Betty's Teacup Yorkies review: Selling sick puppies 69

Karen Smith can you tell us which puppy you bought from Betty's Yorkies? The name that Betty used to sell her? I have been following Betty's Yorkies and her dogs and know most of their names. Can you give us a few more details about the transaction?

Please also understand, that there is no such thing as a "Tea-cup Yorkie" They are simply runts bred with runts, and sell them at a higher price. Any reputable breeder would never use that term to sell a Yorkie, "teac-cups" do happen, but a reputable breeder does not breed for them. Because of their small size there are often many medical issues - and it is common in "teac-cups". If you see any breeders using the terms "Tea-Cup" "Micro" Or "Precious Baby Doll" RUN FAR AWAY. Often their dams used are incredibly small - under 4 pounds - and that is CRUEL. Please keep yourselves educated before buying any particular type of breed. YorkieTalk.com is a great forum to learn from. I am so sorry for your situation - I hope it takes a turn for the better.

Are the puppies being sold from this web site coming from a licensed dog breeder. http://www.tea-cup-yorkies.com/

There's no such thing as a 'tea cup' dog Betty. As a reputable breeder, which you think you are, I can't believe you're using this term. You're in it for the money, plain and simple..it's obvious. No dog is worth that much. "Tiny vet specialist"? Really? There's NO SUCH THING! It made me laugh to read that! You can hide behind these terms, but your reputation is tarnished.

I would like to know why Betty doesn't post photos of the sires and dames of these pups she is selling. If she is a reputable breeder, she is the first I've seen who doesn't give more information as to where they come from... I see several red flags here.

Yes I agree because I called this week asking questions about the parents of a puppy I saw on her website that I wanted and she doesn't give a straight answer...she is very shady. I have been warned about breeders that don't want to show you the parents of a puppy! AND how young are they being taken from their parents?and from WHERE that she cannot have you see them...there are sick people out there that don't care at all about animals but only for the money they can make on them!

** DANGER ZONE BEWARE ***
first of i would like to say that betty/Joanne pedram is NOT a breeder! she is a puppy broker who buys and resales korean puppy mill dogs.
i have had my experience with this professional scam artist and know first hand how deceiving she can be, DO NOT LET HER FOOL YOU ! she is not who you think she is nor who i thought she was.
i purchased an adorable pom, when i finally got her she was extremely sick and had recurring hypoglycemia attacks. i took her to our vet and had him run many tests, to my shock he told us that she had liver shunt and heart mermer. my baby died at 6th MONTHS OLD! i purchased her from betty's teacup yourkies! i dont want a replacement from her, i dont want another heart ache! had i known my dog was from korea i never would have delt with her. i hope this helps someone elce to not end up woth the pain and dissapointment that i have had to deal with.

my mistake since i have delt woth her she has changed her name it is now betty/joanne pauze that must be another one of her ways of scamming people.

Hey

Changed my name everyone knows my name is Joanne, Betty is my middle name.
First of all Hypoglycemia is common in all tines, Having them go Hypo is Neglect not from me but from your care. Running test for a liver shunt on a tiny puppy of 6 months is a RED flag that you don't know what your doing, also a Heart Mermer i don't believe it as all my dogs are checked by a vet if she did have a heart mermer then contact me we will be glad to hear from you showing us all the proof. If this really happened to your puppy you would have contacted me about either her going HYPO or you running test. If you where a good owner and cared for your puppy you would have touched base with me. Anyone can write a bad review so I'm not sure who you are.

P.S if you would have got a puppy from me I'm sure you would have contacted me when the puppy wasn't doing well.
RED FLAG!

Clients who have dealt with me or any of my employees know that we value our customers and do everything to please them.

Also when a client purchases a puppy from us we provided them with a STEP BY STEP guide on how to care for a puppy of this size.

A dog going hypo more then once is a big red flag of how neglectful you are.
a dog this size will not go hypo as long as it is fed !

