We raise pure bred Yorkies and hybrid mixes. Nothing is cuter than a pure bred Yorkie, however the mixes may be easier to train,  and cheaper to buy/own.

Welcome to HealthyPups nursery and rescue...a  great place to meet your next best puppy friend, open to public at our current location since 1982!  Please visit our facebook page, an open public forum, to read past customer posts and communicate with others who have adopted pets from us! READ our material to learn of the convenience and peace of mind in choosing our pets, and to get a life changing, fair and balanced education about teacup dogs, breed specific health  issues, best ways to deal with allergies/asthma/shedding,  proper house training, money scams of falsified puppy mill commercials, scams by puppy sellers, dog ownership issues, and the importance of a proper care standard! Every pet owner should read this web site!

Come visit us in person, OR ground to door DELIVERY is available to most areas! We can also ship to an airport near you!

A  video showroom, featuring  a complete list of what's available and movies of puppies for sale at this time, is posted on our currently available link. These movies can be viewed through any highspeed unrestricted internet connection and yes, you can visit us here to see the pups in person!

It is EASY to choose a puppy from the videos in our Currently Available gallery! After you view the puppies online to see if we have a puppy you like, we can then make an appointment for YOU to VISIT us to buy your puppy in person, or  SHIP it to your home, or to an airport near you! We make buying a puppy EASY!

Our pets are subject to a PROFESSIONAL CARE STANDARD WITH 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Every year in America, approximately half of those who buy or adopt puppies (all of them thinking this won't happen to me) experience unexpected vet bills that could have easily been prevented (some excessive) immediately after purchasing the cheapest, cutest, and most conveniently located puppies.....raised by inexperienced pet owners who don't really know how to properly care for them. Many young puppies go home and die from contaminating viruses requiring sterilization of homes, grounds, and properties even after expensive treatments because the puppy wasn't given Neopar at 5 weeks of age. We at HealthyPups offer puppies for sale with a history of 0 viral losses for many years now. Because our preventative neonatal veterinary care standard is advanced, the Veterinary Medical Board has sent me a letter stating that I can no longer advertise details of it without a license to practice medicine:) This letter has been laminated and proudly displayed on the bulletin board in our nursery.  30 years experience means that our pets are the best choice for the intelligent buyer who expects their new puppy to not need unexpected veterinary care tomorrow...at a price that in most cases is equal to what the veterinary care already provided the pet would have likely cost you! Come discover why your puppy should be bred only by the most experienced care giver, and why so many educated medical professionals would never even consider buying a puppy from the home of a novice pet owner, or adopting a free pet with an incorrect care standard! This web site is a convenient way to see our puppies,  and also a great opportunity to learn which breeds are better with children, more intelligent, easiest to house train, genetically healthier, and cheapest to own! LEARN about different and most affordable ways to eliminate shedding and to deal with human allergies!

HealthyPups is NOT a puppy mill. Please visit "Our Facility" to learn the real truth about puppy mills and rescue issues. You may be surprised to learn that some of these privately owned "rescue" organizations prey upon the sympathies of dog lovers to collect approximately 100,000,000.00 per year in donations through save the animals commercials, masquerading as non-profit public humane organizations while millions of dollars in owner salaries are hidden in their budget:(

BEWARE of cute photoshopped pictures (one of the reasons why we show pets on video) too cute with prices too low to be true. The newspapers and internet are filled with scams of brokers and con artists who don't even have pets for sale.  You should never agree to send money for shipping, reserving a puppy, etc, without doing lots of research. I constantly receive calls from folks who have lost money.  You should also never buy a pet from someone who will only agree to ship to you or meet you somewhere, and does not want you visit their location to see pets in person. Most of these folks will tell you they are trying to protect their pets from the spread of disease or that you would get lost trying to find them as a ploy to keep you from seeing their animal care situation:)

Puppies are very expensive in some areas of the world, and cost much less in others. If you live in one of those areas where puppies cost more, we invite you to come visit here to buy your next puppy OR let us SHIP ONE TO YOU!  Our clients often save 50% or more, as compared with buying a pet in their local area! Please call us at (336) 957-3609 or email with any questions! For quick contact, please call.  Approximately half my emails get caught in the quarantine filter, and are delivered only once per 24 hours. email-  iblackburn@wilkes.net

Tri-color Toy Rat Terrier (Fiest) pup at home (photo by mom)! One of the best all around pets that anyone can own. Everyone loves these! They are great with kids, easy to house train, and the larger specimens sometimes live even more than 20 years! These may also be a better choice for the allergy patient bothered by smells than many of the non-shedding pets, since these have almost no body odor, while long coated non-shedding pets must be bathed constantly to control their smell. The shedding of a Rat Terrier can be almost eliminated by occasional use of a furminator comb, and skipping the beauty parlor with the long coat pet can save thousands over a long life expectancy.

