Looking for MORKIE

[cj125]

Originally Posted by rik20101

Well, I for one LOVE my cheap a** little McDonald's dog. Sorry she doesn't live up to your gourmet dogs.

Good luck in your search!!

Originally Posted by BobbieD

I think they were out of line. A cross bred dog is no less valuable to their owners then the most expensive purebred dog in the world. And comments like that will not help this person in his/her search. There is such thing as common courtesy. You can help educate a person with out bashing them!

Originally Posted by pau_k

to some people: if u dont wanna help me just dont write anything, i think there is nothing wrong with morkies, they as as good as yorkie or other breed, maybe 200years ago yorkie wasnt a pure breed , whatever, just dont answer qustions if u want to be mean.

No one called your dog a name.
No one said mixes were less valuable than a purebred.
No one was bashing you or being mean.
And they did offer valuable information to you - which I call "educating" ...
so why are you all getting an attitude?

We love Yorkshire Terriers - I think the name of the forum pretty much says that. While we love dogs, the majority of the members here don't condone mixbreeding. This is not to say that we don't own, love or value mixbreeds - because we do - we just don't condone purposely breeding 2 breeds together.

The comments made about the restaurants/cars was because people come on here looking for something that isn't here. You came here asking about Morkies but this site clearly states Yorkie....

This site has been here for 6 yrs so I'm sure you'll find something about Morkies - but not much.

Good Luck in your search but I'd start with the sticky that tells you how to look for a good breeder and then go from there.

[angeleyes]

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

I don't think that anyone meant to imply that any one dog is "lesser" than another. Where on Earth do you see that insinuated? Not supporting a specific breeding practice does not mean that one thinks the dogs are inferior to others in the eyes of their owners.



pau_k--
You joined asking for advice, did you not? Bottom line is, you came to a YORKIE website full of passionate people who love the Yorkie breed as it is--does it really come as a shock to you that members here would not be supportive of this type of breeding? Given the strong feelings that people have on the matter, I think you got some very mild and helpful responses full of suggestions and explanations for why people do not agree with it--even if you choose to ignore the positive and only focus on what you perceive as negative.

I have found, that when you post on a large site, full of opinionated people about a topic many feel very strongly about, you can expect a wide spectrum of answers--some you may like, and some you may not agree with. It just comes with the territory. However, one cannot "control" the responses given or expect others to bite their tongues just because you demand that they "just don't write anything" if it's an answer you don't want to hear. Just not a realistic expectation to have.

Excuse me but I do believe that many people on YT also have Morkies. If somone wants a Morkie, then that's what they should have. Not to feel inferior if they don't have a purebred Yorkie. I had a choice and I chose a Morkie and have never regretted it for one moment. If I had it to do again, I'd make the same choice. I'm not saying anything against Yorkies as I think they are adorable. Being purebred does not make them any more or less loving or smart or adorable.

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by angeleyes

Excuse me but I do believe that many people on YT also have Morkies. If somone wants a Morkie, then that's what they should have. Not to feel inferior if they don't have a purebred Yorkie. I had a choice and I chose a Morkie and have never regretted it for one moment. If I had it to do again, I'd make the same choice. I'm not saying anything against Yorkies as I think they are adorable. Being purebred does not make them any more or less loving or smart or adorable.

Can someone please point out, WHERE IN THE PREVIOUS POSTS DOES IT SAY THAT???? Any dog is worth having, loving, and they are smart in their own way. It doesn't change the fact that no REPUTABLE breeder will mix breeds without a purpose. If someone wants a morkie, dorkie, or porkie (I don't know if they exist but hey, I wouldn't be surprised) they should have one definitely. But, they should check shelters first before dishing out money to support unscrupulous breeders.

[angeleyes]

Originally Posted by pau_k

Hi everyone!
I want to buy my first dog, my friend has a morkie and when i saw him i just fell in love thats why i want to get one too. I wanted to buy my dog from the same breeder as she did but unfortunately they closed their business. I was traying to find something in the internet but i want to make sure that my dog will be from good people, thats why I want to ask you- people who know everything about yorkies and i hope morkies too please me tell if u know where i can buy great, healthy morkie in NJ, NY or PA. I want to buy a teacup size, (around 5lb when adult).

