[cooperk]

This is her statement about her (Kosoma Kennel) breeding in her Q&A area:
I have read that a responsible breeder will only offer puppies with limited registration and a spay/neuter contract. Why do you offer full registration?
The policy of offering only limited registration is sometimes based on the assumption that only show-quality dogs should ever be bred. We feel that appearance alone should not be the determining factor, especially since this evaluation is based simply on one organization's determination of what a Yorkie should look like. One of the many problems with this narrow view is that opinions vary as to what really constitutes a "perfect" Yorkie. In fact, the present description of show quality dogs varies from that a few years ago. Being painfully aware of our own imperfections, we do not think it reasonable to limit full registration to only "perfect" Yorkies. Many pet owners actually prefer variations on the Yorkie "standard".

At any rate, no one can definitively predict what an 12 week old puppy will look like as an adult, so deciding at that point whether or not a dog is "perfect" for breeding is not really feasible. Moreover, limited registration only means that the offspring cannot be registered--it does not prevent breeding, as the many ads for dogs "without papers" prove.

A spay/neuter contract is used by some breeders in an effort to prevent owners from breeding their dogs. Again, we find this to be of limited value, as owners can just as easily breed dogs without papers. In addition, we do not choose to dictate to owners what optional medical procedures they should have performed on their dogs. Some people choose to leave their pets intact for reasons other than breeding.

All this being said, there are times when we choose to offer only limited registration or spay/neuter the dog before leaving our care. We exercise these options if a dog should not be bred for health reasons, or displays extreme deviation from the Yorkie standard. For example, if a dog has had a hernia repair he/she should definitely not be bred (because this can be hereditary). Or a little girl may just be too tiny to ever safely have puppies. Instead of applying a blanket rule to registrations, we prefer to evaluate each of our Yorkies separately.