[Lillium]

I have a 7 month old Purebred Yorkie Bitch who was originally purchased as a pet but has the potential to be much more. I was thinking of breeding with her further down the track, I've been reading up a lot on the subject but wanted to ask some opinions and hear what other people have to say on the topic.

I want to stress that if I do indeed go through with this, I have every single intention of doing everything the correct way - health screenings, not breeding until she's of an age where she's ready, not breeding until I'm ready, being as prepared as possible for the unexpected and everything else being a responsible breeder entails. I am also in close contact with my pup's breeder.

I'm not going to breed to make money, I'm not one of those people. My reason for wanting to breed is mainly due to the fact that I'd love another Yorkie at some point in the future, as would my Mum as she has fallen in love with Suzy. So I was thinking maybe I would have a litter with her as she's a gorgeous little thing with a beautiful personality and a great lineage. If she had show quality puppies, as she is a show quality dog (who attended her first show on Saturday), I would consider showing them. But I doubt I'd sell any of her litter and I doubt I'd have more than 1 litter with her. I don't even know at this stage, I'm just throwing ideas around at this stage and considering everything.

So what I wanted to pose for discussion, the pros and cons of breeding.

I want to hear positive stories, horror stories, opinions etc so that I can give this more thought.

Again, this is not going to be happening for some time but I want to do some serious research before I even consider doing it and I would really appreciate some opinions.