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Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Breeders who breed to standard have to spend a lot money on their breeding dogs and those who show have to spend so much more. Going to shows and all the expenses that come with it really ads up, so I can understand why breeders who show, will charge $2,000 for a puppy produced with lots of champs in the background. Show breeder's dogs are not the highest priced dogs; you can pay much more than that in a pet store where dogs have come from puppy mills. So what you pay for a dog. doesn't now really give you a good indication of the quality of the dog or the breeder. If show breeders had to turn a profit, they would have to charge so much more for dogs, but they aren't breeding for profit. Finding the right home is more important than selling dogs, and they are truly interested in protecting and improving the breed.

Whenever I see a breeder selling a dog for over the price that a show breeder charges, I think they MUST be breeding for profit. There's nothing wrong with having a profit, it's just when you are breeding for profit, you are going to make decisions based on money, instead of health. People often call certain colors "rare" in an attempt to make them seem special, and as you know, there will always be those who are attracted to that which is different. There are some Parti breeders who say they are breeding because they love the Parti look, but I think you get a better indication of why they are breeding if you look at the prices they charge. Many people have turned to breeding Parti's because they have complained that in their local communities they can't get over $350.00 for a Yorkie, so if they breed Partis, they can make much more than that, and sell over the internet. The thing to remember about Parti's is that two Parti's can only produce Parti's, they cannot produce a standard yorkie, so in the future, the Parti many be the only yorkie anyone can find, and I would hate that to happen.

LOL wouldn't that really put a kink in the YTCA.
You never know what will happen years from now.