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Originally Posted by magicgenie  I speak the plain truth. The Yorkshire Terrier has been carelessly overbred to fill a large demand from people who either cannot afford one or who otherwise choose to skimp on the cost of a good one. This practice is now endangering the integrity of the breed. We're seeing liver shunt, MVD, and luxating patellas in staggering numbers, and an abundance of dogs that are so far out of conformity to the breed standard that most people probably don't know what a real Yorkshire Terrier is supposed to look like. |
I agree with this - and it's so sad and we ARE seeing more and more sick little yorkies - - but it's thanks to those breeders who are charging AND GETTING big bucks that caused so many to jump on the breeding for money bandwagon.....
Any 'Joe' on the street can see the prices for yorkies and figure "Hey - I can make a buttload of money selling yorkie puppies - LOOK HOW MUCH they go for !" .....so ...the cycle starts ....and they breed without a CLUE. The dogs suffer in the end and the people who love them.