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Who We Are
Welcome!
We are the lucky fur parents of some awesome pups!!
In order to keep our animals happy and healthy, all of our pets are up to date on their vaccines and have Vet check-ups regularly. We do our best to be as natural with our dogs as possible. We only want the best for our pets.
We are not a kennel or puppy mill. Our pets live in our home with us. We do all we can to make sure we give each puppy enough love and attention before they leave for their new home. It is important to us that our puppies come to you well socialized, so we spend a lot of time holding, cuddling, and playing with our puppies.
We love color so we decided that in addition to breeding for the traditional black/blue and tan/gold, we also breed for the rarer colors of chocolate, parti, KB black and chocolate, biro, and merle.
Our pups are from European lines. We have purchased pups from Czech Republic, Belarus, Canada and also the US.
Each of our pups has their own personality. You can read a little bit about them on their pages. We may be a bit picky about where we place our babies, but we want to be sure they are going to a loving home where they will continue to be part of a family. If you are interested in giving one of our puppies a pet home, please use the contact page to get in touch. We have a short puppy application that can be filled out by those interested in one of our puppies.
Our litters are registered with Continental Kennel Club (CKC).
We had all of our adult dogs genetically tested for the genetic health conditions commonly seen in Yorkshire Terriers and even more. We believe it is worth the money to know what we have and what we are producing. Our Vet is very involved with our breeding program.
Please see our "Genetic Testing" page for more information.
We have chosen not to put our little puppies through the tail docking procedure. Our puppies come with their happy and expressive tails intact. Please see the "We Love Our Puppies Tails" page. We also do not remove our puppies dew claws as dogs use their dew claws as thumbs and they use them for balance when running. Removing them will cause tendon damage as 5 tendons connect to the dew claw.
Please understand that making a Yorkie a part of your family is a responsibility. They need care and lots of love. Toy breeds are a bit more delicate than the larger breeds. I suggest you get a book about Yorkshire Terriers and read it through. It isn't a decision to make lightly but it is one that will bring you so much joy for many years, if you are willing to put in the work that goes with raising a Yorkie pup.
Even though we do DNA testing there are conditions that Yorkshire terriers may be prone to that cannot be tested for. I wish we could guarantee against all of these conditions, but no breeder can. We do our very best to produce puppies that are healthy.
Our main concern is keeping our pups happy, healthy, safe, and loved. We want the same for the puppies that leave our home.
Thank You!!!
Anne and Art
When emailing about puppies, please tell me a bit about yourself and why you are interested in one of my puppies. Understand that I will not know the price of a puppy until I have a chance to see them grow for awhile.
My puppies are not cheap!! It takes a lot to raise a healthy puppy. If you only care about getting an inexpensive puppy you may want to look in a shelter or for someone who is re-homing an adult.
We do occasionally re-home an adult.
Beware of scams. If it looks too good to be true it either isn't true or you are getting a puppy mill puppy. Our puppies get wonderful care and we spend a good deal of time loving and socializing them from the day they are born.
Many times our puppies are trained to go on a puppy pad before they go home. They get vet care and are fed 5 star foods. It takes a lot to raise a healthy litter of puppies and it starts before they are even born with the care and health of their parents. Our dogs are loved, fed top foods, kept healthy with regular Vet checks, and they live in our home with us.
We will never have more dogs than we can handle.
It is most important that we are giving each of them individual attention, training and love.
Since covid hit, we stopped having visits here at the house. When we did allow that one visit it was after their first vaccination at 8 weeks and only to those who had already picked out their baby and sent a deposit. We have found not having visits is far easier on our pups and on us. There is less stress for them, and we eliminate the chance of someone unknowingly bringing in something like parvo, which is prevalent at this time, and the canine respiratory virus that has been hitting many pups, on their feet.
This is our personal home. It is not a store front or even a kennel. We are happy to send pictures, videos, and will even Facetime. We are liable if someone gets hurt on our property and we eliminate that possibility by bringing your baby out to your car at pick up time.
Very few breeders will allow visits now. There have been people robbed, mugged, and yes even murdered during a visit.
We are doing our best to keep all safe, human and animal!!
My life as a Breeder
By Anne Mitts
For anyone who believes that someone who breeds dogs, just sits back and makes money, I have news for you. You may work outside of your house 40 hours a week, but my work week is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. My days are filled with cleaning up after the dogs, feeding, watering, administering meds if need be, cleaning, laundry, washing floors constantly, training, trips to the Vet, and giving individual attention and love to each of my dogs.
