 month old Sprocket. But I too have had this same question and more regarding breeding, size, age etc. We are getting a female named Katie next week and she is also 6 months old and 2ib 8oz my Sprocket is 3ibs 7oz. I'd want to wait at least till they are 1.5 years old before we start anything like that. Wow the price range is pretty incredible we paid $600 can. for Sprocket (not registered) and Katie is $1350. can.($1000 apx. U.S.)(she's registered with breeding rights) but we have to really look for them in Canada we have to drive 9 hours to pick her up! I've always loved Yorkies (my aunt had 2 ) and our dogs will also be pets and health first and puppies if I'm lucky :) |
I'm a 43 year old mom with mostly grown children and grandchildren. My youngest is 15 yo and my husband is the primary breadwinner in our house. With the size of the parents and registration information you provided, I would pay $800 for a male on a neuter contract. |
I was a 21 y/o college student who was broke and wanted a puppy. I found one for $350 in the DFW paper but paid $300 b/c of fleas. I couldn't have afforded to pay any more than that at the time b/c if I did then I wouldn't have been able to get the rest of his shots, supplies, ect. I'm getting married in Oct so we're working full time to save up money to pay for the expenses. After we get settled down we are thinking of getting another yorkie (maybe a girl this time...), but know we wouldn't be able to afford anything over $1000. It's going to be hard but I'll have to grow some patience until the time comes!! |
I'm a 20-year old full-time Accountant, part-time Graphics designer and soon to be part-time student. My boyfriend and I are from Dallas and bought our little boy pup for $400.00 APR registered from a breeder we found in the paper. (Registration doesn't matter for me either!, not that APR is bad..) |
Im 34 years old dissable(fibromyalgia and chronic depression and mild lupus) mother of 2. We were willing to pay no more than $1000 and that is a lot. We paid $900 for Gucci and we love her dearly. She is register with the Kennel in Brazil. I wanted a pet not to show or breed ,that is why I didnt care much that she wasnt AKC. According to the breeder she will be around 5 to 6 lbs. |
Well I am also a poor 20 year old college student. I paid $500 for baby and I would ahve paid up to $1000. But i feel that I got a pretty good deal! |
Thank you yall.. thanks for all the great info. Now I have a clearer picture as to how much I should charge for my puppies, for all the TLC I gave them...heheheheheh now I need to figure out how to come up with a good/fair contract... |
I paid $650 for Chachi and $950 for his sister. I think my prices are lower than most though because I purchased from a breeder in rural Indiana. It really depends on where your live and also the size of your pups since so many people are willing to pay more for pups that are giong to be small adults. |
I am a 21 year old part time student, part time working, I got Loki with my boyfriend in July at a great breeder for $850 canadian- the original price for the litter was 1000- but when we found the breeder there was only one puppy left from that litter- and they had lowered the price. He is AKC registered, from pure bred bloodline, very healthy. We got him not for show or breeding, just for love and lots of fun. We want to get another yorkie someday- right now we can't afford too much, but hopefully in the near future. :) |
so for you seasoned breeders.. how many pups usually does a 6-7lb female have on her first litter??? |
in my never ending research.. i usually go to the flee market.. and there.. those flee market dog venders sell yorkies on average.. male $1000 and female $1500... but I question how my TLC do they have for those puppies if they have so many breeds to sell??? What environment do those puppies come from??? A home or a mill??? If they dare to charge that much, why can't I charge more for my home raised puppies (philosophically speaking that is).... hehehheheh |
i am also a poor college student! haha there seems to be a lot of us who are yorkie lovers!!! i got hunter for $400 dollars but i'm from oklahoma so the demand isn't as great as other places!! I definately couldn't have afforded more than that because i bought him with student loan moneY~~ but i love him so much he is so worth it!!! |
I am a 23 year old recent college grad, working full time, and now going to graduate school at night. We got our dog for free! I know, I know.....HOW? Well - a friend of ours found him walking through the neighborhood, took him home and searched for his family, but no one claimed him. So she took him to the vet, got all shots and had him neutered, then gave him to us. (and would not accept any money for the things she already took care of) Granted, we don't have papers, but he is defiantly a yorkie, silky, or cairn. He has soooo many yorkie traits, that he has to be one. Regardless of the fact that I don't have papers and do not know anything about his background, I can't put a price on this dog. I love him that much and he is that cute. This was such a blessing for us - I wanted a puppy soooo bad. (yorkie, maltese, or shih tzu) But being a recent college grad, as most people that replied, I could not afford one. Anyway - good luck on puppy pricing!!! The price here starts a $500 and goes up (way up) from there. |
sexcbrucelee, the parents are a good size, I would think you could get $800 - $900 easily. YorkiesX2, please do not breed your female at 2lbs 8oz. She is just to tiny. I personally would not buy a pup that came from a mother under 4.5lbs. |
Well, I am a 24 year old 1st grade teacher. I have been married for 14 months and Esme is our first baby. :o) We paid $900 for her and my husband set the puppy price limit at $1000, although I was willing to pay whatever she cost. |
I am 27, a married mother of 4 , 2 mine two my husbands , I work as a lead caregiver in a day care center (it does not pay as much as they make it sound) anyway , I bought Kai from a breeder here in Iowa for 650.00 she is papered APRI , but at the time I was not looking at papers only my sweet little baby. The breeder was going to hold her and breed her , but she has a small under bite and thats why she was willing to sell her. My parents had a yorkie when I was a teen and I love him dearly , I fially decided that they where never going to give him up , and bought my own. my price range was no more then 800.00 ..but you find them here for 500 (rarley tho) up to 2,000 So I have a question for you guys what are you talking about when you say contract for selling and neuter contract? I dunno if I will ever breed Kai (if I do it will probley be just so I can have MORE yorkies!) but don't tell my hubby that! |
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