What is a reputable breeder? A breeder of mixed breeds are breeding to sell puppies no other reason.
Yes the Yorkie was the result of PUREBRED FANCIERS (note the term) striving to create a breed and there was a lot of money, time, effort and records kept for many decades to eventually produce the Yorkie of today that breeds true which is the drill for any purebred dog that purebred fanciers have produced and their efforts are now in our Registration books of bona fide registry Clubs.
I wrote this a year ago, it is on my website. There is a vast difference between a REPUTABLE purebred showbreeder and a breeder of any sort breeding only to fill a pet market and nothing more.
WHAT IS A REPUTABLE BREEDER?
Someone once asked me what is a reputable breeder? At the time I was not willing to give a ready answer as I needed to really put some thought into it. A reputable breeder, in my opinion, hopefully is one I can only aspire to be myself, enough to hold my head up and know I am treating my dogs, my kennel name, my fellow Yorkie breeders who trust me with their line, the time they gave me to help me, my breed, and indeed the intent and purpose of the purebred and show dog world with dignity and respect. I alone have to take the responsibility to rise up and aspire to a reputation of contributing to the breed and carrying the legacy left me by the breeders that have handed it over to the newcomers and laid the foundation of our respective breeds. I can only hope the reputable breeder is the one I will see whenever I look in the mirror and hopefully, I will see the images reflected back of perhaps some other fellow true purebred dog fanciers currently in the show rings.
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Lorraine Effa
November 2007 |