Yorkshire terrier

[EddieWalker]

Bird,

Your right, I haven't shoped for small dogs and have no idea of what people are getting for them. I can tell you that a guy can shop around online and find some really good deals in different parts of the country for papered dogs with decent histories. I don't know my breeds or breeders. It's not my thing.

My brother does and he buys dogs this way fairly often. He's even bought a few from Belgium and Germany. But those were attack dogs, not pointers or retrevers. I know another guy that was exited about a Rot he got in Germany for $14,000. (the amount is correct). This dog was absolutely vicious and it would go right through the suits during training. Sometimes requireing stitches for the handlers. It's not my thing and if fact the prospect of catching them with a sleeve terrifies. me.

Back when Taco Bell had the ads with the talking Chihuahua, they were absolutely rediculous in their prices. I've heard of people paying several grand for a breeding *****. Again, it's not my thing.

$900 may be a great price for a Yorkie. But before I paid that much money for a dog, I'd search the net for awhile to make sure that really was a good price.



Garry,

I've met little Baily and she's as cute at they come!!!! It's great breed with wonderful personalities. I've had the same knee problems with the Bostons and according the the vet, it's very, very common in all the toy breeds.

Eddie

 

[Bird]

Yep, Eddie, you can buy dogs in different parts of the country and have them air shipped to you, and as many places as there are offering that kind of deal, it must be popular with folks who know what they're doing, but that excluded me. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I didn't want to buy anything without seeing it first. I've said I didn't want another dog, but my wife did, so we compromised and got a Chihuahua (almost a dog). /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I guess after nearly 41 years of putting up with me, the old gal's worth it. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif She's almost doubled in size (the dog, that is) in the past month since my wife made this picture. I think the pup's part cat since she likes to climb up high so much.

 

[Jagmandave]

Our neighbors across the street added a new dog to their lot a few months ago, we call it a "Standard" Chihuahua (like a Standard poodle) because it's bigger than any Chihuahua we've ever seen!
When they first got it, it picked out one of the larger dogs first to torment, it would nip it at the back and before the big dog could turn around it had run to the front and nipped it there, it did this for hours till the poor big dog would just go and try to hide from it. It was really comical to watch that little dog bedevil the big ones, but guess who runs the back yard now? It sure isn't the three big dogs..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

Dave, I don't know much about Chihuahuas; just have read a bit on the Internet; stuff that may be right or may not. I think I read that for show dogs they have to be no more than 6 pounds. And there are short haired and long haired ones. The one we got supposedly had a short haired mother and long haired father. And I don't know or remember at what age dogs normally reach their full size. This one was supposedly 12 weeks old when we got her on January 28 and weighed 1 pound 10 ounces. On February 28, she was up to 3 pounds 2 ounces. So I don't know how big she'll get, but I think she eats almost as much as our last dog; a 13 pound rat terrier. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif