Texas Teacups
 

The recent thread, Breeder in Dallas, TX, reminded me of my "pet peeve" - TexasTeacups.com. Beware.
This is from a post by the owner:
In 2000, I was the first breeder to take a stand for teacup puppies on the internet, which attracted people from all over the world! My first website came in to existence by the help of Vanessa Loggins, for whom I am eternally grateful. With her help she gave me the opportunity to share these teacup puppies to other dog lovers all over the world. Both negative and positive feedback came with this new introduction because at that time no one dared to admit they breed teacup puppies and where (sic) afraid to advertise. Becky Bice, owner.

I do not rant on this site because of my feelings about how some people have been treated in the past. But this VERY different. This is a breeder/broker who is PROUD of her methods. Demands a lot of warnings! Could save a couple of puppies and a few broken hearts. IMO.

OMG!!!! I almost don't have words for this. What a ridiculous website. Talk about an in-your-face puppymill!!!!:mad::mad: :eek::eek::eek: And boy are they proud of their "celebrity" customers. I clicked on a female adult yorkie - 2 lbs.-- that they were selling, but no longer are because SHE IS BEING KEPT FOR BREEDING!!!!! Oh, but if somebody really wants her, they'll let her go for $25,000! :rolleyes:

And the last thing that made me want to hurl was this quote: ( This business is owned and operated by the grace of God ) http://texasteacups.com/images/right...mall1_dy6x.jpg:thumbdown:thumbdown:thumbdown

That name sounds so familiar I am pretty sure I went to that facility one time or it could have been a similar sounding name. IF it is the one I am thinking about, it was essentially a puppymill in a large barn type structure on a fairly large property rather far out of town with just crate after crate after crate of very tiny dogs of many breeds. I think the prices at the time were in the thousands. I didn't see any sick, deformed or multiples in a single crate and it was clean but it was no life for any of the dogs I saw, I am pretty certain. After talking with her a while, it was pretty well established she was a puppy broker, too. I did see several breeds with badly tear-stained faces and too-long toenails and adult-dog breed standard conformation was usually poor. I don't know how the workers there or those dogs stood the strong disinfectant-mixed-with-feces-and-urine odor, though mostly one only smelled the strong, strong breath-taking disinfectant. For a puppy or little pregnant female to have to live constantly breathing that awful strong, strong smell must have been horrible! I'm all for clean but that couldn't have been safe or pleasant for those dogs with their strong senses of smell to endure 24/7! And of course, who was there to see to them all through the long night?

There were too many dogs for even a team of people to give them the life of a beloved pet and how any one of them (that were not chosen pets for special treatment) ever got any one-on-one loving, human-to-dog connection, meaningful interaction and lap time/down time, I'll never know. I doubt any got much in the way of any daily intellectual challenges or stimulation and likely were only exercised in groups when there was some time. It was AWFUL. I am not certain it was that name but it was very like it - of not Texas Teacups, it was Lonestar Teacups or Tiny Texas Teacups or something like that. I would say for anyone responding to any breeder with "teacup" in the title of their business or kennel, think twice. Go see the facilities. And then there are the sham-facilities, where they meet you in a nice home setting, usually rented by the hour, with the kennel van parked down the street so you never really know unless you see something like that barn thing full of dogs. Just awful, awful, awful. And I won't even get into the horrible genetic diseases and issues so many of their puppies have and the misery and vetting involved in the medical aspect of a tiny. And yes, this lady was very proud of her dog business and "the happiness I bring to people and dogs".

Oh, and check out their prices!! There must be a LOT of people with way more money than brains, or ethics for that matter.

Thanks for bring yet another of the unscrupulous Breeders to our/my attention. :thumbup:

It's a real shame that there are SO many out there, that downsize breed with the preponderance of medical issues, which are common to that practice.

In my opinion, I think that the Yorkshire Breed is generally getting bigger/heavier as the years/generations pass.

