There are several yorkie rescues. In my county it is mostly large dogs but I notice in other areas near me that's not the case like the big cities like DC and Baltimore. I think every one on this bored has mostly bought from a bad breeder before they knew any better and of course none of us would trade our dogs for anything. But making more of what fills shelters is terrible and the only way to stop it is to not support bad breeders once you know about them and spay and neuter. I have never seen a breeder who only did one thing wrong but I have seen a breeder who did something wrong and then upon further examination you come across more and more things they didn't do that they should have. It can be very hard to find a reputable breeder.

The yorkies available are really old or males. As for bad breeders, i wouldnt buy before inspecting their homes where their pups reside.

You know you can tell a lot about a person on how their house is set, whether its tidy or not is a first telltale sign of a good or bad breeder.

Found this on CL-- yorkie pups for adoption.. 100 dollars...
 

Hey, I saw this ad(I like to rummage through cl sometimes) and it makes me wonder if this is some kind of scam or if the dogs are unhealthy or what..


https://newjersey.craigslist.org/pet/6062466424.html

100 dollars for a yorkie sounds fishy...

yeah pretty sure that's a scam. Whoever would fix a pup that young might be crazy.

Never trust craigslist.

Pardon my language, but there's some really s**tty people out there.

I cannot for the life of me understand why people want to deceive others like that. I mean I get it, but it's like hey. you know what you're doing is bad. Don't be the scum of the earth to put it lightly.

I didn't really completely read it because it felt too good to be true... Just makes me sick.

I've been looking through breeders site on google I even tried different breeds to see what I'd come up with(sheer curiosity) and I found that peoples guarantee is s**tty.

I'll post their guarantees so you can have a look at what I mean.

Guarantee

http://www.highpointshihtzu.com/agreement-of-sale.html

Basically the first one red flag= farm, biljac, eukanuba foods, lack of warranty.

Second one has a warranty but from what I interpret it... "Hey, once you buy this dog you're on your own. If the dog is sick from some screw up on my end-- it's totally on you. If it's a big screw up you can only get a replacement- no refund"

Essentially both will not refund you. At least one of them specifies that any money lost in fixing their mistakes is not to be compensated.

I mean correct me if I am wrong, but even a petstore will refund you if they are caught giving you something bad. Even a petstore at times will pay for the vet bills if needed be. This says a lot because petstores aren't really that great to begin with. I should know because I used to work in one.


These aren't the only sites that give obvious red flags, found some yorkie sites, some chihuahua sites-- and they all boil down to them not taking any responsibility for their misrepresentation, or care.


The whole thing about you taking it to your vet, and only if the breeders vet agrees they're at fault then they get some exchange. I mean, most vets are probably good people... But you know, that vet could easily be their friend covering from them. I know it sounds paranoid but there's been a few cases that I heard about where that would happen.