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Originally Posted by rachel717  WOW! you guys really jump on someone when you do not know all the facts. 1- yes we had both dogs checked, both are dual registered and mine has a 4 generation pedigree including 3 AKC members in his line. 2- the area we live in does not have any good breeders, I traveled 6 hours to a registered breeder for my dog and the female is from a breeder in Germany 3- we are not breeding just to breed she runs a kennel and is trying to start a yorkie line in this area since there are none 4- I posted my question out of concern for both animals, if I wasn't concerned I would have held the female down and forced the breeding 5- I know that he is larger than the standard but he is exceptionally healthy other than his weight he meets every standard for AKC and he has a wonderful personality especially with kids. I would rather have a healthy happy dog who is part of a family than a "perfect" dogs who is unhealthy, unhappy and lives in a kennel because it doesn't respond well to people. I expected responses like yes he is probably too big or something similar- I was not prepared to be chastized and lectured for trying to do the right thing. |
oh how wrong you are. i lived in St. Joseph, MO for three years and now live in Liberty, MO
Deb Sillars is an excellent breeder who lives in Fairfax, MO, there are many many more excellent reputable breeders out there who have researched and put years and years of learning about the breed standards and improving the breed. I'm not trying to jump on you, but I would highly advise you to do a lot more research about the yorkie breed and not just start breeding dogs for a person who already has a kennel. if she's got other dog breeds, she needs to focus on those. a reputable breeder doesn't have more than one breed and they don't start a line of a new breed of dog when they don't know that much about them.
find a reputable breeder like Deb Sillars (amazingyorkies) and learn from them and watch their work before you start anything on your own. MO is the puppy mill capital of the US. you don't want to help start yet another one with the person you are working with do you!?