** By the way people who can

We just got our Yorkie from Betty's TeaCups 5 days ago. He is exactly as advertised and promised. He was delivered on time without incident. We knew when looking for a Yorkie that we wanted an exceptional small one. This is our 4th Yorkie and we are well acquainted with the breed. This time we wanted a tiny one. We knew this would mean paying a premium for our puppy. Although we paid a premium price, we got a premium dog. Within 12 hours of his arrival we had him to our personal vet for a check and she came back with an all clear (with the exception of a minor case of sniffles from transit). He is adorable, sociable and the cuddliest yorkie we've had. He is now 5 months old and weighs only 20 Ounces. He is charted to be under 2 pounds fully grown. Betty's TeaCups got us exactly what we wanted and we are thrilled.

When looking for our breeder, we carefully reviewed every single breeder/broker in North America. We literally spent months doing our homework. They all have complaints. Its up to you, the consumer, to do your due diligence and determine whether those complaints are justified or founded. Check their grammar. Check the rationality of their comments. There are a lot of internet nuts out there with nothing better to do than pick fights from a keyboard. It's your job to sort the nuts from the legitimate complaints. Take the time, like we did, and find someone you are comfortable with. Check the Better Business Bureau and other consumer protection agencies. Check for litigation against the company and/or principals. In the end Betty's TeaCups gave us exactly what we wanted and gladly paid a premium for. We have no regrets and have an adorable, sociable pup that came exactly as advertised. A big thanks to Joanne for this exceptional addition to our family.

Its obvious from reading the complaints on this board that firstly, the people who are writing this "jargon" are highly uneducated about caring for small breed animals. They sound like sociopaths. They find it easier to blame others for problems or actions and probably go through life doing the same. They wildly exaggerate things to the point of absurdity. They hate to lose any argument or fight and will viciously defend their web of lies, even to the point of logical absurdity. They are never wrong. Even if shown proof that they were wrong, they will refuse to apologize and instead go on the attack. They are delusional and literally believe that what they say becomes truth. I think the only thing Betty needs to do is screen her clients a little better and avoid the "nutty" ones.

Have a nice day! :)

hmmmm... was thinking of getting one...but after reading these comments, and judging by this breeders reactions to the complaints (rude, insulting, accusing, over the top defensivesness etc...) i have changed my mind. Any business owner who responds to custoner complaints in this vicious manner cannot be trusted. RED FLAG!

Very Sad that a person who is not a competent breeder is selling below par dogs. There is no such thing as a "tea cup". Please read the breed standards for the breed and then find a competent breeder who can show you parents, health certs and results on the parents for issues known to be prevalent in the breed. Even the progeny of top quality show dogs don't sell for the kind of money she is charging. Anytime you breed an animal for a "giant" or "ultra small" you start asking for health issues. No surprise these dogs are having heart, liver, or other neurological issues.

People may not agree, but if you go to a person that actually shows dogs, they keep the breed to the standard, the way the dog was bred for, sometimes thousands of years ago. They care about theirdogs and puppies, most, not all spend lots of money for health testing and if the dogs dont pass the tests they dont breed them. Buy from someone who has done this for generations. People that start making the breed smaller, making the breed larger, or mixing the breeds, certainly are doing in for money and dont give a dam about what happens to the animal once they get th money and it is in a new home. The goverment needs to make a smart law. In Pa. alone the puppy mill breeders are allowed 500 breeding females, if they each have 5 puppies thats 2500 puppies from ONE breeder and there are over 100 breeders with thatmany dogs in the area. Yes you can go to shelter but that just gives homes to the puppy mill peoples rejects so they can keep breeding . NO BREEDER should be allowed any more than 10 litters a year. That would drop down puppy births by 10, 000, 000. On the other side, the dog food comanies would loose money, the pet indudtry would loose money, humane societirs and rescues would loose money. Corn producers will loose money from the corn and grain they sell to make dog food, the companies that make dog clothes will loose money. So because of this, they will never lower the number people can breed. Our goverment is like the rest of the United States, WE ARE ONLY ABOUT THE MONEY. People that can just walk up to a mother dog in a cage, reach in, see a sick pup and throw them in their "dead dog ditch", not even try to get it any real care because that takes away from their profit. If you breed from 10-30 litters a year, they must pay $100, 000. to go to imploy people from every state to have law inforcement to check on these people and inforce the laws. Breeders who have 30+ should pay $100, 000 plus $10, 000 per dog over 30. That ALL mixed breed dogs must be fixed by 6 months of ageEvery dpup must be microchipped before they go anyplace other than the place of birth. All to be registered in a data bank, then when the dogs arive at any rescue, the breeder gets the bill.. We cant put a number limit on the number of children people are haveing, but they can put a limit on the number of puppies to be put to death. Just think all the people that will get real jobs now and help the economy.

