Did your breeder meet your expectations?

[muffinlvr]

My first experience buying a Yorkie (Muffin) was a good one although the breeder has never kept in contact with me. I actually didn't know anything about YorkieTalk then and I found the breeder via the internet. She did send one picture of Muffin before shipping her to me. We spoke on the phone a couple of time before and after the sale because I had questions. I received Muffin's papers within a few weeks.

Muffin is a beautiful dog and has a great temperment. I know the breeder puts out great dogs and has a large breeding program. That is probably why she doesn't keep in touch with all the people who buy her dogs.

I would have no qualms about buying another dog from her but would like more of a personal touch.

The experience I had with CoCo's breeder was an OUTSTANDING one. First of all I found her through YorkieTalk which was a plus. We had many, many conversations before I got CoCo. She also sent me pictures and videos galore.

I flew to Kansas City, Mo to meet the breeder who drove 3 hours to meet me there with the puppy. We hit it off immediately and have become friends. She cried her eyes out when she handed me the dog. I knew how difficult it was for her to part with CoCo. Her dogs are VERY important to her and she raises them in her home like they are her children. She is a wonderful person and we correspond all the time and I know that she will forever care about CoCo and also be a life-long friend.

[omichka]

I was looking for a yorkie girl for months. I did speak with many breeders, I went to see some puppies, but I have some requirements, so I did not buy the first one. On top of that, I was pretty educated buyer and new about good breeders and bad breeders and about yorkie standard, how to choose puppy, etc. BUT> I knew NOTHING about Puppy mills at that time(I am from another country and we do not have them).

regarding my breeder... I was in situation when breeder lied to me professionally. Example: I knew how yorkie pup looks like, but I didn't know details about age when fluffy coat become more silky as should be. So I was told that my pup is "definitely silky" (I mean coat, since I was looking for a good quality yorkie and was ready to pay more money for that), that she is just too young. That is not true: after purchase I showed my pup to a show breeder and received an answer: sorry, your pup will never be silky, she has wooly coat.

Second lie: I did NOT see the parents. I was told, that this is a pup she got because she has a male to breed. I asked: where the father then? She said: right now he is in another house for breeding purpose.

So many red flags, including many breeds, but I decided that this breeder just doesn't work with only one breed. I decided that this is just minus, but Oh ... I did NOT know about puppy mills...

But I bought her at age of 14 weeks, from the cleanest house I have even seen, I got guarantee, etc...


Anyway, when I cough her on lie, I decided to ask about her on public forum. I received so many e-mails.... I had a shock. This is HOW I found out about puppy mills, and now I hate them all my heart.

However, I am HAPPY with my girl, shse is just best dog I have ever have, she has BEST intelligent personality, never run from me, doesn' bark, loves children and people. She is just BEST.

But I can imagine how her parents look like . I don';t know her sublins...


If you don't mind, I will copy my post from another topic.

How to chose a right breeder:

The best choice is YTCA.org since most of show responsible breeders belong to a club.

Please, just be careful when you are looking for a yorkie pup. Unfortunately, many back yard breeders around.

Before you chose a breeder please do your homework what responsible breeder is. Just google "back yard breeder vs responsible breeder"

Below a few tips:

- a good breeder will not sell yorkie earlier that 10 weeks. Run from a breeder who sell a pup at age less that 8 weeks
- you MUST see at least one parent. If a breeder doesn't show them, this is big RED FLAG (puppy mill?)
- you MUST receive a guarantee. And WITHOUT fraise "no money back, only replacement a puppy". Too many sad stories when BYB sell sick puppies and no one pay a vet bills, even if pup died. Just think - do you really want to replace for another defective puppy from a BYB?
- PLEASE READ STANDARD. When I was looking for a pup, I was told that yorkie standard is 10-12 pounds. Well, not only idiots around, how she probably thought . There are a few quality of yorkies, and some breeders charge way too much money for a POOR BREED pup (fluffy coat, disproportional body, oversize, etc)
- NO such a thing as teacup/short hair yorkie or whatever. Those word people love to use as marketing words. There is ONLY one standard: not exceed 7 pounds ! Period.
RUN from a breeder who breed too tiny yorkies less that 3 pounds.
-RUN!RUN from a breeder who sells mutts, and has more than two breeds. You will find a lot mutts in local shelters or certain breed rescue
-RUN from a breeders who is able to ship a pup EVERYWHERE without asking ANY questions
-A good breeder usually tries to find a local buyer and always asks many questions about future home condition.
-A good breeder tries do not sell a yorkie to family with small children because yorkie is very fragile for them.


To review a references on particular breeder, go to

http://seattle.citysearch.com/review/37537077 (btw, this is my breeder )

good luck

[scrapindee]

You posted such good advice. We learn valuable lessons when we share the good and bad experiences with each other.

Sometimes it seems no matter how many questions we ask, we always miss one that we should've or could've asked.