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Originally Posted by MeganS  Instead of getting your next yorkie, why don't you go to a shelter and adopt some mutt? Oh, because you want a yorkie. Why is that only an acceptable answer when it's a purebred? |
Because there is a defined definition of what a Yorkie, or any purebred, "is." You have specific characteristics that you want and (ideally) they come standard with a purebred.
To provide dogs to people who want them, IMO, is not a valid reason for breeding, regardless to the type of dog. There is no 'shortage' of dogs.
(And Megan, you are NOT being ignorant...you just have an opinion, just like everyone else.)