Betty... time for you to volunteer at the Humane Society! Your selling these poor souls for profit and from Korean! . Shame on you .We have enough unwanted animals in shelters. Do you donate any monies to your local Human Society? It would be nice if you rescued animals from shelters and put them in loving homes. I am truly ashamed of my fellow Canadian who can do this and be able to sleep at night. According to Native American legend, when a human dies, there is a Bridge he or she must cross in order to enter Heaven. At the head of this Bridge waits every animal that the individual encountered during his or her lifetime. Based upon what they know of this person, the animals will decide which humans may cross the Bridge and which will be turned away. Something for you to think about Betty!
Lisa from Ontario Canada

I bought a cute little Pom from bettys Yorkies in December. $8000.00. Known at Bisty on her website. When she arrived she looked NOTHING like the photoshopped picture. Not even a couple months letter my poor puppy was diagnosed with a genetical joint disease. All Betty had to say was ship the dog back for new one. So you can replace her with another sick dog Betty? She claims her negative reviews are from "jeaous" people. I have no reason to be jealous of a business I don't work in. My dog has $10, 000.00 worth of surgery and rehabilitation and she can barley walk! She's 6 months old! I wanted my dream dog, and companionship. I wake up everyday and feel bad for my puppy who struggles to even greet me good morning. All her puppies are from a korean puppy mill and she' thinks she reputable because she sold to Paris Hilton. Betty you are a disgrace of a human being.

This is SUCH a scam for STUPID UNEDUCATED IDIOTS. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TEACUP OF ANY BREED. JUST IRRESPONSIBLY BRED DOGS NOT MEETING BREED STANDARD BY MONEY HUNGRY IDIOTS. LIVER SHUNTS ARE HEREDITARY AND COME FROM BAD BREEDING AND A BLOOD TEST IS THE WAY TO DIAGNOSE THEM THEY ARE NOT A RED FLAG OF THE OWNER NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE DOING IT IS A MAJOR RED FLAG THAT THE BREEDER HAS NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. HYPO IS NOT THE NORM AND IS ALSO FROM BREEDING DOGS THAT ARE NOT THE BREED STANDARD. EDUCATE YOURSELF YOU STUPID SAD IGNORANT PEOPLE.

This lady Betty is a complete joke and extremely unprofessional! She is nothing but a scam_er on scamming people thinking they're getting a puppy like the ones she photoshops on her website when in reality the puppies look NOTHING like that at ALL. Don't fall for this money hungry women. She drives a Bentley out scamming people with her lies. BUYER BEWARE

I purchased the puppy Kelly Osborne purchased! After sending her money, I found she sold the dog two weeks prior! When I sent an email to confront her. She had refused to email me back or call me! She knows because I am in London it makes it harder to take legal action! BUYER BEWARE! She is a professional scam artist!

I also bought a dog from Betty, approx. 2 years ago and I'm sad to report that she recently has been having seizures and just yesterday had the worst one to date, we almost lost her. I was naïve and stupid when I bought my dog, I didn't do any research, I just found tea-cup yorkies on the internet, called to go visit and fell in love with my baby. I didn't actually even know she was from Korea until I had paid and was picking her up from their apartment in downtown Calgary when I received the paperwork from Betty or whatever her name is now. I take full responsibility for not doing my homework and contributing to this horrible woman being in the business of breeding and selling sick puppies, but it needs to stop. If you read this post please please do not buy one of her puppies, please do what I didn't. It breaks my heart to see my puppy going through this, today we started her on seizure medication and I only hope that makes a difference as I cant imagine losing her now. This is a real post, I have all the original adoption papers from Betty's yorkies and original pictures ect, do not discount this account of my dealings with this "breeder/broker", lets put her out of business.

