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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  I prefer the term"I disagree" to your term"you are wrong". Nor did I call you a mill, but you are not breeding to theYTCA standard, therefore, I my opinion, the parti breeders are pet quality breeders. Health issues can still be a priority to pet breeders also.(not bybrs or mills) That being said, what exactly would be the genetic purpose of breeding off colors? What would it improve in the Yorkie? It wouldnt improve health, structure, temperment, movement, patellas, hips, ears, conformation, hair color and texture. So I dont understand what "wise old breeders" you are referring to. And, again, it is not the mills, bybrs or most of the pet breeders that foot the bill for health research. It is the dyed in the wool reputable Yorkie breeders, be it hobby or exhibitor that fund most of the research. And again, most of all the other breed clubs fund there own health research also. Its not the mills or bybrs of those breeds either.
So, the only thing that we agree on is that we agree to disagree. |
Yes by breeding some of the off colors back into the line it can improve any or all of the above. show breeder dogs can have health issues also, due to the close line breeding. And it has been discussed on here before that many of the old breeders kept a redleg in their program to improve the coat.
When you are trying to eliminate a gene from a breed, there can be adverse effects.
When any special interest group supports any research the results tend to be skewed. You don't really believe all the ads that these drug companies put out about their research do you?
Over the years standards have been changed. these off colors are part of the general make up of the yorkie and if they were to be eliminated entirely, people might find out that it was not such a good idea. As I pointed out, with other breed standards gone awry.
The YTCA may someday decide that they need to add those colors back in, in an effort to bring the yorkie back to where it is today. When you mess with nature it doesn't always turn out the way you planned.