The AKC Popularity Curse - Yorkies For Sale

You can't get much cuter than Yorkshire Terrierfrom licensed breeders all across the country. If you
puppies. When they are only eight weeks old, they arespecifically want a purebred Yorkshire Terrier puppy,
a heart-stopping blend of elegance and scruffiness.these are the best places to go to. These breeders
Since the breed is so small and their exercise needsonly have a few Yorkies for sale each year, as their
are practically nothing, you can find Yorkies for sale inkennels and breeding operations are run out of their
pet stores, classifieds, dog magazines and Internet ads.homes. The fewer the number of dogs in a kennel, the
And they are one of the dogs toted about by skinnymore individual care they get.
celebrity stars, making them very fashionable.But are you looking at Yorkies for sale because you
But most Yorkies for sale come from inhumane puppywant a companion? In that case, you should go to your
mills. Because of their small size and the demand forlocal animal shelter or a Yorkshire Terrier breed
them, they are one of the more popular breeds foundrescue group. You probably will not get papers with
in these horrible places. Puppy mills are factory farmsyour dog, but you will find purebred Yorkshire Terrier
for dogs, which aren't given proper veterinarypuppies and adults. The Humane Society of the United
treatment, kept in stacked wire crates and areStates estimates that twenty-five percent of all dogs
immediately shot, electrocuted or drowned when theirabandoned are purebreds.
short lives are used up in puppy making, which takesMost of the time, these dogs are abandoned through
up a lot of energy. Those Yorkshire Terrier puppiesno fault of the dog. They are there because their
don't sound quite so cute now, do they?previous owners did not take the time to learn basic
The bad news is that most places that advertiseYorkshire Terrier puppy care. They most likely bought
Yorkies for sale get their puppies from these inhumanethe puppy on impulse, especially since they are so
puppy mills. These places include all pet stores and allfashionable now, and didn't realize what they were
Internet ads that will ship the puppy to you and do notgetting into. There are even puppies as young as six
ask you any questions other than your method ofmonths old are given up because of ignorance on the
payment. Often, there will be signs in front of farmspart of the owner. But adults are usually already
saying "Yorkies for Sale" and you will walk directly intoneutered and (for the most part) housebroken. They
a puppy mill. Please report them to the properneed extensive grooming, which turns a lot of previous
authorities if you come across such a foul place.owners off.
The good news is that Yorkies for sale can be found