im happy for you kat, you deserve her and she deserves you ...

I love her, she is so cute. I have always wanted to see and touch one in real, but never see them around here. No one here breeds or sells them. What a great story on the trade, what kind of ring did you have to give up for her? If she is a show quality it must have been a rock!LOL Congratulations, she is a doll.

I think it is great when someone can get a new puppy, show us all the new love of their life. I do like the name Chynna. Her name fits her. I know that if it came down to my kids and a new pet, my kids would have won out. Too bad you didn't use that ring for your childrens' Christmas instead of a dog, especially when I see that you already have a couple of dogs.

I do wish you the best and your children a sincerely very Merry Christmas.

I have seen them anywhere from 1000, to 5,000 from show breeders but the norm is 1 to 2 thousand.... this gal was despret for chrismas money and dropped her 1500 price to 900 and the traded!!!!!

I tell you without that trade I would not have her!!!!!

I am sooooo blessed! She was meant to be!!!! I have to start Pose training with her!!!! I have it down with pixie... You should see some of the pictures I got today!!!! :p My shutter finger is about to fall off... but I am opening this week come heck or high water!!!! I'm just so excited!!!!!! I can't wait for you all to see it!!!!!!!

And Yes, Chynna Will be the best model!!!!

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I'm going to be blunt. I don't get it. I'm sure you are very excited and rightfully so, but weren't you on here a few weeks ago selling alot of your personal items because you were under great financial strain?:confused: Alot of people helped you out, offered support, and now you tell us you've willingly taken on another mouth to feed, something else that will require money to support? Why didn't you sell your ring then to get the money you needed? I don't understand this at all.

I've followed your stories on here and was concerned along with everyone else about your health and well being and was truly sympathetic because I know how it is to feel like the world is against you...I just don't even know what to say.:(

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i cant wait til you upload the pics :D
im sure your kids & you will have a wonderful christmas

I can't believe my eyes!
 

Are you kidding me???????

To any of you who questioned my financial situation... yes it has been very tough... And my intentions????? I had intended to STOP BY and look because they were on the way and it was a breed I had always wanted.... it was literally three blocks off of the road we take to get to the meeting spot where I exchange children with my ex-husband......

Another mouth to feed.... How much do your yorkies eat??? Mine go through food like they are super models trying to fit into the new fashion of the week! So I don't think I took on a St. Bernard here.....

As far as "trusting" a breeder who would make trade like that..... I have a one year health guarantee, she came with an amazing puppy pack, a hard cover 160pg book on the breed, new toys, full shot records, micro chip, AKC paperwork, I got to play with both mom and dad who both had amazing temperaments and were trained to do some really neat tricks on top of their advanced obedience! I was pretty impressed.

Should I have sold my ring on the open market... I had tried.... I was offered 150 for it by a jeweler, 100 by a pawn shop, and turned down completely by the guy who buys jeweler at the street fair..... So I think my trade was pretty darned good! I paid 695 for it and that was with my managers discount! It was a 1200 ring! That gal got a great deal and so did I... So, short of wrapping it up and giving a 1200 ring to my 11 year old daughter who would have no clue what the heck the point of it was.... nor would it even have fit her..... I decided to keep it..... But hey... if we have honest jewelry fans on here... I have a few items To part with, but my guess I would be offered pennies on the dollar by you nay sayers too..... Hell, I have sold my entire movie collection, all of my CD's, My collectibles, my Coach collection, all but one of my Bottega Veneta's I had 8 and the sell from 600 to 3000, most of mine were 800 to 2000...Before I lost it and brian lost his job, we were very well off, I have sold all of my babies things, on here and on ebay and countless other items mostly on ebay... so who hell do you guys even think you are judging me???? Where do you get off???? I have paid all of my bills selling what took years to buy. items I can never replace... but I have provided for my family... when my car comes out of the shop... its next I think... I have a 1.5 ct diamond... anyone here in the market??? Its hard to find buyers for the kind of stuff I have. But I am always trying! And I am doing everything I can! My house may be sparse in the end, but i'll get thought this, and my babies make us happy! They will never go... Are you telling me that you've never made a knee jerk decision before??? Well, Aren't you better than us all??? I wish I could say the same! But I don't regret a single one... My daughter was one of those! hmmmm Maybe I should take Chynna Back... Kate too??? Please....

The county now pays for my medication... I got on the medication assistance programs finally, but for two months the county was picking up the bill... You guys have no idea what life has been like for me.... I have been through so much more that I have posted and as soon as it goes "public" I will be free to Post about it, but for now I can't. A select few have been in the know, and those of you get it... But the rest of you can take a long walk off a short peer! You have no clue and you judge without even stopping to think that there might be more than meets the eye!

I only answer to one God and his son. And until any of you prove to be as perfect, please save your breath! It is not your place to judge me.

Trading a trinket does not give any of you the right to talk down to be.... so pardon me for being BLUNT... but put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Well said, Kathryn -- none of us knows the whole story about another and even if we do it is still not ours to judge. Sometimes a person just has to do what their heart tells them to do.

I love your little Chynna and if she can bring some more happiness into your lives -- well that is a ring well spent! If she eats too much, I will always buy some more of your clothes! :)

Seriously, I know you will give your girls a Merry Christmas and Chynna is a family gift herself. So, don't let any negatives ruin your holiday. You have many, many well wishes and CONGRATULATIONS on your newest member of the family. She is a doll!

Debra... If you only know how many rings I own!!! I managed a Jewelry Store!!!!!! I have strands of pearls, a Gold Byzantine neck piece! Amazing! 14 K YG watch by Michael Anthony with diamonds and Sapphire in the stem with Mother of Pearl face.... Emerald ring, diamond rings... I have so much!!!!!

You can't even imagine!!!!!!! Clothes are just the surface!!!!!

Holy Cow!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek: not everybody looks down on ya hun!! :)

Congrats Kathryn I am happy for you! Your new pup is adorable too

Thus the basis to why it struck me as odd...you claim to have given up so much just to make it.... Why don't you take a look at it from the perspective or everyone else here. You've gotten support, both financial and emotionally from everyone here, then you turn around and "hey guys, check out my new dog" ?!? I personally feel like I was taken...decieved almost. From the PM's I've gotten in the past few hours, I'm not the only one.

I realize you're probably not too keen on having personal issues questioned...sorry if I struck a nerve. Given how much personal info you've put out there, I thought it was a perfectly valuable question. Enjoy your new dog.

Congratulations on your new 'furless' baby! :p I have to tell you - after my bichon passed away earlier this year, and I was in the market for a new baby to love, it came down to yorkies or cc's. I did all kinds of research and in the end it was my family's 'less than ideal' reaction to the cc's that made me decide on a cute little yorkie. But now that I have Tetley coming home this week, I would SO LOVE to have a cc as a second dog whenever I can afford to get a second! They're awesome! BTW, check out the site www.chinesecrestedcrush.com for a great chat board on cc's. With a hairy-hairless (HHL) you'll need to shave her to keep her looking so good, but the HHLs have better furnishings (mane and tail puffs) than true hairless and don't have the dental problems the true HL do. OMG, I'm so jealous Kathryn! She's gorgeous! :dreaming: