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Originally Posted by Brooklynn

This what was said.......... Look below GRRRRRRRRR evidently they don't want to be educated so with that this person doesn't want sound advice so I'm done before I do get angry and like Mary said I'm more angry at myself for letting the poster get to me
Donna Bird
Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers

So what I am getting is show breeders breed dogs to get as close to the standard as possible. In order to reach this level of perfection, they create litters of puppies which may or may not contain what they are looking for, incurring costs along the way that they subsadize by passing off what they consider an inferior specimen to the consumer. In order to maintain their breeding/show stock they pay exorbident prices for food, grooming products, and other materials of their own free will. These costs, which are purely the choice of the breeder, are also passed on to the consumer. Honestly at this point, I would not buy from one of these breeders. I think it is in poor taste to pass off your left overs at high prices simply to cover some show breeders overhead. I don't mean to sound superior, but I can afford to spend thousands on a Yorkie. I would never do it though. I would much rather rescue a Yorkie and pay vet bills. It may sound alturistic, but there is no way I am going to support some perfectionist who is trying to create some perfect standard, which is unattainable because there is no such thing as perfection. I don't have anything against anyone that does either. I am in no position to judge anyone else. I can only do what I think is right in life, and for me that is making sure in the future, when I consider getting another Yorkie, it is a dog that truly did not have a chance, not a show breeder cast off, although I feel just as sorry for that poor puppy.
This is the last I am going to post on this subject. I think I actually did get an answer, although I really had to read between the lines to get it. I have nothing against breeders that take care of their dogs. I don't care if they are show, back yard, hobby, or whatever, as long as they care for their dogs. I will never respect puppymill, pure profit breeders. I enjoyed reading through the posts, and though it sounds like I am trivializing how breeding works, it it didn't exist I wouldn't have Lick. I wouldn't put it on the same level as neccessary evil, but as the eternal search for perfection continues you will start inbreeding eventually and end up with such a small breeding pool that health problems will arise anyway. Imperfection is the hallmark of a successful species in that different carried on successful traits are what ensure the survival of the species itself.
Once again thank you all for weighing in, and I appreciate all of your opinions and information.
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Wow! Seriously...no matter what you say, how you say it, or how many times you repeat it, sometimes you just can not get things through people's heads. It's frustrating huh? This person has absolutely no idea how show breeders work and why they do what they do. They act like you're just breeding dogs and throwing the cast-offs away as if they're some mutated being. These "cast-off" puppies are still GREAT representations of the breed just might have a couple minor flaws, be a different sex than the breeder wants to keep, is too small, or just doesn't have that "it" factor that the breeder is looking for. These "cast-off" show breeding puppies are still much much closer to the standard than most puppies bred by hobby breeders, BYBs, and Puppy mills. I for one would want the breeder's dogs and my puppy to have been fed the best foods possible, had the best grooming products used on them, etc... And the whole purpose of showing is not to incur costs to pass on to the buyer. It's to make sure the dogs being bred meet the standard and are great representations of the breed and worth breeding. And that does take money. These dogs also have to be health tested which requires money, and I for one would hope that the parents of my puppy would be health-tested, as well as the puppy. In a few years when I get out of vet school and am able to finally get my next puppy, I hope one of you amazing show breeders will choose me to be the home of one of your babies.