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Wow, you guys really went to town last night! I guess it was a boring night.

Yes, I believe your question had been answered time and time again and really unless you go through it, you really do not know for yourself. Mary, Donna (Brooklyn) and Nancy1999 were correct. It really is Very expensive to breed correctly. It is a very complicated thing, since there is soooooo much to it. It takes years and years and everything is connected to another, testing, a good eye, others evaluating, starting with your foundation, showing, equipment, training, learning about it all, studying pedigrees, and a ton more. It is educating oneself to make sure you are doing Best for the breed.

When I first got started with my very first really good yorkie - I had to give my heart and soul to my breeder. Why? To prove I was being honest and dedicated to the breed. People like my breeder are the gardians of the breed, at least to me they were and are. We became friends and she learned I was geniune. I was not going to have a really good yorkie with open registry without her trusting me. And that is how it is today and more so. Did I spend a lot for this first really good show dog and show this dog - Yes. But it was a lot less than what some of these crazy unethical breeders sell their dogs for, their pups' cost way more than they are worth. So you have to get to know the breeders and their ethics. It is usually pretty easy to see their motives. My dog/s I got were totally worth their price.

To the OP unless you go through all this yourself, I guess you really will not know value and cost. You will just have to trust the well educated ones here by what they are saying is truth.