Welcome to YT, I have learned to take only the information I want and to leave the rest. Sometimes people get a little high and mighty about some subjects. It use to make me feel inferior about having a Morkie but I have learned that it is their problem, not mine. I found an ad in our local paper for a lady who bred her Maltese and her Yorkie (yes, intensionally) as she had many requests for Morkie puppies. Her little Yorkie had a litter of 7 adorable and healthy puppies. They were born and raised in the house with the family and their kids and other dogs. We were free to come at any time and see the puppies and get to know which one we wanted. She would not let them go until they were 12 weeks which is vet recommended. I visited Belle about 4 times before she could come home with me. By then she knew us and she knew her name. She came with a vet record and letter about the health of the puppies. We also got a puppy starter kit and a health guarentee for 2 years. Also, if something happened that we couldn't keep the puppy, they could go back home at any time. She was always available by email or phone for any questions.
She breeds about once a year but never the same female, she spaces them out 2 years. the dogs she breeds are her babies that live with her family. Check around, ask the vets around you or check the papers, you"ll find a puppy to love. One thing, there is no such thing as a teacup puppy. They are puppies that are younger than the seller says they are, don' fall for that. A Morkie usually weighs around 5 to 8 pounds. Belle is almost 2 years and weighs just under 7 pounds and is totally healthy. Good luck

[angeleyes]

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

Can someone please point out, WHERE IN THE PREVIOUS POSTS DOES IT SAY THAT???? Any dog is worth having, loving, and they are smart in their own way. It doesn't change the fact that no REPUTABLE breeder will mix breeds without a purpose. If someone wants a morkie, dorkie, or porkie (I don't know if they exist but hey, I wouldn't be surprised) they should have one definitely. But, they should check shelters first before dishing out money to support unscrupulous breeders.

I guess an opinion depends on the type of person you get it from, especially when it comes to the meaning on reputable breeder vs unscrupulous breeder. sometimes you just have to look a little higher over that "gold crown" to be able to see clearly.

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by angeleyes

I guess an opinion depends on the type of person you get it from, especially when it comes to the meaning on reputable breeder vs unscrupulous breeder. sometimes you just have to look a little higher over that "gold crown" to be able to see clearly.

Sorry OP. Some people like to drag things on and on and can't see past what they read into other people's posts. I was going to respond to this post, but it's best I don't.

[cj125]

Originally Posted by angeleyes

I guess an opinion depends on the type of person you get it from, especially when it comes to the meaning on reputable breeder vs unscrupulous breeder. sometimes you just have to look a little higher over that "gold crown" to be able to see clearly.

Ok - then please educate us.

What type of person should be giving us their opinion here?

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by angeleyes

Welcome to YT, I have learned to take only the information I want and to leave the rest. Sometimes people get a little high and mighty about some subjects. It use to make me feel inferior about having a Morkie but I have learned that it is their problem, not mine. I found an ad in our local paper for a lady who bred her Maltese and her Yorkie (yes, intensionally) as she had many requests for Morkie puppies. Her little Yorkie had a litter of 7 adorable and healthy puppies. They were born and raised in the house with the family and their kids and other dogs. We were free to come at any time and see the puppies and get to know which one we wanted. She would not let them go until they were 12 weeks which is vet recommended. I visited Belle about 4 times before she could come home with me. By then she knew us and she knew her name. She came with a vet record and letter about the health of the puppies. We also got a puppy starter kit and a health guarentee for 2 years. Also, if something happened that we couldn't keep the puppy, they could go back home at any time. She was always available by email or phone for any questions.
She breeds about once a year but never the same female, she spaces them out 2 years. the dogs she breeds are her babies that live with her family. Check around, ask the vets around you or check the papers, you"ll find a puppy to love. One thing, there is no such thing as a teacup puppy. They are puppies that are younger than the seller says they are, don' fall for that. A Morkie usually weighs around 5 to 8 pounds. Belle is almost 2 years and weighs just under 7 pounds and is totally healthy. Good luck

Let me begin my saying that I too have 2 "Morkies" Yorkie/Maltese mixes. But unlike you mine are both rescues. Doodlebug was a puppy when I brought him home from the rescue. His mom was purchased at a puppymill auction and he was born at the rescue. Bogey is also a Yorkie/Maltese mix and from a shelter. He was a little over a year old when be became part of our family. Although they are both Morkies they are as different as they could possibly be. Bogey is blonde with dark brown eyes and a silkie coat. Dbug has black eyes and an almost white cottony coat. When you mix the two breeds you never know what the end result will be. Now we add your little Belle who looks nothing like my two. She is adorable but now we are adding another color combination to the Morkie "breed" with her black and white coloring.

There is a breed standard that all reputable breeders adhere to when having a litter of puppies. They do not just throw together a male and female and hope for the best. When someone breeds a mix that is exactly what they are doing. Hoping for cute puppies. But truth be told there is no way to tell what the final look of a puppy will be. Perfect example would be to just looking at all 3 of our Morkies the variation is huge!

I think the question would be other than the money factor why is the woman that breeds Morkies and sells them in the local paper doing so? The only reason is money~unless she gave you Belle for FREE that is her purpose. Someone is willing to pay her $$$ for these cute puppies so she is filling the demand. But really all that is doing is making her a BYBer earning a buck of her dogs. Then add to that she just uses the females for 2 yrs worth of puppies and rehomes them. To me that is just very sad. They are only her money making machines and when their time is up off they go and the next one is put into its place What you described in a BYBer and someone that I personally would not only not purchase a puppy from but also not recommend. It doesn't matter if you have a 2 year health guarantee or a forever return policy. I wonder what would happen if someone tried to collect?

