Intex

I need to buy a Yorkshire Terrier (or similiar) in Paris, as a gift. I have not been able to locate a breeder or PetStore online from the US.
Does anyone know where I could begin my search, or of a petstore? I thoiught I saw one on the right bank of the Seine one day?

blackduff

http://www.wellbredpets.com/Yorkshir...opolitan-.html

Maybe this place can provide a yorkie.

Do you really want to give a dog as a gift. Normally reciprients are very unhappy having a dog present. Give a lot of thought before you buy/bring a pooch to an owner who will not take care of the dog.

I'm a dog lover and Yorkies are nice dogs but it's not a lamp or toaster, for giving gifts. This is going to need care for about 15 years~almost as a child.

Blackduff

hausfrau

"need to buy a Yorkshire Terrier (or similar)"??? In Paris??? Online from the U.S.???

I'm not normally the reactionary type, but this is one of the most upsetting posts I have ever read on this board.

Blackduff is spot-on. A dog is not a toaster, or a lamp, or a piece of fine china. This is a living, breathing animal you are talking about. To refer to a dog as casually as if it were an Hermes scarf that you need to pick up while shopping on the Champs-Elysees is inhumane and totally uninformed.

In my opinion it is NEVER appropriate for a dog to be purchased as a gift. And in my experience a pet store is never the appropriate place to purchase a dog - let alone a pet store you have never visited in a foreign country. Someone interested in purchasing a dog should do their own research about the breed(s) they are interested in, meet breeders or visit shelters to meet the prospective pets and see the conditions in which the dogs are raised first-hand, and be directly involved in selecting the animal for which they are going to be personally responsible for the next 10-15 years.

Intex, before you get blasted with more posts about how terrible this idea is, perhaps you could explain exactly why you have posed this question. We might be able to come up with a more appropriate and humane solution for you.

Intex

My daughter lives in Paris, and wouldike to purchase a Yorkie, but have not been able to find one on her own.
I am trying to help locate one for her. This is not a gift for a stranger.

We are "dog" people, have 3 dogs resuced from shelters, and know what the commitment is.

I undrestand your concerns,but don't think I need to belambasted for trying to find a dog. Maybe I should have worded the title as: Daughter looking for dog breeder.

Intex

Blackduff,
Thanks, but they have no listings. I guess I was looking for someone familiar with breeders in Paris.

Christina

I don't understand this, if your daughter lives in Paris, can't she just look them up in the phonebook? I just did that, and there are certainly not a lot of pet stores in Paris (that sell animals, that is, there are plenty that sell food and accessories), there are a few and they easily show up if you look for pet stores (animalerie). Does she not even know how to use the phonebook, or minimal French? Because if not, I don't think she'll be able to ask the right questions and have a good discussion on the dogs. Puppies are chiots, for example.

I am not sure that is a good idea, though, if she wants a Yorkshire, perhaps she should be talking to the appropriate societies or something to find out the best way to do that. She could certainly at least go into some pet store she seems to trust and ask their advice (I mean a store that sells food, etc., -- Animalis in Bercy village is a large one, for example, see www.animalis.fr)

I have no idea if these stores are good or not, so I hate to name them, but there is one named Chenil de Paris in the 16th http://chenildeparis.com

There is another that says it specializes in small dogs, including that breed, of course, in the 14th but I have read serious complaints about it in that it sells sick dogs and buys from puppy mills. Now that can be the problem just buying from a pet store. I will name it just so you know that it has had complaints, that is Dog Club on rue Tombe Issoire.

cigalechanta

I saw many pet shops on Quai de la Mégisserie.

Intex

Christina,
Thasnk you for the info. I had asked around, even stopped Yorkie owners in the street and asked where they had purchased them, but mostly received answers, like "from private parties" or in some store in the "xth" .
We went to 2 stores, but were not impressed with the store or conditions. I will now contact a breeder at the French Yorkie club, yorkshireterrier-club.com, and see if someone will return my call.
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I was just trying to see if someone had any suggestions, as I dont't want to buy from someone who buys from a puppy mill.

Thanks again for the info

Intex

I will go to the Quai de la Mégisserie, and look, it might be the one that I had seen once from a distance.
Thanks

cigalechanta

Here is some great information for your daughter once she has her gift.


http://www.secretsofparis.com/pets-in-paris/

blackduff

Here's the nearest breeder for yorkies.

http://www.bergerieducoteau.com/

My advice is always buy from breeders. Pet shops might have good dogs but they can also have bad dogs.

Blackduff

hausfrau

Intex, I'm glad to hear that you are not intending to purchase a dog sight-unseen and I'm sorry that I jumped to false conclusions. It really is important to provide all the relevant information in your posts. But I have to agree with Christina: your daughter should have a much easier time researching and finding a dog in Paris herself rather than you trying to find her one remotely from the U.S. Asking owners on the street is a wonderful idea - is there some reason why she doesn't follow up on those leads?

