Most purebred dogs have champions in their background. When looking for a responsible breeder, you want to see champions in the first couple generations - parents and grandparents. That will tell you that your breeder is carefully breeding to the standard and your puppy will grow up to look like a Yorkie is supposed to.
Advertising "champion lines" is an advertising ploy just like "teacup" is. Champions 5 or 6 generations back mean nothing.
The one that always tickles me is "15 champions in background!", when they go way back and count them up! It reminds me of the ads for insurance salesmen and the like when they advertise 25 years experience. Then you find out they have combined the years of experience and their six sales people have less than 5 years experience each! |