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Originally Posted by shyorkies I agree with Irene, there are responsible (reputable) and irresponsible (unreputable) breeders.. I worked as a vet tech for years and I have learnt for #1 just because someone pays money for a animal (pet) does NOT mean they will take care of it! The #2 thing I have learnt is that there are alot of so-called breeders that just breed for the MONEY and NO other reason! They do NOT research the yorkshire terrier standard, they do NOT research the bloodlines to know if they are buying a healthy breeder or NOT! |
I agree with you~
I think all breeders need to know what is in their lines, they need to breed for the love of the dogs, not the money and they need to pay attention to primarily health and temperment and genetic defects.
As far as the standard where it relates to outward appearance I am not so concerned and feel that pets do not need perfect conformation. I will leave those concerns to the show breeders. I just don't think it's fair to impose those standards on the pet breeders because their priority is to produce a companion dog, not a beautiful show dog so the emphasis is different and the standard should be too.
I keep talking about coming up with a pet standard or even a club for yorkie fanciers who don't show....maybe we should really do this and come up with a responsible "Pet Standard" with an emphasis on temperament and health.
I am not of the opinion that this would hurt the breed or denograte it in any way as the show breeders will guarantee the logevity of their "standard" by continuing to breed to imporve it. I just feel slighted sometimes as pet fancier because i don't feel enough attention is paid to the temperament aspects and too much is paid to the outward appearance or esthetics. JMHO.