If (and I'm just guessing here) she isn't comfortable with the language, then she should probably ask herself if she is prepared to take on the commitment of owning a dog in a foreign country. Speaking from experience, as I just spent over two years in Germany with my dog and cat, it is important to be able to communicate your pets' needs in the local language - whether you are purchasing food and supplies, discussing health issues with your vet, or finding a kennel.

BTilke

Intex, isn't your daughter the student at the Sorbonne? A young person studying abroad in Paris is the last person who "needs" to acquire a dog and would probably be among the last person any responsible breeder would sell to. I associate with lots of responsible breeders in Europe and can't think of a single one who would even consider selling one of their dogs to a foreign student on her year abroad.

hetismij

ANd please don't buy one frome a pet store or an ad in the paper - they are almost certainly from a puppy mill, probably smuggled in from Eastern Europe, taken from their mothers too young, etc etc.
Please reconsider this. If your daughter is only in Paris for a short period and is then flying back to the US the dog will have to fly cargo. It will cost her a lot to ship back and the poor dog could undergo real trauma from this. I'm not saying it will, just that it could. If your daughter is studying then does she really have the time to train a puppy?
Maybe she could offer to help at a local shelter and can walk dogs from there if she is missing canine companionship.

Intex

Blackduff, Thank you for the info- I will contact them, and hopefully they will work out. This is EXACTLY the info and response I was looking for.

To those others that have apprehensions, rest assured that we would never endanger a dog, nor abandon it in an apt. She has a large Apt, and can take this dog everywhere, as in School, Restaurants, Metro, etc. After her year, she returns with the dog IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. Actually she has more time to spend with a dog than most working woman with dogs in Paris.

This will be my last post regarding animals, I failed to anticipate the level of concern over animals on this forum.

PS- My daughter worked with animal shleters here, so she is more than aware of the circumstances.

I do appreciate those that replied though.

BTilke

Intex, we live in Europe. We have a dog in Europe. We travel throughout Europe with our dog. We know many dog breeders in Europe. To be blunt, we know a LOT more about living and traveling with a dog in Europe than you. Your daughter is NOT a permanent Paris resident...she is a student on her year abroad. Big difference.

A responsible dog breeder will not (and should not) sell a puppy to a foreign exchange student in Paris. Your daughter is NOT being responsible by trying to get a dog in Paris when, as you yourself posted elsewhere, she doesn't even know what she plans to do next year. Not every country in Europe is as dog accepting as France.

With responsible breeders worth their salt not willing to sell to your daughter, your options are irresponsible breeders or pet stores who are like to have imported their puppies from puppy mills in eastern Europe. Either way, bad decision.

BTilke

I find it interesting that Intex also posted this statement:
"Actually she has more time to spend with a dog than most working woman with dogs in Paris."

Does this daughter not intend to take a full time job in the next 12 to 16 years? What happens when she gets out of school? What if she takes a job that requires long hours or frequent travel?

apersuader65

Hausfrau:
A poster asks for information on where she might be able to buy a Yorkie. That was it. Someone has the gall to tell the poster (after the poster added responses) to add relevant information to the original post? Why is it relevant that the poster be treated like Michael Vick when asking where to purchase? If you can't answer the damn question without throwing in your nastiness, then please, don't post.

Intex: good luck on your search

Lawchick

Do NOT buy from those pet shops in Paris - or any pet shop anywhere fort hat matter. I used to live in Paris and could never walk down that side of the Seine with all the petshops on it as my husband would have to restrain me. The poor mites are bred in basically dog factories and shipped in containers to these pet stores.

Go to a breeder as suggested or go to a shelter. A "pre owned" model might be even better for your daughter - ie one who is used to apartment living.

My cousins wife has a yorkie in Paris and it pees in a kitty litter she has set up for him in the bathroom of the apartment. She carries him around in a LV carrier too or in the basket of her bicycle. He even goes in a backpack with his head sticking out when her husband is on his motorbike.

Bloom

Yes, what apersuader said.

In reading the original post, I can't understand why some of you...

- automatically thought it was a bad idea for the OP to give her daughter Yorkie as a gift (gasp, the nerve!)

- felt that she viewed the dog no more importantly than she would a 'Hermes scarf' (or a toaster)

- assumed the OP didn't know that the care of the dog would entail 15 years (really? oh)

- questioned why the OP's daughter couldn't make the call herself (sheesh)

- questioned whether the OP's daughter would be able to take on the commitment of caring for the dog (so you know the OP's daughter personally? oh)...

and so on and so on...

Man alive, people, cut people some slack already!

Intex- Good luck in your search.

Bloom