Is My Puppy a Fraud?

[MeganS]

She really does look like she has some yorkie in her. But she isn't a purebred. I think she has some fox terrier/Chi in her or something. Either way, she is adorable!

EDIT:

I don't know if it's just yorkies, but there is a theory that different colored eyes tell what kind of coat they have. I think yellow eyes are cottony, and then reen eyes are silky coat. But I'm not quite sure!

[oopsmyhalofello]

I will go with the minority in that I think your dog could be 100% yorkie, but with the red legged gene. I recently met someone from here who's had posted about her pup's hair not growing much and then I met her at the local petsmart and seen her Yorkie in person. Lilly looks a lot like your pup, honestly I think they are redlegged.

Here is a link to an old post on YT about the same thing http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16341

[addicted]

the hair looks way too much like the short coated dogs. yorkies have human like hair. looks like she's mixed with chihuahua. besides, people do sell yorkie mixes for way more than 200, so don't feel too bad.

[hha]

they say if they have green in their eyes in a photo, that they will have the silky hair, some of them with the red eyes have the cottony or wooly coats

[crystalsmom]

I think I read all of this but still not sure if your pup came with akc papers. It is important to get these papers so you know that a pure bred yorkie was bred to another pure bred. It doesn't mean anything about the quality just the above. If you got papers and still question it, I would contact the akc like YorkieRose said.

[hha]

papers don't mean a hill of beans..I had papers with my so called pom once too, and she wasn't even close to being full blooded..

[alex_143]

Originally Posted by oopsmyhalofello

I will go with the minority in that I think your dog could be 100% yorkie, but with the red legged gene. I recently met someone from here who's had posted about her pup's hair not growing much and then I met her at the local petsmart and seen her Yorkie in person. Lilly looks a lot like your pup, honestly I think they are redlegged.

Here is a link to an old post on YT about the same thing http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16341

yay that makes 3 of so so yea im not crazy i was starting to think i was the only one who saw it whooo hoooo

[MorkieAZ]

I think you should tell the breeder that you want the DNA tests done and see what she says, she may just end up giving your money back rather than go through all that, if indeed she does know your pup is a mix.

[crystalsmom]

Originally Posted by hha

papers don't mean a hill of beans..I had papers with my so called pom once too, and she wasn't even close to being full blooded..

Did you report the breeder to AKC??

[makemepretty]

DNA tests would probably cost more than the puppy did. Plus, I saw one of those on the Today Show and it might have been done by dna but that dog looked NOTHING like what they said it was. I find it very hard to trust those after seeing that segment.

I think she is a yorkie just either has the redleg gene(which I've seen in person and they look kinda like that) or has some other mix in her, way way down down her line that just came out in this last breeding. I totally believe the lady you got her from that her parents are yorkie, it sometimes just comes out different than mom or dad(just like people).

While she's obviously not going to have the yorkie look you want and you might want to see if she'll take her back. You'll never be happy with her. You say your kids are attached to her already...but you know what? Kids love ANY puppy. If you don't care that she won't look like the ones on the magazines then keep her but if you do care, I'd return her asap and save up more money. Explain it to you kids, they're smarter than you give them credit for.

[myteddybear]

Crystal, I'm sorry you got taken here. She definately looks mixed...BUT...you did say that you you all loved her already anyway and that it didn't matter.

So enjoy your sweet baby and if you really, really had your heart set on a pretty ball of fluff Yorkie then do some research into reputable breeders and go get one! I'm sure your baby wouldn't mind a playmate anyway!

[Ines3185lyorkie]

I agree if you are not going to be happy with her than take her back now. But if you already love her (she is precious) then "what a purebred yorkie looks like" should not determine your love for her. I got a male yorkie [Tigger] and was told he would be 5-6 lbs, make that 15-16 pounds. Since I wanted a female and a smaller yorkie I adopted Nina, AKC purebred and NOW I am happy. Tigger is loved but I knew until I had what I wanted, I wouldn't be satisfied. Think about it and go with your heart. Good luck!!

[Yorkie_pup]

Wow, she really does look like a mix. I'm so sorry you didn't get what you wanted. I hope you can talk to your breeder and find out the truth. Good luck. She is a cutie though.

[hha]

Hey Joan,
I called AKC, they wanted pictures of the so called Pom, so I sent them pictures(now mind you, I had sent in her papers), then called them a few days later, they said they supposedly couldn't find the pictures and could I send more..I said heck with them, they must not care that people are doing this, and ever since then, I just quit sending in the papers on my dogs..they're just my pets, but, for someone to sit and lie to me like this breeder did..just really ticked me off

[Lovin' Gracie]

Originally Posted by makemepretty

DNA tests would probably cost more than the puppy did.

My friend just had DNA testing on her mixed breed dog--it cost $60.