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Originally Posted by dudley1984  Now this is surely going to upset a whole big bunch of you, but the truth is I'm not particularly stuck on the notion of improving the breed. There are a lot of excellent Yorkshire Terriers out there that don't need a lot of improvement, in my humble opinion. They may look slightly different from each other, but they are all unmistakably nice Yorkies. I don't let myself get all hung up on a particular size ear, carried just so, etc. So, what happens to the puppies you think are not an improvement of the breed? I'll bet you sell them for money, and most of you probably also let them go with full breeding rights. How does that improve the breed? My mission is to breed very high quality Yorkies that people can take home as pets. I may or may not get back to showing one day; temperament wise I don't have much patience for some of the nonsense... |
If I'm going to do something I'm going to strive to do it with excellence. Why wouldn't I want to breed a correct earset, a straight topline, a beautifully balanced face, excellent angulation so that the dog flows when it moves? There are not that many beautiful yorkies out there outside of the ring. I hear people comment how their yorkie doesn't look like the one they saw on the dog show last night. Alot of the other breeds look alot closer to what they are suppose to look like than your average yorkie because they have been poorly bred. Why breed poorly when you can breed well? Why not care about creating beauty and soundness? Do pet owners not deserve to have a yorkie that is the size, shape, color, and temperment that a yorkie is suppose to be? I sell any pup that I do not hold back for show as a pet and I sell them under a spay/neuter contract with limited registration. It doesn't cost that much more to get quality breeding stock and the time you take to educate yourself on the breed standard is well worth it. Down the road I will be proud of the contribution that I have made to the breed as well as the families that I have blessed with a sweet pet. There's just no reason not to improve and better your breeding program, what good is doing things half way?