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06-08-2016, 07:33 AM | #1 |
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| How much do Yorkie pups sell for in your area? A few weeks back, someone seemed to be a spammer and was selling two yorkies really cheap. My wife said, smelled something fishy with that low price. My wife paid a little over 500.00 in the Dallas area. Dexter is registered. I'm guessing this has been asked before on here
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06-08-2016, 08:06 AM | #2 | |
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06-08-2016, 08:38 AM | #3 |
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| On Long Island, in Ny- from what I have found ...byb, puppy mills or pet stores charge anywhere from 600-2000. Reputable breeders- pet price- - if you can find one with a litter Due range from $2000-3500. I couldn't find a reputable breeder with an avail pup either time in my price range. My Ella came from Georgia but I have since learned so much on here, sigh. For my second breeder, I went to a canadian breeder, both were current champions - amazing experience. |
06-08-2016, 08:49 AM | #4 |
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| Is there that much of a price range? Our little boy was bought from a family. My wife saw the mother and father. She picked Dexter from his brother and sister
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06-08-2016, 08:53 AM | #5 |
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| There sure is on Long Island, NY. |
06-08-2016, 09:12 AM | #6 |
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| I paid $750 for our Bella three years ago. She is AKC registered, and her breeder is a hobby breeder in Arcola, IL (downstate) who only raises one or two litters per year. I had her DNA tested, and she was 100% Yorkshire Terrier with a good level of heterozygosity (not inbred), so I think her breeder did a pretty good job. She had luxating patella in one leg that required surgery, but other than that, her health has been excellent. |
06-08-2016, 09:53 AM | #7 | |
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Wow Phil I think I did not realize you had her Dna'd. But as you know those tests are not so reliable *yet* Glad to see you registered her with the AKC. I have not heard of a show breeder placing pups for $750 maybe a retired champion, yes. I guess show breeder prices vary widely state to state and country to country.
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06-08-2016, 10:39 AM | #8 | |
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I wouldn't take the Wisdom Panel test as gospel truth, but I think that it can give a general idea of whether or not a dog is purebred, and if not, what breeds are most likely present in its ancestry. The test is about 90% accurate (plus or minus), and I don't think that it will ever improve much more from that due to genetic overlap between breeds. None of Bella's littermates are champions, but she has champions in her ancestry. I think that prices are lower in my part of Illinois because it is quite rural and Yorkies are not in high demand. (People have asked me, "Is that a dog???") Last edited by pstinard; 06-08-2016 at 10:40 AM. | |
06-08-2016, 11:22 AM | #9 |
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| Pretty much the same in the southern part as well
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06-08-2016, 11:48 AM | #10 | |
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LOL LOL Now I remember that thread. Not so much you had her tested - but hey why not? I find it interesting that genetic overlap is there nothing around DNA markers or RNA or some such thing that might help differentiate different dog breeds? I think I heard somewhere there are some human markers that can give some idea of race/background?
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06-08-2016, 12:53 PM | #11 | |
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Yes, they use DNA markers to determine a person's ancestors' place of origin. I think it works better for humans because they lived in close-knit communities for thousands of years and had time to develop racial and regional differences in DNA markers before they started migrating on the large scale. For dogs, it's different, since many breeds emerged only within the past couple of hundred years. Yes, there are breed differences, but some of them are not THAT different. | |
06-08-2016, 01:58 PM | #12 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Thanks Phil for your great knowledge. Makes sense to me. But I thought dog breeds started maybe a few thousand years ago. The Saluki for one. I guess in terms of genetic time that is just a wink.
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06-08-2016, 03:20 PM | #13 |
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| In my area of Pa. from quality breeder anywhere from $1800. to $2500.
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06-08-2016, 06:42 PM | #14 |
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| Picking out a Yorkie puppy I'm a new member and am hoping to get a puppy this summer. I have been on waitlists and now it looks like 2 females may be available to me. One is a few weeks old and one just born today. How do you decide? What should I look for? |
06-09-2016, 05:47 AM | #15 |
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| Make sure the breeder is reputable. Be sure you can visit the breeder and see the parents and puppies. Be sure to get a health guarantee, and that the dogs are registered with a reputable organization (AKC in the US). Ask about the health and weights of the parents--you don't want a puppy that will grow up to be too small and unhealthy. It will be hard to tell anything about the personalities of the dogs at such a young age, especially the newborn, but look for alertness and playfulness in the one that is a few weeks old. Many breeders release their puppies to their new owners at 8 weeks of age (which is when I got my Bella), but see if the breeder will hold onto the puppy until 12 weeks of age. |
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