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Originally Posted by YorkieRose  I do think it is possible to produce a quality Yorkie and not show..but you MUST be closely connected and involved with show breeders. Buying show stock and using a tip top stud is the only way I have seen breeders produce good, better, best over and over.
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How does a breeder who doesn't show get show stock and a tip top stud, though? I am under the impression that show quality puppies are very hard to come by unless you have a mentor and that usually there is a co-ownership agreement that the dog must be championed prior to breeding.
I've known breeders who have made the transition from byb's to small hobby show breeders that way, but I have never heard of show breeders letting show quality puppies go to breeders who only have pet quality breeding stock or allowing a champion stud to be bred with a pet.