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About Us
Bloomingtails Dog Boutique started out four years ago, as my answer to finding clothing to fit our toy breed dogs. It has grown into a full scale online dog boutique. We offer both custom made dog clothing for that hard to fit dog as well as designer dog clothing from the top manufacturers, such as Doggie Design, Monkey Daze, Pooch Outfitters, Cha Cha Couture as well as designer dog carriers, beds, and all natural dog food and treats.
We started out with two yorkies five years ago and have grown into The Yorkie Crested Cavalier Castle. The six new additions were all rescue dogs. If you are not aware of the horrors of puppymills, visit our Dogs Rescue Groups page to learn more.
We are strongly commited to dog rescue and contribute regularly to various rescue organizations. The statistics are heartbreaking about the number of homeless dogs that are euthanized in this country every day. If you are looking for a new dog, please consider visiting your local humane societies or shelters in your area. Over 30% of the dogs at shelters are pure bred dogs. Even if you are not looking for a new dog, there are various ways you can help the plight of these homeless dogs by volunteering at local shelters, participating in fundraising events, etc.
Our Orginal Yorkie, Bailey, was from a responsible breeder who truly loved and her dogs and interviewed us before we were approved to take him home. Our second Yorkie, Isabella, was from what is known as a Back Yard Breeder, which I was not aware of at the time we purchased her. Her poor breeding is evident in her health issues.
Since that time, I have educated myself about breeding practices, puppymill, and the overpopulation of dogs in this country. I foster for several rescue groups and each one of my fosters, while only with us for a short time, are members of our extended fur family. While it is hard to let them go, the realization that they are now in safe loving home environment is all the motivation I need to keep fostering. Saving one dog may not change the world, but for that one dog, the world has changed.
Bailey was our first yorkie, and responsible for my love affairs with yorkies! Bailey is very laid back, quite the opposite of Isabella, aka Bella Boo, who is the devil dog of the pack.
Bailey was from a local breeder and he has the most beautiful coat out of all of our dogs. He is large for a yorkie, weighing in at 11 lbs. My breeder called and said he was going to be above standard and offered us the pick of the next litter. No deal, we wanted Bailey.
Bella was from a Florida back yard breeder, before I knew about back yard breeders. She is supposed to be a 3-4 lb teacup...she weights 9 lbs. I am still waiting, 4 years later, for her supposed "papers". However, we would not trade her for the world. She is the ultimate inquisitive little devil, gets into everything and the top dog in the pack.
 Bree Ann & Dutchman are our Seniors. They are both 13-14 years old.Bree Ann is a puppymill rescue, she spent the first 8.5 years in a puppymill producing liter after liter of puppies. She lives to cuddle, and she cuddles just like a baby. Dutchman, aka Dutch, is the typical grumpy old man. He was an owner surrender, at 10 years old, which is a shame! He has some health issues, has seizures and is going blind but totally devoted to his Daddy. If Daddy goes anywhere and leaves him, he howls the whole time he is away.  Zoey and Zack are our "tinies", with Zoey being 5 lbs and Zack 4 lbs.Zoey and Zack are my dogs, as far as they are concerned, there are no other people in the world. Zoey escaped from our vets office three years ago and went on a quest in the woods to find her Mom. Unlike most of these case, ours was a happy ending as someone saw her thanks to the flyers we put up and we were very lucky. Zack, all 4 lbs of him, is my protector. A rotweiller has nothing on Zack. Zack was very abused and has a real fear of men. He does not trust easily. He still will not take a treat from a hand, any hand, including mine. Zoey and Zack were puppymill rescues from St. Louis.
Paris & Max, the Non-Yorkies!Paris is a Powderpull Chinese Crested and a rescue dog also. Paris is very timid, she was not socialized as a puppy and any little noise or change in her routine sends her into a tizzy. She has made a lot of progress and is such a love, it is hard to understand how she could have been so neglected. Max is a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, another rescue. The thing is, Max does not know he is not a yorkie. He adores Bailey, who will not give him the time of day, as Bailey has never forgiven us from changing his status from an only dog. He has the sweetest personality in the world, not a mean bone in his body. When the yorkies get into a snit, as they are prone to do, all you can see is Max's rear retreating as far away from the commotion as he can get. Max came to us at 6 weeks of age as he was being culled from breeding stock and he has luxating patella issues. Max is our bionic dog, with very expensive legs! More YCCC Pictures Carol & Max
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