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Originally Posted by diva pup Really Kim? Then enlighten me, what exactly are you looking for in YOUR ideal of the perfect yorkie? Temperment? You bought one of your dogs over the internet, so that wasn't it. Color? Size? Service dog potential? I am really unclear as to what about the yorkie breed attracted you.
And I did read the whole thread, but you muddied up the original question to make it be about the YTCA, again. |
The dog I bought over the internet was temperament tested by two independent trainers before I had her shipped and both parents were tested as well.
I love what everyone else loves about the yorkshire terrier...the overall cuteness and smallness, the feisty nature, ....and there are obviously some things that I like about the "standard" but I guess I just have a hard time having a "club" tell me one dog is "better" than another for some arbitrary thing like "color" of coat, or whether it is silky or cottony or whether it has a docked tail or an undocked tail or whether it's ears stand up or not!!! That is what I rebel against. It seems very pretentious and snobbish to me to say that those are dogs are better QUALITY for some reason when the QUALITY I look for is personality, temperament and cuteness with health being a given at the start.
I think a floppy eared, long legged, long snouted yorkie is just as much a "quality" yorkie as a champion in the show ring! Neither of those is my "dream puppy" however, and we all have different characterisitics we like. I like small, full coated, dogs with big eyes and small ears and a short baby doll snout. To me this is cute and I just like that "look". Not everyone does, but please do not tell me my dogs are not QUALITY yorkies because they do not fit the "standard" set by the YTCA. That is all I am saying.