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Originally Posted by TammyJM  First of all, my dogs were not ever an "investment"....they are part of our family! This statement of yours confuses me, "I never said that the people who breed Parti's were not nice people, their qualities as a human being has very little to do with how they breed.". It's the last part of it that bothers me. Do you honestly think that a person's moral make-up has NOTHING to do with their breeding practices??? How in the world can you really believe that?! I am someone that believes that a person's heart shines through their actions. I firmly believe that my "qualities as a human being" has EVERYTHING to do with how I have bred!! I can respect your opinion on certain things but feel you are way off base on this one, though.
As for parti breeders....no, a person should not trust all of them....no more than one should put full faith in a show breeder. You keep saying that we are introducing more variety into the breed, but the tri-color has been there....we are not adding some new gene. It's the YTCA that created what they desired the standard to be...they are the ones that formed the "look" of the Yorkshire Terrier. However, just because it is in writing does not mean that the genetics of the parti just disappear. |
I didn't say "NOTHING", I said "very little", details are very important. Look at the Amish, I think they are very moral wonderful people, but I think they are very poor breeders of dogs. There are a lot more parti breeders on this forum, than those who speak up for importance of breeding to standard. I'm the one that feels bullied.
Floppy ears have been there too, should we start breeding for it because they are cute? I happen to love floppy ears, but I would not support a breeder who bred for them. I think a breeder should find a breed they love, and breed for a great representative of it, I don't think they should try to change standard. Yes, the YTCA is the mother club, and they are there to protect the club standard, if no one did that, the yorkie wouldn't have any identity. Don't you try to choose other qualities of standard that you think are important, If you can see that breeding other qualities of standard is important, than you could see why breeding all qualities of standard is important. If you don't think breeding any qualities of standard is important, than I wonder why you choose a particular breed to breed? For me, it really is an all or nothing thing, you can't just pick and choose the qualities you like. Some breeders love curly haired yorkies, do you think they should breed them even if they love the look? I realize it's a free country, and people can do what they want, but I don't think this is really protecting the breed. So they may be a wonderful person, but they are not a good breeder in my opinion.