I have been breeding yorkies for over 27 years and it is a very tough decision to make when one of my girls are ready to retire. One part of me feels like I have had a beautiful dog that has brought me so much joy and has produce some wonderful puppies it is now time for her to having a family all her own to love her for the rest of her life. But, than on the other hand I have placed some retired breeders and they were miserable away from their 4 legged family that they grew up with. So, with that said I really think if you are going to stay in the breeding business you can't keep them all or you won't have a breeding business you would become to overwhelmed. Or you make the decision to just breed a few and no matter what they are your babies for life. Now that I am older and hopefully a little wiser I only breed a few of my yorkie's 1 time a year and when I get up to 10 and they can no longer breed I guess I will have to stop because it is just to many dogs to be able to keep up with properly in a cage free environment. |