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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  There are problems in every "man-made" breed and even in mutts and wild canines, such as HP in coyotes. I dont think that introducing puppy-mill or byb quality dogs will do any breed any favors. And its the breed clubs that are doing the most to eliminate faults and health problems as they are the ones funding the studies on these problems and breeding correctly, not the bybrs or mills. I see more problems in poorly bred specimens of the breed than I do in correctly bred, to the standard, dogs. |
NO Lynn, You are wrong, not all breed clubs do make the breed healthier. As I just pointed out, the standards set for some breeds are the very thing that causes the health issues. And not all those who breed against the club standards breed unhealthy dogs.
Too many years of close breeding in any breed is going to create problems. That is why the wise old show breeders occasionally used the off colors to add some of the genes back into the mix that were removed when they removed the color gene.
And those of us who are breeding for the colors are no more "bybs" or "puppy mills" than those who are breeding for the standard. We have a purpose, we are selective, we are conscientious. we are not just putting any two dogs together to produce puppies to sell.
We just don't happen to believe that the YTCA created the yorkie, and we believe that our opinions are just as valid as theirs. Just because they are not the same does not mean that they are WRONG.
Health and temperament are our first concerns.