I am not talking about people who buy pets...I meant breeding non-AKC stock...how can a person see a line? When I see a dog at a show, it is not just one dog from one breeder..it may be one of several sired by the same stud ( especially NY shows, puppy sweeps etc)..or from the same general background or some common lines..I get to see type.
You can subscribe to the Yorkie mags and buy books to see what people produce..I just do not trust anyone to tell me they have good dogs, prove it to me..I know my hard nose attitude is harsh, but you can only breed just so much pet quality and keep a high standard...a CKC breeder can not have show quality stock, because there is no way to back up that claim. The breeder might say, they have CKC from AKC champions...but after a couple breedings, the pups are too diluted to retain that claim...and you can not take a CKC and breed AKC to regain what was lost...all the breeder can do is start over before they get in too deep...AND I will say this until the moon turns to cheese...a breeder never knows what they might want to do 5 or 10 yrs down the road...some choices can not be undone.. |