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Originally Posted by YorkieRose  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.. |
I understand and respect your opinion as, I just happen to disagree with it. If that is what you have built the basis of your opinion and program of and you are happy with it, then that is all that matters.
However, IMO, it's not fair to discredit every non-AKC dog and label it as a lesser quality because of the piece of paper that comes with it. Breeders can have a quality line outside of AKC if they are willing to go about it the right way. There is no reason why a AKC and CKC dog can't be bred to produce dogs that are quality representations of the breed--why would that mean anything was "lost" to begin with?
The pups only become 'diluted' if the breedings were poor.
I guess my overall view on some of the basic principals of breeding are just different from those of many others. I don't think that the only dogs that are 'quality' are AKC or those being shown in the ring. Likewise, I don't think only those who show should be breeding. I think that it can be done responsibly without dealing any injustice to the breed itself.