People that breed tinies are NOT breeding to standard. They don't seem to care for the health and well being of the tiny moms. I think you will see in an earlier post of mine that I am against breeding females less than 5 pounds. Breeding to standard though is MORE than just size. It is the whole picture. Does the dog meet the standards of the breed with no or very few faults. (hopefully the faults are ones that can be corrected when bred to the right dog)
At the YT meet-up I was surprised by all of the tiny dogs. There were standard size yorkies and a couple of larger ones, but the majority were (or appeared to be) below standard size. They made my Murphy look huge. He is my smallest dog at 4.5 pounds. All of my girls are in the 5-8 pound range. My other male is 5 pounds. I have sold girls that were either imported or ones I wanted to keep as breeders because they were not going to "make weight."
Do all of the puppies I produce have the qualities to make them breeders...NO. Very few do, in fact. Most puppies are sold as pets and must be spayed/neutered. I do not want every dog being bred, as I want my name to be associated with quality dogs. That cannot be done if all dogs are sold with full breeding rights. I have had people that did not understand this and were going to do as they liked after they got my puppy. . . . They did not get my puppy. I realize that I cannot have 100% control, as many people lie to breeders about their intent.
Back to the topic.... AKC has limited papers which should help the uncontrolled breeding problem, but some of these other registeries will allow "limited AKC" dogs to be registered with no regard to breeding intent. These people will then breed these dogs that were not to be bred using these other registries. The dishonest people find a way to use these other registries to benefit their purposes, no matter how dishonest. |