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Originally Posted by Freyja  I have someone who I might be interested on buying a puppy from their sire is a champion dam has a champion bloodline. However they wont hold this puppy for 5 or 6 months. Do you think that their off springs could be show material? Do you think I can find a mentor wont they consider me as competition? I don't know what IMO stands for.=/ |
Yes, with a champion sire and champion bloodline dam you would have a chance of getting a show puppy. How old is the puppy now? What kind of health guarantee are they giving? Are they selling with full registration? I know many breeders breed champion to champion and come up with the majority being sold as pet quality because of one thing or the other. And then there are those litters where all the pups might be show quality. In dog breeding you never know especially if you are out crossing (breeding to totally unrelated dogs). Line breeding you usually get a good idea what the pups will look like. Ask the breeder what the weaknesses of the sire and dam are. Does the dam have a silky coat? Ask the breeder if she is consistently producing silky coats or are cottony coats showing up also. The dark steel blue coat is very important and not alway that easy to get. Many show prospects go down the tube because they are too light, too dark, bad bite, bad topline, out at the shoulders, cow hocks, straight stifles, poor ear set, ears too big, poor ear carriage, too long in body, the list goes on. It is hard to get everything in one package. There is no perfect Yorkie but for show they should not have more than one or two faults. A mentor should not consider you competition if they are sincere about bettering the breed. Show breeders should work together for the betterment of the breed. I wish there were more people interested in showing here in the Houston, Texas area. I have met some wonderful people at dog shows and several of them have been very helpful in answering all my questions and giving me tips on grooming. We are all in it together.