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Originally Posted by Cerise  I am not a breeder and will never be, but l want to add my opinion here.
However, myself and many other people do have a serious interest in this breed, and of it's future. The baby doll face is cute but breeding to change the look of the Yorkshire Terrier even more, and making it smaller than it is all ready, is careless, selfish, and becoming an obsession. We all like the look of beautiful things and having something unique, but that doesn't mean that it is of better quality, or in the best interest of the breed. These baby doll face tiny dogs may have silky coats but they may be short lived and have other health issues not mentioned.
There are many women who want this baby doll face look, for their future Yorkies. So there are now many breeders going for the green ($$$) in breeding them. I've seen some beautiful Yorkies with a slight baby doll face, but they have been standard size and not as extreme. Changing the shape of the skull IS NOT good and along with the tiny size, will bring about many more serious issues in the future.
It amazing how humans constantly think they are in their right to perfect something that was already a good thing. This constant bothering on a high breed/show level is what was portrayed on the BBC-Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary last week. If you want to perfect something in the Yorkshire Terrier breed, use common sense and perfect the HEALTH, not cutesiness. The Yorkie rightly owns that image already! |
I loved your post.
I think that the main concern when looking at this breeders webpage, which is a representation of what she is striving for is that she is breeding what she likes, with screen of being a show breeder. A good breeder is showing for the purpose of getting aproval of their lines, and is breeding with the standard in mind and for the purpose of bettering the breed (this has been mentioned already I know). Idealy, both the showing and breeding work together creating a wonderful hobby for a person who truly loves and appreciates the breed. This is why a good place to look for a dog of a certain breed should be in someone who is exhibiting the breed and who has shown a good measure of dedication and ethics.
There is no question that this breeders dogs are very pretty. But, I do not get how breeding a 2.5lb male, from any background could posible be bettering the breed. This male produces small puppies as the breeder herself has stated, this is why it is "safe" to breed him to her 4lb female. But I have never seen a 2lb CH dog and this is because no judge in their right mind would approve a 2lb dog for breeding (male or female). I have a very small girl and I think that it is irresponsible to try to get dogs this tiny on purpose. They are alot of work and take many special considerations even when completely healthy.
This breeder in my opinion is not breeding for her self, for her next show dog(because 2-3lb dogs don't do well in the ring). She is breeding to fill a pet market, for the tiny enthusiast, for the people looking for a living "baby doll"
The reason I would suggest the OP look elsewhere is because if it were me I would want to get my stock from the best breeder possible, why buy from a breeder with "greats" in their lines? if you could potentially put in the work and buy from the "greats" themselves. I hope what ever road is taken that she ends up with a fabulous dog.