I can see this putting a lot of burden on our good/responsible Breeders, trying to accommodate the AKC weight restrictions. The (within specifications) well proportioned and healthy Dogs that are available, will not live forever. The AKC needs to "rethink" it's standards. IF this were to occur, I think it would considerably reduce the interest that some have, for the diminutive.

I'm pretty sure I stopped at that boutique in Forney a couple of months back when I was antiquing at the Forney shops and the lady was telling a potential customer the difference in a teddy bear face vs. a doll face. Had reams of stiff-netted tutu's and dresses and even the puppies there were fully dressed and trying to play in those things. The dogs I saw were ultra-tiny. But the dog barn facility I visited years back was west of Dallas as I recall and may be unrelated to this boutique though the other factors are all too familiar, just as the name is. When I had Jilly and was looking for a second Yorkie, I visited all kinds of places and met with all kinds of breeders, partly just to see what was being done in the name of Yorkie breeding in North Texas. A lot of it wasn't anything you would ever want any dog to have to endure.

Divine it "Ain't"
 

Somewhere in heaven, there are tears over this. Yet another one trying to hide one's evil behind the divine. There are very hot places for people like this.
Wish this warning could be kept up near the top of the list.

An internet search shows she has changed locations over time and there are variations to the business name. The "store" is east of Dallas, off I80. Poor, poor babies.

was everyone offended by this statement?

"BELOW ARE PHOTOS OF CHEAP YORKIES SOLD ON THE INTERNET FROM COUNTERFEIT TEACUP BREEDERS THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE WHEN FULL GROWN ( Big head, big body and long nose, some even have floppy ears )" and the paragraph that follows it.

Grrrrr

Protest WFAA
 

For North and East Texas folks: Texas Teacups was given a guest segment on WFAA's Good Morning Texas (Channel 8)! I sent WFAA's GMT a letter of protest; it went unacknowledged. I no longer watch the program, even though one of my writing partners is a recurring guest "expert". What were those idiots thinking when they cameo'd a person who advocates what she does? To a lot of under-educated people, that is seen as a stamp of "approval". I suggest others in our area consider boycotting GMT, too, until they attempt to make up for their mistake by doing a segment, with expose', on puppymills in the area.:mad:

I clicked one of the pictures this is what it says for price "Registered Starting Price: $125,000.00
With Registration & Lifetime Pet Replacement" ARE YOU KIDDING ME:eek:

You are kidding me!?!?!!!!! What in the world and who in the world and oh, wow! Well, a lot of people here in North Texas sure seem to do BIG BUSINESS trafficking in very, very tiny little Yorkies, Poodles, Maltese and Chihuahua puppies and all types of "designer" mixes. There are women everywhere with tiny little dogs wearing all kinds of clothing and bling and in the stores that allow it. It is THE thing to get tiny dogs and pull up their hair into a huge, tight-looking bow, or elastic-covered head band with a big bow on it, a tutu or dress, necklace and often, shoes, too. And the fancy leashes!!! To top that, the fancy dog beds they have in the boutique or finer pet stores cost mostly upwards of $1K. They look like Barbi castles and things. I wonder when just being a happy, healthy dog stopped being enough and it had to become a super-tiny fashion statement on a jeweled lead that sleeps in a mini-Cinderella's carriage at night in its own pink dog suite? Any way, I guess one of those types wouldn't think much of paying six figures for a lifetime of furry eye candy on 4 feet. When one dies, they just go back and get another. Tiny dogs are big business here. Sigh.

I guess this is why we shouldn't buy our pets from the same place celebrities buy their pets. There is so much BS on this site it's ridiculous.

HA yea !, I have some very nice cushy beds, with little Pillows and soft Blankets, and my guys won't even get in them. They like the XX-old blankets with tears and holes. They roll and tunnel in them, just like they cost a million dollars. :D

I started looking at the website and couldn't finish...such a shame.