Some people take the word "breeder" with a negative connotation. This is unfortunate since there are many loving breeders who take superior care of their dogs and love them with all of their heart. Many of these ladies live in or near the Houston area. Breeders listed on my website are these kinds of people.
I often see puppies for sale on the side of the road or in Wal Marts or Flea Markets. This most likely is a Puppy Mill. They do not want you to see how they treat their animals. So they bring the puppy to a busy place to sale to "whoever" wants it. They don't care who buys it and they hide their dirty secrets behind their lies. A lot of these puppies end up in shelters without love. Due to problematic issues from bad breeding practices.
Puppy Mill people will lie to you to sale the dog. They won't have the parents for you to see. And you will get ripped off. Later having a dog that ends up with health problems or much larger than you'd anticipated. You may get a good price but end up with expensive problems.
I just had a lady tell me her Schnorkies(schnauzer/yorkies) would not grow any bigger(at 13 weeks). And that the mother(4# schnauzer) and father(2# yorkie) were very tiny. They weren't there of course and the puppies were already as big as my 7# Batman. And then proceeded in saying they came with a years worth of free puppy food from a company that supports their program. Huh???? I wasn't born yesterday and as soon as the load of cr_p started falling from her lips she turned her eyes away to look elsewhere while she loaded on the bullsh_t. It is this incident that angered me so to write this page for you all. Also there were a group of undesirable people sitting around with two or three cages full of puppies. It truly disgusted me and made my heart sad and angry for the sweet helpless puppies suffering in the heat of Texas Summer.
I just sold a puppy to a nice lady who made this mistake. She bought her puppy on the side of the road. two months later her dog died of liver failure and the people wanted her to buy another one for $200. Feeling no responsibility of the tragedy that had occured. I can't imagine having to go through the pain she must have suffered losing her new little baby. I promised her that would never happen to her with my puppies and I would gladly replace a puppy should any tragedy, due to health, occured with my little babies. I have a huge heart and it goes out to all persons and animals I meet. I breed my puppies for the joy it brings me and my family and to others who buy them. No amount of money is worth hurting an animal or a human being. I will honor this as long as I am able(still breeding).
Jennifer Eberhardt