Reputable breeders take two pure bred AKC registered dogs with the best qualities to try to achieve the perfect specimens of that breed. Someone who is mixing to make puppies could not have high quality dogs since a good breeder would never allow that to happen with their lines. I personally would want to know where her dogs came from to not have a spay/neuter contract in place.

There might have been a time that I would not have thought it was wrong to purposely mix breeds to make puppies. But in the past few years I have become very aware of all the dogs that are produced in this country and are PTS every year. Our shelters are over run with abandoned and unwanted animals.

Like I said before, I believe that if you want a Morkie you should adopt from a rescue or shelter. I do not feel that any of my three are inferior to other members pups on YT. Some of the best show breeders in the country that are right here on YT have told me that my dogs are pretty. I know they are not show quality but they sure are not any different than many of the other Yorkies and mixes on this forum! They are loved and care for unconditionally just like the love they bring to my life. There are plenty that need home and are dying because they do not have one. I truly hope that you take something from my words today regarding ethical breeding practices. This is the way that I learned to love the breed and support responsible and ethical breeding practices.

Here are pictures of my boys~

Doodlebug is first and Bogey is second.

[megansmomma]

I miss read and would like to clarify........

Then add to that she just uses the females for 2 yrs worth of puppies and rehomes them.

This was a misunderstanding that I stated. Sorry

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by angeleyes

Excuse me but I do believe that many people on YT also have Morkies. If somone wants a Morkie, then that's what they should have. Not to feel inferior if they don't have a purebred Yorkie. I had a choice and I chose a Morkie and have never regretted it for one moment. If I had it to do again, I'd make the same choice. I'm not saying anything against Yorkies as I think they are adorable. Being purebred does not make them any more or less loving or smart or adorable.

Excuse me, but I'm fully aware that many people here on YT have a wide array of mixed breeds, just as there are many who do not support breeders who produce them. No one said anything about mixes being lesser dogs or suggested that those who love them are inferior in any way. Just because someone does not support them being purposely bred does not mean they are think ill of the dogs.

It seems that the difference of opinion is in what one views as a "reputable" breeder. The standards you use to make that assessment are clearly different. If someone post asking for advice, you are free to exhault the practice of breeding mutts just as others are free to offer advice for why they do not support it. What others choose to take from it is up to them.

As you seem to be very passionate in your stance on the matter, I am very intrested to know what qualities you believe make a Morkie breeder "reputable." What steps do the ones you have encountered take? The way I view it, it's an 'easy way out' for people to make money off their dogs, but clearly, you've witnessed otherwise. There are many concerns that people have with those breeding to produce mutts--what have you seen in 'reputable' Morkie breeders to address and disprove those concerns?

I am curious though...if the breeder you got your dog from had so many request for Morkies, why was she having to run an ad in the paper. Clearly, the demand she claimed she was breeding to meet was no longer there, so what was her reason for continuing?

[Rhetts_mama]

Originally Posted by cj125

Ok - then please educate us.

What type of person should be giving us their opinion here?

According to some, it should only be the type who give sunshine and lollipop answers. To do other wise is being mean.

And again, I have nothing against mixed breeds- they've made up the majority of dogs I've had in my life. What I do have a problem with is the irresponsible breeders behind them and their latest tactic of calling them "hybrids" in order to run up prices for what is better described as an "oops". If that makes me an elitist, then so be it.

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama

If that makes me an elitist, then so be it.

Apparently it does. I hope your gold crown doesn't weigh down your head today.

[Beamers Mom]

Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama

According to some, it should only be the type who give sunshine and lollipop answers. To do other wise is being mean.

And again, I have nothing against mixed breeds- they've made up the majority of dogs I've had in my life. What I do have a problem with is the irresponsible breeders behind them and their latest tactic of calling them "hybrids" in order to run up prices for what is better described as an "oops". If that makes me an elitist, then so be it.

no No No - they are not "hybrids" - they are "designer dogs"

Hmmm Bruce loved our old Oldsmobile Silhouette, now he likes the Lincoln Navigator, would like a combination of the two. Does anyone know of a reputable chop shop where he could get a Silvigator???

[jacquelinebabco]

double post, sorry...

[jacquelinebabco]

Originally Posted by Beamers Mom

no No No - they are not "hybrids" - they are "designer dogs"

Hmmm Bruce loved our old Oldsmobile Silhouette, now he likes the Lincoln Navigator, would like a combination of the two. Does anyone know of a reputable chop shop where he could get a Silvigator???

You made me spit my coffee out. LMAO