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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy   I love my baby more than anything in the world and think she's adorable and a wonderful pet. But I know she is a poor representation of the breed. If we truly love the Yorkshire Terrier breed then we would want for the breed we love to continue to look like a Yorkshire Terrier. Otherwise, why not just buy any little dog to love? If we truly want to preserve the Yorkshire Terrier as a breed, we've got to breed to the standard. It's not just about looks, it's about attitude, proper structure, movement, etc...it's what makes the Yorkshire Terrier a Yorkshire Terrier. |
I am learning so much! To be honest, I've sort of been "stuck" on the physical attributes that many of your refer to so often. In referring to "betterment of the breed", some of you have referred to all dogs looking alike in the future if we aren't careful. I wasn't really getting that. I didn't see how by breeding two less-than-show-quality yorkies for a few generations, we'd suddenly have poodles and yorkies that look the same.
But with the history lesson (I'd still love to see some comparable pictures of original yorkies vs today's yorkies), it's beginning to become more clear regarding the physical traits as well as the health issues. While the phrases, "betterment of the breed" and "improving the breed" might still turn some people off, they are most likely common phrases in the dog-world. But with the physical attributes, are we really talking about "preserving the breed" (a phrase you used) as much as "improving"? Have the yorkie powers that be (I think you explained it as the "parent club") already perfected the Yorkie or are they still creating it? I think that if I think of it as "
preserving the breed standards" and "
improving the health", the picture in the mind of good breeders is becoming clearer to me.
Thanks so much!