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Originally Posted by TeddyandTiffy  You should post what you've been through with Breeding Yorkies good and bad, this is how other people can learn. From what others go through.
You have a good point there...It's true. Hope u have a great weekend.  Lee |
Thank you Lee. I try to be an INFORMATIVE positive poster. We can usually tell by the tone of the OP asking the questions whether they have an idea of what breeding entails. Sadly, many of them don't. But we cannot ASSUME they don't either. All we really can do is TRY to help guide them to what is the best thing to do in thier situation. And it CAN be done in a pleasant informative manner. If we get thier defenses up right away, they are NEVER going to listen to good advice. I do believe that a BIG MAJORITY of "potential" first time breeders, really are looking for good honest information. Why can we not answer questions honestly without telling everyone who asks that it is not a good idea to breed. I can't count the times I have seen people say to someone who asks about breeding thier "teacup", You are going to kill your baby! You can't breed a yorkie that small!Have they been tested?? How big is the mom and dad? Have you studied the genetics? have you this? Have you that? All asked by someone who has NEVER whelped a litter at all. Or has no book-smarts (book-smarts is good too!) about it either. These are the questions that should be tactfully asked by one of the experienced breeders in my opinion... not by someone who has never been thru it or by someone who has not studied it, like a vet tech, etc. If I hadn't been thru it, I would be saying, well, you know.. I am glad you are here to ask questions and in my opinion I think maybe your baby might be too small to breed, but please stick around and allow someone with experience to help you. Can you imagine the hard feelings that would never happen if that was the response. The OP would be more receptive to listen to an experienced breeder. I realize everyone isn't ME.. and we all have our own way of talking.. but we are doing a dis-service to our breed if we cannot educate without causing hard feelings.. I have seen so many "new to breeding" ""breeders"" go away mad and still uneducated and still determined to breed because they have lost the big picture and are now in defense "I will show you" mode.