My home is now filled with dog paraphernalia. There is no room in my house that has not been touched by my dogs. It is difficult to have company or entertain anymore because not everyone likes dogs and mine are everywhere. They bark when people come to the house, and it can be very loud. Sometimes the barking can really get under your skin but other times it is easy to ignore.
My work can be very heartbreaking like when we lost a litter of pups, or when one of the pups is sick. I can be up all hours with a girl in labor or hand feeding puppies who can’t nurse. There are so many things that can go wrong, and I have to be ready for anything.
I am tied to the house much of the time and won’t leave when one of my girls is near her due date. I have missed out on family events and grandchildren’s performances waiting for puppies to be born. Why is it so important for me to be here? I have help deliver my puppies and things can go wrong quickly. I have to be here to make sure there is no problem. Puppies can get stuck, trips to the Vet may need to happen in some cases. They are my responsibility and I take that seriously.
But you make money and get to stay home right? Sure, I stay home because I have to be here to care for these babies every day. I get no vacations as I did when I worked outside the home. I have no sick days because I am the caregiver, and they can't take care of themselves. Even when I was so sick with Covid twice, I had to drag myself out of bed to care for them. I can't leave my job behind when I go home, my job is here. As for making money, shouldn't I? Would you work for nothing. I can tell you after all the expenses to care for and feed these wonderful pups, I make very little.
So why do I do this? I have wanted to raise yorkies since I was 13 years old when I met my first yorkie. I love the pups and I enjoy placing a puppy, a bundle of unconditional love, in the hands of their new owners, knowing this precious baby is going to bring years of love and joy to that family. I have worked hard to find awesome quality dogs and had them health tested to be as sure as I can be, that my puppies are healthy.
I perform a service. I raise these pups, love them, and care for them, just to let them go to loving families. I get to watch many of them grow up when the families keep in touch. Some I never see again, and I wonder and worry about how they are doing. I have made new friends in the world of raising these pups. I know some will be lifelong friends! I am fulfilling a dream and I am all in. I am so thankful!!
By Anne Mitts
For anyone who believes that someone who breeds dogs, just sits back and makes money, I have news for you. You may work outside of your house 40 hours a week, but my work week is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. My days are filled with cleaning up after the dogs, feeding, watering, administering meds if need be, cleaning, laundry, washing floors constantly, training, trips to the Vet, and giving individual attention and love to each of my dogs.
My home is now filled with dog paraphernalia. There is no room in my house that has not been touched by my dogs. It is difficult to have company or entertain anymore because not everyone likes dogs and mine are everywhere. They bark when people come to the house, and it can be very loud. Sometimes the barking can really get under your skin but other times it is easy to ignore.
My work can be very heartbreaking like when we lost a litter of pups, or when one of the pups is sick. I can be up all hours with a girl in labor or hand feeding puppies who can’t nurse. There are so many things that can go wrong, and I have to be ready for anything.
I am tied to the house much of the time and won’t leave when one of my girls is near her due date. I have missed out on family events and grandchildren’s performances waiting for puppies to be born. Why is it so important for me to be here? I have help deliver my puppies and things can go wrong quickly. I have to be here to make sure there is no problem. Puppies can get stuck, trips to the Vet may need to happen in some cases. They are my responsibility and I take that seriously.
But you make money and get to stay home right? Sure, I stay home because I have to be here to care for these babies every day. I get no vacations as I did when I worked outside the home. I have no sick days because I am the caregiver, and they can't take care of themselves. Even when I was so sick with Covid twice, I had to drag myself out of bed to care for them. I can't leave my job behind when I go home, my job is here. As for making money, shouldn't I? Would you work for nothing. I can tell you after all the expenses to care for and feed these wonderful pups, I make very little.
So why do I do this? I have wanted to raise yorkies since I was 13 years old when I met my first yorkie. I love the pups and I enjoy placing a puppy, a bundle of unconditional love, in the hands of their new owners, knowing this precious baby is going to bring years of love and joy to that family. I have worked hard to find awesome quality dogs and had them health tested to be as sure as I can be, that my puppies are healthy.
I perform a service. I raise these pups, love them, and care for them, just to let them go to loving families. I get to watch many of them grow up when the families keep in touch. Some I never see again, and I wonder and worry about how they are doing. I have made new friends in the world of raising these pups. I know some will be lifelong friends! I am fulfilling a dream and I am all in. I am so thankful!!
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The very fist time I met a Yorkie, I was 13 years old and visiting a friend of my Aunt Marion, who is pictured here with me. The pup was a lovely Yorkie named Ench. I fell in love with this puppy. It would take me another 45 years to make this dream of raising Yorkies come true. Never give up your dreams!
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