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YorkieRose · 01-25-2005, 08:49 AM

If 30 plus years carries any weight I will tell you how I decide. I use the standard as a guide. Since I did not understand the exact meaning of each trait in the beginning, I needed to go to shows and see what a breed quality Yorkie looked like...breed and show quality should be the same IMO. Second, the pedigree is vital. When you see CH. it does not always mean top quality..but it is a guideline. It only takes one generation of poor breeding to wreck a 5 gen. pedigree..so when people say their dog is from champion lines..and you see no champions in the first/second generation..then it is a pet pedigree for the most part IMO. Go back far enough and all Yorkies have champion blood somewhere...so I pay little attention to what people say..look at the pedigree, it speaks for itself.
Ask some reputable breeders to look at your male. Rarely, will anyone with a quality bitch give you a pick of the litter..why would they? Champion stud fees are very reasonable..$400/750..$750 (number one Yorkie). Even a very pet quality pup will sell for $800 and up..a nice pet will sell for $1200/1500..so why would a breeder give a very nice breed or show pup as pick of litter...you are looking at perhaps a $3000 &up pup..mighty steep stud fee, right?
The best advise I was ever given and the best advise I give for anyone who has a goal to breed or show a quality pup, is to buy the best bitch you can afford and take that bitch to the best champion you can afford..even champions produce more pets the show pups, so a pet bred to a pet will very rarely produce a show litter..or even a good breed quality litter...but everyones opinion of what is breed and show quality can differ.
Best wishes to you...I had to start somewhere and getting a good breedable bitch was the key to my goal of producing a champion bred by myself from my own line...long, hard road, with many people waiting to rip you off...sorry to say, but true.

01-25-2005, 08:49 AM	#2
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	breeding If 30 plus years carries any weight I will tell you how I decide. I use the standard as a guide. Since I did not understand the exact meaning of each trait in the beginning, I needed to go to shows and see what a breed quality Yorkie looked like...breed and show quality should be the same IMO. Second, the pedigree is vital. When you see CH. it does not always mean top quality..but it is a guideline. It only takes one generation of poor breeding to wreck a 5 gen. pedigree..so when people say their dog is from champion lines..and you see no champions in the first/second generation..then it is a pet pedigree for the most part IMO. Go back far enough and all Yorkies have champion blood somewhere...so I pay little attention to what people say..look at the pedigree, it speaks for itself. Ask some reputable breeders to look at your male. Rarely, will anyone with a quality bitch give you a pick of the litter..why would they? Champion stud fees are very reasonable..$400/750..$750 (number one Yorkie). Even a very pet quality pup will sell for $800 and up..a nice pet will sell for $1200/1500..so why would a breeder give a very nice breed or show pup as pick of litter...you are looking at perhaps a $3000 &up pup..mighty steep stud fee, right? The best advise I was ever given and the best advise I give for anyone who has a goal to breed or show a quality pup, is to buy the best bitch you can afford and take that bitch to the best champion you can afford..even champions produce more pets the show pups, so a pet bred to a pet will very rarely produce a show litter..or even a good breed quality litter...but everyones opinion of what is breed and show quality can differ. Best wishes to you...I had to start somewhere and getting a good breedable bitch was the key to my goal of producing a champion bred by myself from my own line...long, hard road, with many people waiting to rip you off...sorry to say, but true.