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Originally Posted by TammyJM  Michelle~
Anyone that is a regular poster on YorkieTalk, knows your views on breeding. Your words: "That's why I will only support breeders that breed for the right reasons - to breed to the breed standard and continually improve the breed.". So, how is it that we, as total strangers on a web site, know this about you but your own best friend did not? I am just curious how you can say that you will never support someone by purchasing a dog from someone that is not bettering the breed. You, yourself, have said in plenty of other posts, that your Lacey does not meet all YTCA standards, along with some negatives about her breeder. You have justified this, while critizing others, by saying that your best friend bought her for you as a gift. I am just curious, how is that YorkieTalk members know your views, but your best friend does not. 
To the OP, I think that if you want a Morkie, then get it.....
Tammy |
Lacy was bought over 3 years ago. I've said before that I didn't know nearly as much as I do now back then. I knew about puppymills and I knew about show breeders...didn't know a whole lot about backyard breeders. When I was given Lacy, I was so excited to have a puppy that I didn't care where she came from. As she started to get older, I realized her hair wasn't growing like it should be, it was coarser than it should be, and then she ended up having LP...even though I love her to death, it frustrates me that she may have to have surgery one day because of bad breeding & also frustrates me that she doesn't have the gorgeous yorkie hair like a yorkie should. I joined some pet forums and started to educate myself. It's amazing how much someone can learn in three years once they choose to educate themselves. Being on pet forums for the past three years, I've read so many terrible stories of dogs with health issues coming from, not puppymills, but backyard breeders. I see so many threads where people say "I just bought this yorkie puppy...is it a purebred yorkie?"...sad they bought from a breeder they can't trust. I guess everyone is uneducated until someone enlightens them...I guess that's why I feel the need to try and educate others
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Purchasing from backyard breeders, pet shops, and puppymills perpetuates the suffering of other dogs.
Educate yourself and buy from reputable breeders or rescue.