Always wanted a yorkie, hubby gave me one for our 25th Anniversary. A year later I adopted a 2nd one. But, I wanted to learn more....joined a breed club just to learn more about the yorkie. Started going to shows, got bit by the show bug, started researching lines and breeders. It just so happened that the type yorkie I liked was from a well known breeder in the yorkie club I belonged to. I approached her for a show dog......she watched me for a about a year and half before she let me have my first show dog. I traveled with her then handler (he showed my girl for me) and her for a year, to learn how to groom, handle and present a dog before she allowed me into the ring. I finished 3 Champions before she allowed me to breed and go near a whelping box. In other words she mentored me, she is still my mentor, my best friend and adopted mother. I then became her handler.
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