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Originally Posted by mypreciouspups  wow!!! I am impressed with you in the fact you would and did come on this forum and be honest.. for there are show breeders that if honest would say they all started someplace and yes.. if they looked back would have been called a back yard breeder,...I have been told this.. and by yes,(show breeders) not all show breeders start from getting a champion dog first.. yet can belittle some one like you..but I also know many that would not get into this kind of behavior at the same time..
I am not saying I agree with you or disagree.. I am just saying I try not to judge.. for as I have said before..
Critisim is!!!!!
The disapproval of people not for having faults!!!!
but for having faults that are different from their own..
I have seen many people leave this forum for reasons like this.. but staying here and eduacating yourself is a great idea.. if people can help eduacate with some way of caring.. I for one will not just follow the lead.. I am myself.. and I also try to better myself.. and I have finally met show breeders that like me and are willing to help should I want to go farther in this..anne |
Yes, show people did have to start somewhere. My first yorkie was a pet. I then adopted two yorkies from someone that was moving to another country and could not take her two yorkies with her. They were very nice. I bred one of them to a champion - my first litter and got some cute babies. By then I was a member of a breed club - reason - I wanted to learn all I could to do right for the breed. I researched, read a ton of books, went to top breeders/show exhibitor homes, watch and listened carefully, and went to as many shows and matches as I could. I also talked to judges and had them go over my dogs. I wanted to learn as much as I could. I then bought my third yorkie from the best I could -yes, it was from a show home and a top line with champion parents. I showed myself and then also later had a handler. It is so important to get your hands on some very good examples of our breed - to feel and touch what a good yorkie should look like, and not just look with your eyes. I never have stopped learning. I then retired for awhile to raise a family of my own.
This second time returning - I got the best I could - and yes, again from show homes. I have, after 3 years being back,- have two champions and hopefully more on the way. When I breed, I breed to the best I can and to make the best match. I am trying to do all I can to protect the breed and to breed to standard. I have also spayed/neutered what did not pan out. You have to. It is all about being responsible. And yes, it does cost a lot of money! I do all this because I am very pasionate about my breed. Not to say you do not. I am sharing with you my feelings and how I got started. If you want to do what is right - you breed only to standard and not to just have a litter, because you say you are learning.
We do not want to scare people off (including you) - we are just trying to educate. Why?? For our breed's benefit. Just like someone educated us - we then must return the favor, because we care. If only uneducated people were on YT - what kind of forum would this be?? What would happen to our breed?? It is also important not to turn away the educated people that are on YT. JMO - We are also risking our reputation being on here. Why? Because we do care so much for our breed. And we are really trying to help.
T.