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Originally Posted by Wolftrap No I do not have experience breeding but like everyone else I have to start somewhere. I have done a lot of research and before I even make a decision I am going to do PLENTY of more research before I subject my baby to this. I would not go into this blindly or take it lightly if this is what I decided to do. I have spoken to more than one vet that has said they did not see a problem with her being bred and I have asked a TON of questions. I have also been told by others that she would be good to breed because of her temperment. She is the sweetest most friendly dog and catches on to everything very quickly. I had NO problems training her at all as I know some say the breed is hard to train and from reading on here and meeting people with yorkies there are some that have 2 year olds that are still not trained. She is playful and is not afraid of strangers or other dogs |
Because a dog has wonderful temperment does not mean that you should breed it. Yes we want loving happy temperments in this breed but we aslo want dogs that are physically sound.
My 27 year old daughter has wonderful temperment. Do I want her to have chidren no- will she no. She has a physicall- genetic disorder called sticklers syndrome. ( all three of my children have this disorder) WE did not know that I was a carrier and my husband.
I have three beautiful kids who suffer from blindness-deafness, severe learning disorders-joint pain-(joints fall out of the sockets causing evtreme pain) they have had shoulders, hips, knees, ankle, wrist, elbow, back, kidney,
brain, eyes, ears and numerous other surguries because of genetics. They all have wonderful temperment all will pass their health issues on to their children- so should they have biological children- NO WAY IN HELL. I love my kids and live with the pain everyday of what we did not know- how things might have been different for them. The eldest is not married- doubt if she will ever find someome who has enough love to take her with all her health issues. The other two are going down the same road.
When you breed a dog/bitch that has health issues that can affect the puppies you are responsible for any pain that you have caused the breed and the unlucky people who buy those dogs. Temperment is not the reason why you breed your dog.
But then who cares- if you end up breeding a bunch of unsound puppies the new owners can struggle with the problems- if too much to handle - place them in rescue- put them down- or give them to a puppy mill who can really breed that defect like crazy. Wow we really helped our breed. Not every dog or bitch it intended to be bred.
Glad that I try and keep my pet puppies long enough to spay and neuter. And people wonder why the show breeders can be cold or distant- you get tired of beating your head against the wall.
Why bother to post that you want help or information. You have made up your mind what of what you are going to do. You don't care about the breed, your dog, the puppies that you will produce and the folks who will buy the problems that you are so proudly creating.