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Originally Posted by Laura Hollingsw  wow who would have thought all these topics would have started off this thread???
Good info!!!
I am not trying to breed small Yorkies. I agree that as soon as something is found wrong in anybreed that line should be stopped. Everyone should be trying to improve the breed not add to any faults. I just don't understand why the darker colours are so frowned upon.
If there is any major reasons I don't know I hope someone will tell me before I buy one!
Thanks for all the great info!!!!!! |
I've got into this a couple of years ago and still stand by my convictions. I breed for HEALTH first and foremost, the color is secondary. We have some of the most beautiful yorkies but they will never see the show ring because of the color. The standards for yorkies are needed for showing. Those who don't "produce" the standard are frowned upon and at times have been put down as unrepeatable breeders. I will take my faulty colors on a healthy dog any day. Besides that, not everyone wants a standard yorkies but prefer the more unusual. How do you think Parti and Biewers got started? They didn't just suddenly appear one day. At first they were also frowned upon, suggesting that they were "faulty" or not yorkies because they didn't meet the standards set forth by those who show. But now they are becoming accepted. I hope to see in my lifetime the acceptance of blond, chocolate, red, and black as "acceptable" colors. Until that time, I will continue to breed my yorkies for health first and take whatever color that happens by nature. I'm not trying to start an argument here, you can find lots more argumentive threads and that's where they should stay. Just trying to answer your question in my opinion.