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Originally Posted by LuvMySissy  I would like to think that conscientious breeders who are looking to improve upon the breed - not just create as many dogs as they can - are doing what they can to ensure their pups don't have LP. I have had a breeder say to me "99% of all Yorkies have LP - you can't prevent it". What I've learned here is that you might be not able to prevent all cases, but you certainly can reduce the occurrences by good breeding techniques.
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That's why it's so important to breed to the standard for the proper structure, i.e. the correct angulation, correct rear, etc., to not encourage luxating patellas.
I think there are misconceptions that the standard is just an arbitrary set of rules about appearance, but in reality there are very sound reasons why the YTCA has a specific "blueprint" that should be followed.