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05-16-2009, 07:15 AM | #1 |
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| This is AMAZING to watch! I know this should be in the video forum but I wanted to make sure that more people were able to take a look at how beautiful these Yorkie are~it is amazing to me. Imaging a world with no backyard breeders, puppymills and the people that did breed their Yorkie it would be to standard. Notice how they are all 5 to 7 lbs not 2 lbs like so many insist on owning and breeding. It just brought tears to my eyes to look at these gorgeous little ones! It is a long video but well worth watching YORKSHIRE TERRIER > Videos > Westminster Kennel Club
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05-16-2009, 07:41 AM | #2 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
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| Wow... those are some gorgeous dogs! Their hair just flows...
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05-16-2009, 08:03 AM | #3 |
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| WOW WOW - I love Yorkies
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05-16-2009, 08:22 AM | #4 |
And Mimi's too! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Coast of CA
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| That was awesome to watch!~! Thanks for sharing.
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05-16-2009, 09:14 AM | #5 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | I'm going to be argumentative here... I do think classic yorkies are very beautiful. I'm glad we have them. Still, why would we want all our darlings to look the same? This is actually a negative, indicating low diversity in the gene pool, which makes the breed more vulnerable to health problems. Second, I love see all different types of yorkies. Big ones with cottony coats, little ones with silky coats. Long tails, floppy ears, erect ears, long muzzles, short ones, "blondes" and burnettes. Isn't that part of what makes our babies special?
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05-16-2009, 09:25 AM | #6 |
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| Great Video. I couldn't wait to see who would win!! Thanks for sharing! |
05-16-2009, 10:08 AM | #7 |
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| This was great Jodi, Thanks for sharing... |
05-16-2009, 10:16 AM | #8 | |
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| I understand where you are coming from, but I think that she was just trying to say they are beautiful because they are all so healthy looking. They have all obviously come from good lines, and it is nice to see such beautiful yorkies. While I agree, it is nice to see the diversity, but it is also good to see that there is a standard. I believe that breeders should strive to better the breed, and there are a lot of them out there not doing so, and that is what causing the diversity. Quote:
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05-16-2009, 10:42 AM | #9 | |
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I feel like BYBs and YTCA breeders both have half of the puzzle. A good breeder considers the health of their lines, but there are also questionable practices like breeding males to their grandchildren. Presumably also a very healthy puppy would be removed from the breeding program if it had the wrong "look". BYBers don't care about the health of their puppies, but they also keep diversity in the gene pool. Ironically, I think BYBers will help us from breeding yorkies right out of existence.
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05-16-2009, 11:40 AM | #10 | |
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You seem to have a problem with exhibitor/breeders for some reason as you give them a black eye in alot of your posts.
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05-16-2009, 12:07 PM | #11 | |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Quote:
I understand that good breeders check for health as well, which is crucial. However, I don't dream of a day when all yorkies look almost exactly the same. I think that would (1) be boring, and (2) indicate no genetic diversity. You can't have massive conformity without a smaller pool of genes. It's simply not possible.
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05-16-2009, 12:12 PM | #12 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Also, I don't mean to say that any breeder is morally equivalent to a BYB. Obviously the intentions are completely different. I just think it's misguided to focus so much on an arbitrary looks "standard" and I hope that changes.
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05-16-2009, 12:26 PM | #13 | |
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If you get alot of "diversity" you do not have a "standard" and therefore cant call it a certain breed. If a Yorkie looks like a snorki or chorkie or morkie, then how can you still call it a Yorkie? Without a "standard", you could not call it anything but a dog as you would have no "blueprint" to go by to call it a Yorkie. I think that the more "diversity" that is added, the more the Yorkie goes into extinction.
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05-16-2009, 12:39 PM | #14 |
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05-16-2009, 12:52 PM | #15 |
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| It really is something to see a group of Yorkies with the show coat! They look like they know they're something special--very regal!
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