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I paid 50 cents for Otis. j/k. I can't remember how much exactly I paid for Otis, but I think it was in the 800-900 range. I flew down to Los Angeles, and paid his breeder in cash in the airport parking lot garage!! I felt like I was doing some drug deal!! But I had to pay for a roundtrip ticket to Los Angeles plus 50 bucks so I could bring Otis on the plane, so it ended up being well over $1,000 in the long run....and worth every penny! This was five years ago, before people like Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson were toting around toy dogs like a fashion accessory, and jacked up the prices of small breed dogs. |
No, but I have just started breeding and I keep the ones that I can show. I do not breed to sell, but to get my own show dogs, and the ones that don't measure up are sold as pets. |
wow mmyorkies.... youre prices are a little high, but i understand where the cost comes from because of youre price breakdown..... People really have to do their homework, not everyone is as responsible as a breeder as you are... many in this area are sold for $1,000 plus AND they dont have chips or bile tests on them.... A++++ for youre breeding practices ;) |
Sorry if I'm late to the conversation - just saw this thread. I live in Texas and bought Tatum for $950. That is pretty average for around here - from what I checked out. She's almost 10 months old and weighs 3.5 pounds. We are really pleased with the "quality of dog" we seem to have gotten but most of all, she's such a doll that we can't help but love her no matter what she looks like. It sounds so cold to put it that way ("quality of dog"). After hearing some of the stories about Yorkies getting much bigger than someone wanted or having health problems, I'm really grateful that our purchase has turned out to be such a good one. I have to admit I was not so knowledgeable about all the things that could go wrong with getting a Yorkie but I knew the basic things to look for. We love Tatum to bits and wouldn't trade her for the world! |
Not too late at all... So neat about your little girl. So, how big was she around 12 weeks old? I'm really curious on how big my little one will get. She's right @ 2 lbs and she's 14 weeks old. She was 1 lb. 13 oz @ 12 weeks old. I'm going to take her to the vet on Saturday to see how much she weighs. She's like having a child. They are so much fun!!! Thanks for posting. |
I'd have to check her vet records at home but if I remember right, when I was doing the calculation for what is "supposed" to be the future weight, she weighed about the same as yours at 12 weeks. Whatever it was, I figured that according to the calculations I had, she should get to be about 3.5 pounds. I can't remember the calculations I heard but I think it was double their weight at 12 weeks to get adult weight (can anyone else confirm that??). But of course that is an estimation and can sometimes be completely wrong. In our case, it seems to have worked. It's funny though because even as small as she is (and she's not the tiniest I've seen either), she is so full of spunk! We live in the country and she would spend every second outside (until it rained anyway) if we'd let her. She loves to play with the cats and kittens and they love her right back. Her little size is definitely misleading! |
I could've upgraded my car!! :) But, one look at this little "baby doll" face sleeping next to me and my decision was simple!! Toto is without a doubt the best decision we have ever made ... she is our joy!!! ;) When I dropped by our accountant's to pick up our 2003 tax returns, our accountant took one look in my bag and his reaction was absolutely "a Kodak moment"!! I had listed her as a "line item" and the final total even surprised me! ;) He said "THAT'S Toto?? Somehow I thought there would be more of her"!! ;) |
Ranger came to us at a whopping $350!! He was suposed to be $500+ but the lady had failed to mention he had flees so I complained and she knocked the price down. For some reason she never mailed us his papers and her phone is now disconnected :confused: Oh well we love Ranger no matter what and just glad he's a healthy growing boy! |
Ranger is cute But is he full blooded yorkie? Seems a little different in looks. But I'm also learning that is so common with yorkies. With have 2 now of my own and they look different from each other. |
BettyAnne I would've loved to see that person's face when you did that. You were able to write off your dog? How and what did you do? Just wondering because I have to have someone to our taxes because of babysitting. Didn't know if that was something I could add in. I don't plan on breeding her though. |
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The vet didn't even ask me what breed he was, he automaticlly put Yorkie. So I just kept assuming he was a Yorkie, but no matter what we're still happy with him :) . |
BettyAnne How you write off Toto in your taxes? You said you list Toto as a " line item " ? |
:o Sorry ... even though I listed her instead of simply putting her in with miscellaneous ... he said he couldn't use her as a deduction!! :) I do that sometimes out of curiousity about particular expenses, knowing that he can't use them for taxes, I just like to know exactly what we spent for what! Did I mention that our accountant is a very patient man?? ;) |
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i think ranger is an adorable yorkie, i actually like teh ears down better then i like them up ;) he reminds me of the "bear in teh big blue house"....lol |
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