Originally Posted by Buster Brown (Post 4597102)

Honestly the education can be worth thousands of dollars spent on Vet bills. YorkieMom1 is one of the last breeders we have on here willing to give advice. She has saved the lives of countless Yorkie puppies on here giving advice to novice as well as experienced breeders. I think she was responding to another poster who was determining what they felt was a reasonable price for a well bred Yorkie. I do not think she was implying anything by your questioning whether the expense would be right for you after having to spend so much on Vet expenses with your last dog. My sympathies to you on the loss. I learned the hard way and didn't go to a good breeder. I ended up spending over $7000.00 on medical expenses for Buster within the first year and a half. I believe that is the point Yorkiemom1 is making. It is wiser to spend more money on a well bred dog than to think you are getting a bargain and end up paying hefty medical bills and the suffering that the dog and us owners have to go through when they are sick, and that breeding dogs quality health dogs is an expensive business so will pay more for a well bred dog. I wish you the best on finding your new puppy and I hope it all works out. Best wishes.

Originally Posted by MissPixi (Post 4597122)

Btw- here is my Olive...

Originally Posted by DBlain (Post 4597124)

Olive is very pretty, I love her hair coloring. That's good the breeder is close then, hopefully if the OP decides to get the pup she can pick her up personally. As I am sure you know unless you know a lot about a breeder a high price does not automatically mean you are getting a high quality dog. The internet has made it so easy for people to get scammed and this infatuation with "Korean" maltese's, yorkies and poms has me so pissed off. People seem to think it's a status symbol when truthfully that country is filled with puppy mills. It's just when the OP mentioned the mixed reviews the breeder received it got me worried, from what I can tell she did not post the name of the breeder so all of us were in the dark.

Originally Posted by Buster Brown (Post 4597102)

Honestly the education can be worth thousands of dollars spent on Vet bills. YorkieMom1 is one of the last breeders we have on here willing to give advice. She has saved the lives of countless Yorkie puppies on here giving advice to novice as well as experienced breeders. I think she was responding to another poster who was determining what they felt was a reasonable price for a well bred Yorkie. I do not think she was implying anything by your questioning whether the expense would be right for you after having to spend so much on Vet expenses with your last dog. My sympathies to you on the loss. I learned the hard way and didn't go to a good breeder. I ended up spending over $7000.00 on medical expenses for Buster within the first year and a half. I believe that is the point Yorkiemom1 is making. It is wiser to spend more money on a well bred dog than to think you are getting a bargain and end up paying hefty medical bills and the suffering that the dog and us owners have to go through when they are sick, and that breeding dogs quality health dogs is an expensive business so will pay more for a well bred dog. I wish you the best on finding your new puppy and I hope it all works out. Best wishes.

Originally Posted by Buster Brown (Post 4597102)

Honestly the education can be worth thousands of dollars spent on Vet bills. YorkieMom1 is one of the last breeders we have on here willing to give advice. She has saved the lives of countless Yorkie puppies on here giving advice to novice as well as experienced breeders. I think she was responding to another poster who was determining what they felt was a reasonable price for a well bred Yorkie. I do not think she was implying anything by your questioning whether the expense would be right for you after having to spend so much on Vet expenses with your last dog. My sympathies to you on the loss. I learned the hard way and didn't go to a good breeder. I ended up spending over $7000.00 on medical expenses for Buster within the first year and a half. I believe that is the point Yorkiemom1 is making. It is wiser to spend more money on a well bred dog than to think you are getting a bargain and end up paying hefty medical bills and the suffering that the dog and us owners have to go through when they are sick, and that breeding dogs quality health dogs is an expensive business so will pay more for a well bred dog. I wish you the best on finding your new puppy and I hope it all works out. Best wishes.

Originally Posted by Yorkiesask (Post 4597171)

I'm new to the forum but when i was reading this thread and I read yorkiemom1 post......I read it as her responding to the other poster about what was a reasonable price for a well breed yorkie.

I don't think her response was directed "at" you my darling.

I am so happy that the breeder you found treated you so well and sounds like a loving and caring woman.

Finding our babies is exciting and stressful. When we are searching for these little fur butts we are initially stepping out on faith because we are buying the breeder. The breeder is stepping out on faith entrusting these little lives to us. She saw something very special in you babe and she handled the situation in a beautifully...... xoo

Originally Posted by MissPixi (Post 4597193)

Awww! Thank you all for the kind words about Olive! :)) I do appreciate it!

Yorkie_25- I do hope it works out and that we will be seeing some pics soon!

Originally Posted by Yorkie_25 (Post 4597308)

It did! I talk to her last night and I'm picking her up on next month. I'm so excited. Thank you for all your kind words. There are a lot of sweethearts and caring people on this forum❤️.

Originally Posted by MissPixi (Post 4597123)

It didn't add this one...

Originally Posted by Yorkie_25 (Post 4596967)

It never ends for me, I swear.
So as I posted before, my baby Chloe died about a month ago. During that time, I was very depressed. I spent a lot time on this forum and just looking at Yorkies and researching the breed more throughly. I happen to go on Puppyfind.com and saw the most beautiful show Yorkies. I knew I couldn't afford them, but I wrote the breeder and told her that if she ever had any per quality ones, to please let me know, along with my whole story about my baby Chloe. Long story short, she emailed me back and called me, and she had a baby she couldn't show and was willing to sell for $2500. I talk to my boyfriend who was also extremely depressed and we decieded we put the deposit down on the dog to hold her until the 17th.
After I the mailed the deposit, I spent some hours researching the breeder and looking at reviews. I am not going to say the name of the breeder out of respect, but the reviews where 50/50. She had a dog fire once so some people were concerned about how she cared for the dogs. Also there was comments about her prices, but that was all I found negative. However as I slowly came out of my depressed state, I reviewed our finances and realized that $2500 was a lot for a pet quality Yorkie, especially since we spent 2k in vet bills trying to save Chloe. I also begin to read other reviews on here and people were saying that price range was too high for a pet quality Yorkie. After praying on it, I decided over the weekend not to get the dog. I would love to have it but the price is hefty, and we could buy a cheaper Yorkie and afford to rescue another dog, and still have half of that money in our pockets(which we plan to do).
Last night I sent the breeder an email telling her we changed our mind and that was sorry for the inconvience. I also told her we had located Chloe's breeder(which we did on Saturday) and wanted to go that path and not to cash my deposit check. I felt bad but I just couldn't justify the cost to myself. On my way to bed last night, she called but my boyfriend wouldn't let me answer because it was 11pm at night. I was so stressed after the email I spent all night awake and stressing if I was making the right decision. Ever since Chloe died, I have been depressed. I have a lot guilt surrounding her death because she was sick and we didn't know the risk nor did she show any signs. Everyday I think I am getting better, but then this happens and I am back at square one. Please pray for me. I hope I am making the right decision. I didn't sign a contract so my boyfriend said I shouldn't feel bad, but I do. I know she will cal me today and she will be pissed caused I backed out. I love to have the dog but it's the cost. I feel like my heart is going to cave in on me ��