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Originally Posted by Mardelin  I'll try and answer your question as an exhibitor/breeder. Might give you some understanding, maybe a bit more than you want to know. Breeder/exhibitors do not breed for anyone other than theirselves. We do not breed to fulfill a pet market. Exhibiting a dog is not to contest (go to the AKC.org website). We show to get approval of our breeding stock. Yes, there are maybe one or 2 yorkies in every six litters that will make it to the ring and worthy of breeding, after it's obtained it's Championship. We breed very minimally, maybe 1 or 2 litters a year. Then at other times we may have 3 in a litter that will make it to the ring. And determining whether a yorkie is going to make a Champion is not a guess. It takes a lot of studying canine genetics, learning lines/pedigrees and studing structure, movement, coat texture and color and health. Our dogs are health tested and we make sure our dogs are the best representation of the breed. We usually have a waiting list way before a breeding is conducted. The people on the waiting know that we breed for ourselves first, but they are prepared to wait longer until will assess a litter. This takes months as we watch these pups grow, monitoring every bit of their activities.
In answer to your question, what do we do with the puppies that don't sell, we keep them. But, that doesn't happen too often, since we have a waiting list and breed minimally. |
Very well put Mary, thank you, for example I just had a litter of 5, I am keeping 2 a boy and a girl to see their potential for the ring, the other 3 are up for sale as pet only, if something happens that the two I am keeping do not make it to the ring, then I will have them spay and neuter and they will also be place in a pet only home. Why we dock, because is the Standard of the silky breed too and we will continue to do so until the standard is change. We did use anesthetic to dock this litter, but it was my choice and I don't think everyone has access to anesthetics I just happen to be grateful that my son is a vet tech working on his vet license and we have access to that. We also microchip and we use lidocane for that too, I HATE the size of the needle, so my son,gives then a little topical in the injection site, he says is more for MY peace of mind that for the puppies,
hope this helps you understand how and why some of us breed and do business.
Respectfully,
Carmen in nj