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Originally Posted by lisatodd  with the industry being flooded with yorkies, many breeders are having a more difficult time placing their puppies. it is a very competitive industry with mostly poor bred yorkies. many people are having to drop their adoption fees and keep the puppies longer. you need to make sure you are doing this for the right reason....
What do you think would be a "right reason?" I breed because I love being around my Yorkies and I'm good at it. Why would it be wrong for me to make a few dollars for all the trouble and risk? |
To me the right reason is to contribute something to the breed that you love. Whether it be to strive to bring stronger rears in your line resulting in fewer cases of LP or stronger cartledge in an attempt to help eliminate collapsed trechea. I look at the dogs that I see on the street and think can I improve the earset, tailset, coat quality, rear angulation, of what is out there. I just hate it when I have my dogs out and people ask me how can they get their yorkies ears up like that or their coat straight like that and all I want to tell them is they have a poorly bred yorkie and it won't look like mine. But I can't so I just say they're show dogs. But shouldn't a yorkie look like a yorkie? Everyone loves being around their yorkies, what's not to love but we have to ask ourselves are we doing a disservice to our breed. Someday when I pass on the torch I hope to leave behind a dog who will add to this breed and leave behind a legacy I can be proud of. There are already too many mediocre dogs, I want to breed superior ones.