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Originally Posted by yorkielady06  I do agree. The parti-carrier is a threat and will be one soon. I have seen some very nice parti-carriers that if the white was not so pronounced on the chest or up to the chin could strut in the ring with pride.
This brings up the earlier question about removing the parents from a breeding/show program. If you have shown your male and championed him out, shown your female and championed her, done all lab/xray/and vet screenings and produced say 2 litters of pups from them that were all standard color. You place the top 3 in show homes, and pet out the rest. Then on the 3rd and final litter you get a particolored pup. You stated you would spay/neuter the line. What about the 3 that are showing with people you have allowed to show them? Do you take the pups back and refund the money? How about their time? What if one of them had championed in a year and now had a litter of pups? What then?
I just see this growing more and more each time a litter of pups are born to parti/or particarriers alike. There is no "test" to assure that your lines are pure. It just takes one here or there to infiltrate the lines and there it is.
Just sad to think with all the unhealthy pups that are born, with all the diseases that are running rampant in the Yorkies lines, that we chose to take a stand against a healthy dog. When you breed a litter, are you only looking for conformation and standard? I would hope that health would be first and foremost in your breeding program. How about temperment?
Like stated I agree that we disagree. I hope that someday the powers that be wake up and see that within their very lines are some beautiful healthy dogs that for years have been shunned and ignored.
Maybe one last word....  ...I hope the YTCA will look at Americas past...some day owners of Yorkies of color may stand up together and challenge for change. When that happens I bet pens will start changing the standard or there maybe one heck of a fight.  |
If you have read all my posts you'd know that health is of the utmost importance with me and then the standard. #1: I don't sell show dogs to anyone
so therefore I have no worries about anyone producing something. I breed for show dogs for myself period. #2: Temperament is very important, don't want an aggressive dog nor very timid dog in my breeding program. Parti's are not going to be allowed in the standard anytime soon that I can pretty much say. Just like the Poodle standard they have a DQ as well stating no parti coloreds and that is also a DQ, so it's not only the yorkie breed that doesn't accept the Parti's.
Can't challenge or change the standard if you are not a member of the YTCA and the conceus within the YTCA it's not gonna happen.
Donna