What to avoid when searching for your pup:
Where Quality & Standards Matter
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Here are the major things to avoid when searching for a yorkie pup:
1.) If they have Visa/MC available on their site.
2.) If they use the term "teacups." No such thing.
3.) Selling pups younger than 12 weeks of age.
4.) They guarantee adult weight.
5.) Willing to meet you somewhere else and not letting you see their home.
6.) They do not get the dogs and pups thorough health tested/screenings.
7.) They have more than 2 different breeds.
8.) Their dogs are not groomed and the area is not clean.
9.) You do not see the parents or adult dogs on their web page or in their home.
10.) You are not given a contract with guarantee or record of vaccines.
11.) They give you full registration on a puppy or they charge extra for full registrations.
12.) They sell pups without spay/neuter contracts.
13.) They breed "Designer" breeds (mixes) - Parties, morkies, chorkies, yorktese, etc..
14.) They do not know the pedigrees (family trees) of their dogs.
15.) They have litters often (more than twice a year) and often breed the dam (mother) every heat.
16.) Their dogs do not represent the breed standard.
17.) Their dogs looks on their web page have been altered.
18.) They have way too many dogs.
19.) They charge more for females or for smaller pups.
20.) The breeder is not knowledgeable on the breed or breed standard.
21.) They breed smaller females (this is usually less than 5 pounds).
22.) They want to use your pup later as a stud for them.
23.) The breeder takes your money first without interview or references.
24.) They charge a lot for their tiny puppies.
25.) They are not breeding to champions. They may state champion lined puppies when the first champions in the pups' pedigree is back beyond the 3rd generation.
26.) They are breeding substandard yorkies - such as ears down, bad toplines, wrong standard color, etc..
27.) Charges more than their pups are worth. If the pup is not champion sired/damed no way should you pay 2,500 or more for that pup.
* I only recommend AKC, since they require parentage to be proven (purebred)
and they do inspections.
* I recommed only breeders that stick to the yorkshire terrier standard!
* A breeder that shows their dogs, shows they care and ready to go the extra expense and time to have others evaluate their dogs.
They are serious about our breed and want to do right!
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A Backyard Breeder Verses A Reputable Breeder
So how do you know if a breeder is good or not? You must educate yourself and ask questions. Remember your decission will effect you and your family for the next dozen or more years. Choose wisely! Not all breeders are the same nor the quality of their pups they produce. It is not always easy to tell the difference at times, between a good breeder - a responsible hobby breeder - from an unknowledgeable "backyard breeder" or a commercial "puppy mill" breeder. Buying at a cheap price may cause you more in the long run at the vets. If it sounds to good to be true - it probably is!
So You Want To Be A Breeder!
Here are some tips before you just rush out and buy you a dog to breed.
- Research years before buying. You need to know about the Yorkshire terrier standard. What makes a good quality yorkie?
- You also need to reseach pedigree lines. Which lines do you like best and why? Which ones are winning most in the ring?
- Need to know all about the health issues of a yorkie. What do you need to test your yorkie for when you get him?
- Go to lots of shows. Can you pick out the winner? Why did that dog get the win that day? What were his/her parents names/lines?
- Now that you have spent several years learning. Go and get a mentor! Interview and talk to people that breed. They will be your difference in whether you will make it or not.
- Now that you have a mentor, you will spent many hours learning form them.
- Niw that you have a feel for a good quality yorkie, go and search for your breeder. Yes, you pick your breeder first, before the puppy.
- Also evaluate your puppy to make sure they are sound and after health testing wait to see. With yorkies it will now be a waiting a long while. You will not know for sure if your yorkie has what it takes to be breed, until they are at least 1 year old.
- Showing is a necessary thing to do to see if your dog has the quality to be breed. There are no short cuts in breeding. You are in a sense playing God with each breeding you do. It should be for the betterment of the breed. Breeding pets to pets will only produce substandard dogs, which in the end can ruin our breed we love so much. Way too many people are breeding and have no clue what they are doing. This one reason so many buyers are upset. They buy a pup hoping for a loving long member of the family that will last a quarter of a century. Instead they are getting a dog that they are spending a fortune for or does not look like a yorkie.
- Breeding is also not cheap! Many yorkies are needing c-sections which run from $500.00 to $2,000.00 depending on vets and hours. Puppies need vaccines and should be given by the vet and not through a catalog company. This allows the vet to exam the pup to check for problems. Parents need testing before breeding and so do pups before going to their new home. It all adds up and no breeder, if breeding corerectly, makes any profit. So now that you know all this .... you need to think back and decide - Are you breeding for the right reason and for the betterment of the breed?