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If you want to be the best of the best you better start at the beginning:

*I knew when I wanted to start back breeding//showing I better have the best to start with. I researched a lot of yorkies/breeders before I decided to get my first. Of course they were championed sired and some both - championed sired and damed. I checked pedigrees, the parents and grandparents qulaities, as well as the ones I got qualities. I had to know the standard well to be able to judge the qualities. Vets cannot judge a yorkie based on the standard since they do not know each dog's standard well, they can evaluate only the health after testing.
* I also showed my dogs to make sure that experts were evaluating my dogs before I breed them.
**Testing - you have to make sure that they are very healthy - this covers so much, eyes, heart, petellas, liver, etc...
* Be sure your girl has the right qualities: silky coat - not a cotton/wolly coat, good color (dark steel blue and nice gold), nice ears (not too long and not rounded tips), nice straight topline - like she could carry a teacup on the back. You do not want an arched back. There is more, but you need to do your research to learn the standard.
*I prefer AKC since you can attend shows and have your dog evaluated by experts. I also like how they do inspections - I think the only one that does.

Sounds like a lot, but so important to do it right. There is even more than what I mentioned.. you just have to do your research and go to some shows so you know what a nice qulaity yorkie should look like. Find a good mentor in your area that is willing to teach you - be sure they are an expert and can teach you well. This all needs to be checked out throughly and in place before you even think about breeding.