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Originally Posted by lidarose  Too bad breeders weren't more concerned with health issues than with breed standards, if that were the case and the majority of breeders actually were more concerned about the health of their 'purebreds' than acheiving some 'standard' or 'smaller size' of the breed, then we would have healthier, if sub-standard yorkies. And if breeders know there is a genetic problem in the family of their akc dog, why are they breeding them and why is it allowed? |
What you fail to realize is that there ARE yorkie breeders out there who take all of those issues into consideration. Some show breeders I know have only breed dogs from specific lines--closely line bred. They know those dogs will be healthy because the have known the history of the line for generations upon generations. We do need more breeders like that.