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Originally Posted by yorkiies4u  I'm a yorkie breeder and being such I seem to have a semi-unique way of seeing the yorkie breed. First, the reason for showing a dog is to detemine if it is worthy of breeding. This is the reason why you cannot show a spayed/neutered dog. I have just recently had a puppy that I believe to be show worthy, which is why all puppies that I sell have a strict spay/neuter contract and are sold as pets. Occasionally I have a top quality puppy that I am willing to trade for an equally quality puppy in order to bring new lines into my breeding stock. The entire reason for breeding yorkies is to further the breed. I guess it's the old addage about quality and not quantity. I would go so far as to say that if a dog does not meet the standard it should not be allowed in the AKC registry. There are so many things that keep dogs from meeting the breed standard, but that is the whole reason for a standard isn't it. I mean, come on, why have a standard if so few people are interested in raising the bar to meet it.
As it is, my 5.5lb female had a beautiful litter of 6 with 3 males and 3 females. We are keeping two of the show quality puppies and we have already sold all but one of the remaining puppies. Because he is such high quality, we are willing to trade him for a comperable female. It's all about the breed. Those of us on YT who want to keep only the best dogs for breeding are not saying that anyone's dogs are not quality animals, but most of them are not what we would consider proper for breeding. Think of it this way, don't you see your dog as a member of your family? Wouldn't you want your son or daughter to end up with the best and the brightest? So do we, and we only want our "babies" to end up with the best. This is why we breed the best to the best. |
Well said, but some are saying that if a dog is not show quality then it should not be bred. So in my scenario 3 out of 4 dogs are culls and only one is show quality. So if you breed that show quality dog, chances are that 3 out of 4 of its offspring are culls also. BUT in the show world, aren't you breeding bad traits into your future generations in that 3 out of 4 are cull dogs? Thus would you really call that "The betterment of the breed"?