Bichon Frise or MaltaChon pups are almost identical in appearance  at 7 weeks. We sometimes also have other crosses that are very similar in appearance. A non-shedding high maintenance pet..

This ShihTzu/Rat Terrier hybrid is likely to be a longer broken coated pet with reduced shedding as compared to a short haired dog. (These are young puppies whose hair has not yet had time to grow.)  It will also likely be more tolerant of children than some older ShihTzus and be much more affordable to own than a ShihTzu.  Most of these will have fewer skin and coat problems, and need much less maintenance than the purebred. Choosing the Shih-Rat over a purebred ShihTzu can easily save the owner hundreds in ownership costs over time. Photos of longer coated dogs are but a moment in time.  These do get much fuzzier as they grow older.  I have many buyers who won't buy a Shih-Rat until they're 3 months old, because it takes 3 months for the hair to grow to the point that they think they're cute.

Because these are hybrid crosses using Poodles or Yorkies with Beagles or Rat Terriers,  these are likely to be much healthier later in life than most purebred poodles or yorkies which often get diabetes, epilepsy, etc, later in life. These are likely to be a much healthier and easier to care for  than the traditional girlie pets,  AND they are likely to shed less than the short haired pets Rattles have an average weight of 8-10 lbs as an adult.  Poogles are likely to average about 15 lbs.  90% of these long-coat poodle crosses are likely to be non-shedders. Another option that is available for those who want a fuzzy pet simply because they think it's cute is to buy a broken coated puppy instead of the longest coat.  This will give you some of the look without the high maintenance costs.  A broken coat is likely to shed less than a short haired dog also.

broken coat brindle/white pup at 8 weeks!


broken coat pup!

A cute high maintenance fuzzy!!

We only have limited amounts of purebred Boston Terriers available. I raise Boston Terriers because they draw many visitors to the kennel.  I always try to persuade our buyers to buy another type of pet because Boston Terriers are likely to have more weird health problems than most other breeds. A Rat Terrier or Brat is not so likely to go blind prematurely, get cancer, have a heat stroke, or need corrective surgery later just so it can breathe properly.

Lemon/white! Rat Terriers are the best-loved pet that we sell because they're smart, healthy, and won't need $10,000.00 worth of haircuts, grooming, and related expenses over their lifespan like the long coated breeds often do. The Rat can also live 10 yrs after the fuzzy goes blind from hair in his eyes!

The long coated variety of this is a high maintenance pet that will need frequent haircuts and grooming, while the broken coated ones don't require much grooming and maintenance. Another designer hybrid!  Likely healthier and more intelligent than most of the purebred girlie pets, but you should NEVER buy a long haired dog if you don't want to spend lots of money on a pet. Even if you try to do the haircuts at home and not go to the beauty shop, related expenses that often occur in long coated dogs can cost enough over the life of your pet to buy a new car.

Beautiful red brindle/white color. Rat Terriers and Rat Terrier hybrid mixes interact at a higher level than most other breeds. I have sold a purebred Rat Terrier to a deaf couple who have taught their dog sign language. This pet responds to many different hand signals, and will go hide under the bed when Mom makes the sign for "bath"!

Puggle pup! Available now. Some of the first Puggle pups to be offered in this area.   Own a Puggle puppy!  One of the hottest selling designer hybrid in the US!  These are  likely to be a healthier genetics pet than the purebred Pug, English Bulldog, Boston Terrier, or other similar short-nosed pet. They are likely to be a much cheaper to own pet than a cheaper to buy Pug, Boston Terrier, or similar puppy, however, because of the decreased risk of expensive health problems that other purebred similar breeds are more likely to have later in life. No dog is more entertaining than a Puggle! These do a great job of loving a family, and they provide endless hours of fun!