Quote:
Originally Posted by Mardelin  Incorrect, a fault can be as simple as a bad head carriage, a gait that is not wonderful, tail set just a wee bit low, a topline that is off.......ears to tall, a bit easty/westie, etc......I was told early on, that if you can find 3 faults in a dog, don't show it, because the judge will find more. Accept the faults you can live with, try to correct the ones you can't, by finding a stud that can compliment your female. Now it may be fault that may take several generations to breed it out and does the female have enough of what you want to take the time and effort to do it. Breeding is not just putting dogs together to have puppies, especially yorkies. You can't breed yorkies phenotype to phenotype like with poodles and know what you're gonna get. There's studying genetics, pedigrees (knowing each dog in that pedigree backward and forward); everything from temperament, structure, you name it. But, remember there is no perfect dog. That's why we breed, for the challange of improving on what we have.
For instance I have a female that went a bit light, and led with her head in the ring. Some days she showed like a dream and others she'd look at me like I'd lost mind for wanting to take her into the ring. When I bred her, I bred her to a stud with excellent head carriage, great showmanship and dark. I got what I wanted, he complimented her well and corrected what I wanted to correct. |
Very true!!
Sorry, I not very familiar with the yorkie pedigrees, but I am with maltese.
Breeding is deff. not an easy task and not anyone can do it. Breeding is a lot of very hard work and takes a lot of time and dedication. You must study and learn the pedigrees and what health or confirmation issues are coming down from what dogs.
Then there is often a lot of heartbreak with litters when things don't go as planned. You have to be ready to have c-sections, stay up night and day if you're having problems with the puppies, either to tube feed or supplement, etc. etc. And, of course, training and socializing the puppies, as well as the grooming -- all a lot of very hard work.