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Originally Posted by Brooklynn  First of all let me say....Of course when I started out my first bitch was NOT a champion and what I learned from that experience I wouldn't do it again, now mind you she did produce my first homebred champion  However,I learned quickly from that experience I needed a CH worthy bitch for my foundation Then when I started over my breeding program I started back the correct way breeding CH to CH...aka CH Groveshire's Under the Radar to CH Myboy Camality Jane who by the way was specialed also and was in the top 10 when she was being shown and was #1 yorkie bitch in breed in 2005 I still have Radar who by the way was in the top 5 in breed in the USA in 2008 but am on the search for a show quality bitch so that is why I haven't bred in over 2 years because my search is for the right one and not something I have to do in a hurry because I want to continue to breed and show to the best representation I can....I have been in the show ring but have been showing Radar or for others while I am in search of the bitch that is worthy.
Now on to the question....I don't mind a modified silk coat (no it's not a soft coated dog) but the texture is more on the silk side but of course you want the true silk, which by the way Radar is a very true silky dog but a very true silk is a thin coat and takes forever to grow. Yes, some breeders in my opinion do bring in a soft coated yorkie to their breeding program to get a thicker silk coated dog, not to get color but to get a heavier silk which is what I would call a modified silk. Hard to explain the difference.
There are soft coated yorkies becoming champions but I don't see cotton coated as much anymore being shown as it is very very incorrect and most cotton coated dogs are black instead of a dark steel blue and with the DQ it's halted that. I see more soft coated in the ring than cotton coats.
I hope that helps answer your questions
Donna |
Let me add to your post Donna.
Breeder/exhibitors with smaller breeding programs are more selective and choose to breed Ch. to Ch., than breeder/exhibitors that have a larger program. Those larger programs have the option of more bitches that have the qualities of a show dog, but may not have liked being in the ring....should she not be used....I don't think so......Therefore, you see a pup in the ring that is Championed sired but not the dam....doesn't make her less qualified, but she can be a top producing bitch.
Then you have the situation that I ran into with my Tahlulah, lacking a 3 point Major, bred from a Ch. Sire and Ch. Bitch.......Came out winning, pointing at her first show and almost every show their after, taking a 4 point Major and the Dallas Fort Worth Toy Club, from the Bred By Class....however, circumstances in my life; my mother passing, me moving to California.....I ran out of time......she had to be bred as she was approaching 3 years old.....should I have kicked her to the curb, not used her and petted her out.....I think not....as she had all the attributes and qualities of a Champion.......
Asking a question why some breeder/exhibitors don't breed Ch. to Ch. one needs to be familiar with each and every breeder/exhibitor's practice and their reasons behind their decisions.