hello everyone i hope i am making my first post in the right place ,however doesnt anyone feel that the prices of puppys are rocketing out of control my wife had a tiny yorkie wich now people call teacup size ,however now they want to charge nearly a thousand pound for a similar size pup when she got holly our dear little girl she was the runt of the pack but sadly we lost her quite a few years ago and their is no garantee that the pupy will stay under 3lb so you buy a puppy for the size you want pay all this money and end up with a full sized yorkie with no comeback against the owner although they advertise as teacup you feel robbed ,me and my wife are not in to small yorkies for the fashion side of things as we had our holly ten years ago before it was now fashionable we just like the underdog so to speak it suits us as we could take her every where with us but now breeders seem to see pound notes instead of future loving homes

Hi to you, and yes unfortunately the tea cup yorkie is now in the designer dog price range!!!! Good luck in your hunt for your little dog.

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but realisticly the breed tea cup doesnt actually exsist as abreed they a very small toy yorkies ie runts of the litters its a shame that people are throwing together x breeds for fashion and expecting top money for all intense purposes a mungrel any more veiws on this subject welcome

I think its totally wrong in breeding dogs for profit, why should a smaller dog cost more than any other? Its not as though these dogs cost more to look after before they leave home.

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I totally agree with you and with the fact that they are actually runts of the litter, we sometimes will have a runt and yes we do sell them cheaper than the rest of the litter. We do not breed for profit and will normally only have a litter to enable us to keep one to further our lines, when all outgoings are totted up they very rarely are covered by the sale of the pups if lucky we break even. And yes, it is paramount to us where our pups are homed. I wish you luck in finding your pup - have you tried some of the bona-fide breeders as oppose to those in the local rag, yellow free ads etc.

I will be with a friend who breeds and exhibits yorkies this weekend and will find out if he knows of anything if you would like

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my thoughts totally you expect to pay around three to five hundred if its a dog that you really want but how can anyone justifie(excuse spelling) a thousand pound and a lot of the sellers now are saying pedigree but not kc registered how can they get away with it im o doogy expert i loved my holly for her not what lineage or breeding so not up to date on non kc registred dogs are but as a lay person i would say a non kc registred dog should be cheaper

hi yes some more info from your friend would be helpfull, but furhter to your point over cost if a litter has average four to five pups depending on the dog ect you say 650 per dog at five dogs thats a total 3,200 you take off say two hundred for stud fee and lets say 600 for inoculations ect your still left with enough to cover fees im not having a go at you im just trying to see were the justfication is in the extreme prices and how people can say they just scrape by my sister knew someone who bred dogs on a regular basis and made a very comftable living out of it and im sure that would count for a lot of dog breeders

trouble is its not just the small breeds that get well over priced as well
the wolfhounds do and danes
and its mostly all to do with fashion and the fashion of cross breeding is mad at the mo
some are asking more for them then a pedigree.
but as ive said while people are willing to pay these prices for dogs there are people willing to pay that price.
they must have more money than sence

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Stud fees are now in the region of 500 - 600 pounds, I know you are not having a go at me and agree with you completely about the prices of pups and if they are not kc registered that is even worse - I can't help you at the mo with the correct prices for a yorkie but will speak to my friend this weekend and hopefully have some news for you on Monday!

And your sister is right some people do make a living out of it but and big but the puppies are probably not raised the same way that most breeders do which is with the feeding etc.

Just hold in there the right dog will come along for you when you least expect it.

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im sure it will and look forward to see what information come up after the weekend nice chatting with you all