I can only speak for myself here and I wish I could at least recoup what I've spent with showing/breeding...BUT I'm not in this to make money because I guess being in the hole in the tune of about 100 grand in the 6 years I've been doing this says that I love what I'm doing and doing it for the love and passion of showing and breeding (which I don't breed much).
Yorkies ears should NEVER be cropped...I dock tails because our standard calls for docked tails and I show my yorkies. When and if the standard changes to a full tail then I will not dock a show dogs tail.
If you see a trend with some of us posters it's because in your words stand by our convictions and our passion for this wonderful breed
Donna