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SoCalyorkiLvr · 08-15-2005, 11:27 AM

Someone just posted on another thread that breeders are ethically obligated to uphold the "breed standard" as set forth by the YTCA just as an attorney has to abide by the rules and ethics set forth by their State Bar Association.

The trouble I see with that analogy is that attorneys have to be members of their State Bar to practice law in their states. Most breeders are not members of the YTCA.

Why are not all breeders members of the YTCA if the breed standard is the only acceptable ethical rule for reputable yorkie breeding? Should this be a requirement and if it is not then why is not okay to leave yorkies tails undocked if that is your choice and breed chocolates, partis and tri-colors, etc?

I am not a breeder but I am a consumer and a companion pet owner and a yorkie breed fancier.

08-15-2005, 11:27 AM	#1
SoCalyorkiLvr BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,246	Should Breeders Belong to the YTCA? Someone just posted on another thread that breeders are ethically obligated to uphold the "breed standard" as set forth by the YTCA just as an attorney has to abide by the rules and ethics set forth by their State Bar Association. The trouble I see with that analogy is that attorneys have to be members of their State Bar to practice law in their states. Most breeders are not members of the YTCA. Why are not all breeders members of the YTCA if the breed standard is the only acceptable ethical rule for reputable yorkie breeding? Should this be a requirement and if it is not then why is not okay to leave yorkies tails undocked if that is your choice and breed chocolates, partis and tri-colors, etc? I am not a breeder but I am a consumer and a companion pet owner and a yorkie breed fancier.