This "breeder" who is actually just a broker is clearly in the business for the cash. Period. Tea-cup is also a term for Runt. Anyone who knows anything about Animal Husbandry knows the smaller than standard size off-spring is not the desirable outcome of breeding. The "runt" in a purebred litter especially will be prone to more life altering health issues than the others. If it lives at all. This is another reason she does not sell them until 3 months of age. She needs to make sure they live that long at least. Past the critical weaning age and moving to food. There is no specialty vetranarian for runts. That point is laughable and confirms she has no knowledge of caring for animals. A responsible breeder of any animal would never breed the smallest, sickliest animal of a litter to another one just to produce even smaller and more sickly offspring!
It sounds to me like she makes these things up as she goes as to cover her own ###. I believe she may be a patholigical liar as well as a very skilled scammer to very stupid rich people. Paris Hilton being a very good example of one!
I sincerely hope for everyone's sake, and the puppy mill babies she pedals, she is run out of business!

I'm in the same situation, buy in September a dog Betty, after much told me to send him a day before the agreed date of delivery the person in charge of delivering notice would not travel the dog, she never notice anything, then insisting and several messages at last her husband said the dog ria to the vet because he lacked papers, again the same story, texts and texts until they said the dog could not be sold because he was sick, I already would get one of equal quality, as of today from a week ago'm hoping the photos of the new dog to see if we want it, we've sent several texts and are ignored in them I ask me send a puppy that according to his page is available, I do not get answer, I believe and I will be neutral to what harms are not dogs but their lack of attention to people like us who are the ones who pay thousands of dollars for her cubs, she can be more attentive when there are problems with the dogs and keep the informed buyer in my opinion is a person who can not meet their clients, it is understood that a dog can pass something but honestly I do not quite believe him anything he says, because for more than two months ago are pure absurd excuses and does not send any dog

I still have no dog and threatened to report them to the authorities. Still no response. I have contacted media outlets to see who will listen to my story. I have contacted TMZ and the Alberta News paper...I feel I have been duped. My money has been stolen and I have no Puppy. I am no giving up until these people are accountable for what they are doing to hard working innocent people.

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Betty as a "breeder" you should know your place You are not a vet and you are not a CVT. Stick to what you know and do not attempt to give medical advise on these poor animals that you make profit off of. As CVT I can tell you there is NO such specialist as a "tiny" specialist . Your dogs are basically runts and their is not a Doctor besides maybe a criticalist working in an ER that can be an expert on such dogs. Your gas VS. IV comment really shows your lack of understanding for the biology of animals you sell. Your comments about "They do not have the knowledge or experience to know that tinies are a whole different species than that of larger sized dogs." Vets go to school for 7+ years my dear. Show me your doctorate in Veterinary med and then you can make such comments.

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And does No one else find it strange that this woman just HAPPENS to have an account with a complaints board? Maybe because she knows this is a dishonest business and is on the look out for people bringing up the truth about her dogs?

After years of wanting a "teacup yorkie" from Betty, reading these horror stories, break my heart. How could someone sell these dogs at overprice, knowing they will have problems, a neighbour of mine has a Teacup Yorkie and strongly suggests not to buy one from her, they looked at all of the options possible and with a result of buying it from a different breeder for a much lower price, she now has a "tiny" healthy dog! I wouldn't recommend getting a Teacup puppy from Betty and STRONGLY advise you all to look at your other options available.

Leslie...

I purchased a Maltese from a reputable show dog breeder and when I was on the phone with her the very first thing she said was "I don't sell tea cups, I don't breed dogs that are smaller than they should be for reasons of their health."

Absolutely disgusted with Joanne/Betty. I have 3 Pomeranians and the 2 I got from a reputable AKC registered breeder have absolutely no health concerns. Gabbana, my one from Joanne had issues the week we got her. Multiple seizures (not due to our neglect or low blood sugar) and hip/knee issues. She is very careful to never let on until you already have the dog that she is not the actual breeder but that they come from South Korea. Likely traumatized along the way. Although she is a sweet, lovable dog, I'm so disappointed in someone using dogs this way. I have told everyone I know buying small dogs to stay away from this crook.