Originally Posted by rjwalt (Post 4725811)

Even if they check microchips if a person is surrendering an animal, they will more than likely take their word for it and find the dog a new home. You think they are gonna hunt down a breeder five states away to return a dog to them that they sold 10 years ago and the breeder is gonna take the dog back (from a rescue trying to place the dog) to what? Another rescue to place the dog?

And If you have not looked for a yorkie lately, let me school you on a little factoid....About 75 percent of the yorkies available are not AKC registered. they are purebred but most likely came from AKC registered dogs with limited registration, re-registered with CKC or other registrations that accept limited AKC registration forms to register the dogs on their registry....,now with full breeding rights. Its simple, its not a scam, and its legal.

9 times out of 10 when you see someone walking around loving up on their yorkies, taking care of them when they are sick, playing ball at the park, they came from one of these breeders.... Be cause the breeders that you are talking about have 2-3 year waiting list and that is generally full of other breeders like them. People simply can not afford them or are in the right circles to ever score one.

So the low-key guilt-tripping in every thread, every chance you get on how and where some people got their dogs is a little silly and possibly offensive. We all love yorkies, we all hate the fact that some dogs get sick and some dogs don't have homes, BUT ONCE THE DOGS ARE HERE, THEY NEED HOMES AND CARE. So if you want a yorkie, you have the means and time to take care of them then people need to do what works for them and not be judged for trying to love a dog. Honestly, if someone has a litter of perfectly healthy yorkie pups should people really snub their noses at them while being sold by the breeder? Because they were not genetically tested? And do what, go get a dog from a rescue (because they won't be getting one from the breeders you speak of anytime soon) who is coincidentally from the same type of situation as the little innocent pups? what's the difference other than a few years and possibly damage that you can save these little pups from ever having to go through.

Originally Posted by whiteyorkie (Post 4726402)

I only took my 2nd maltese from a breeder to stop her from breeding more. The woman actually wanted to breed less, but as long as she had the dog she was going to breed.


It's sad, but sometime you have to make a deal with the devil to save a life. In China rescue people often buy dogs from bad people to save them from winding up a meal.


And sorry, I shouldn't have implied all sales people.

Originally Posted by rjwalt (Post 4726609)

All dogs need homes and if a philosophy begins to actually have negative effects and create more misery then one has to reassess. If you can provide a great home for a dog, isn't it better to spare the dog a bad experience altogether instead of waiting for the dog to go through mess and end up in a rescue for you to decide to take the in?

You probably saved a few dozen lives by taking in this dog, yes she may have come from an irresponsible breeder but you solved a problem. Thats a good thing.

Originally Posted by rjwalt (Post 4726609)

All dogs need homes and if a philosophy begins to actually have negative effects and create more misery then one has to reassess. If you can provide a great home for a dog, isn't it better to spare the dog a bad experience altogether instead of waiting for the dog to go through mess and end up in a rescue for you to decide to take the in?

You probably saved a few dozen lives by taking in this dog, yes she may have come from an irresponsible breeder but you solved a problem. Thats a good thing.

Originally Posted by FlyingNimbus (Post 4726613)

Solved that dogs' problems only to be replaced by anothers'. You just lined up their pockets; thus gave a reason to continue breeding. To which you just brought even more puppies into this.

This might sound wrong, but sometimes "to save a thousands, one must be sacrificed"- now I am not saying that the dog shouldn't get adopted-- just to wait once its out of their hands....