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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  I think you are wrong on the bybr thing. Some exhibitors have concealed some health problems. Unfortunately, there are bad apples in EVERY group. But since bybers are nothing more that "mini mills" they dont even know or dont even care if a health problem exists. Boatloads of bad apples in this group! At least the YTcA, other breed parent clubs and AkC as well as alot of the exhibitor breeders do most of the health issue funding. Its NOT the bybers forking over the needed $$$$ for this needed research! And there are tons of genes in the exhibitor gene pool available so as not to cause the Yorkie breed or any other breed to go into extinction. There is absolutely no need for the byber kind of "diversity" to play a part in keeping the Yorkie or other breed alive and well.
You seem to have a problem with exhibitor/breeders for some reason as you give them a black eye in alot of your posts. |
Well, I could be wrong. It's been known to happen.
I don't have any problem with exhibitors or breeders. My hope is that one day there will be no puppy mills, so that means we'll need breeders! My problem is that many people seem to say that looks = health, which is not true. I do think the AKC has made a major mistake in dictating standards that focus almost exclusively on looks, not health, performance, or temperment. I hope that they will correct that mistake. That doesn't negate all the good work they've done.
I understand that good breeders check for health as well, which is crucial. However, I don't dream of a day when all yorkies look almost exactly the same. I think that would (1) be boring, and (2) indicate no genetic diversity. You can't have massive conformity without a smaller pool of genes. It's simply not possible.