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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Your original question was this.
I was trying to say that a breeder does not have to spay/neuter parents who have puppies with a slight overbite or if the are an ounce or two over 7 pounds, or even a parti puppy. I was extremely surprised you thought anybody was even suggesting this. Just because a dog is a champion doesn't mean his offspring will not have faults, but you don't breed FOR the faults. I've always considered the parti fault a fault like the others, you are the one that has suggested it's much worse than the other faults, and a breeder would take extreme measures to prevent people from learning about this.
I asked a breeder on YorkieTalk, why she was breeding an 8 pound dog. Her reply was that the dog had perfect structure, and other wonderful qualities, furthermore, she knew the line, and her dog was the biggest of her ancestors, so she had a good chance of passing the smaller size genes to her offspring, and she was taking a calculated risk, by using this dog. She had a goal and purpose in mind when she was doing this. She wasn't breeding the 8 pounder because she wanted to produce larger yorkies to cater to those who wanted larger dogs, she was improving her line. When you improve your line you improve the breed. Good breeders do work with each other, they will tell each other the truth about the flaws and strengths of their dogs. |
I was asking the question after reading post #70. Yorkiekist made it very clear thast spay/neutering was the only reputable thing to do if one produced a parti puppy. So I thought my question was a reasonable one.
I in no way suggested that the parti color was a worse fault, why would I do that? I don't consider it a fualt at all, I consider it a variation.