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mmyorkies · 12-06-2005, 05:29 PM

As a show person, and pets, I and all the show people I know, breed for appearance, temperment, size (4.5 -7 pounds), structure, health, and color. Having one trait without the others is useless to us. We have terriers and want the terrier disposition. Some may prefer the shorter snout to the longer, or shorter legs to the longer, but basically we all breed for healthy dogs that can definately be recognized as yorkshire terriers. We do tests on our females and males before breeding to assure that they are healthy to begin with, and I have my pregnant female monitored by my vet, that specializes in canine reporduction, and have x-rays done near whelping time to make sure that I know all puppies are born and nothing left inside my bitch to cause a problem. I have my vets beeper number and cell number in case I have any problem with delivery, and I have called on a Sunday night at 11:00 to have an emergency C-Section and had 2 vets come into the office for me. This I feel is a truly dedicated team of Vet's that care about me and my dogs. This was a single puppy birth where the vets were not even sure the puppy would live, as it was not breathing and it took over 5 minutes of rubbing, oxygen, and warming to get her to breath. I was elated that they did not give up on the puppy, and my bitch got wonderful care, and all the while I was in attendance of the entire process. That single puppy is now 8 months old and my miracle gal. Because she did not gain as she should have in the beginning she did not have tail docked until she was 3 months old, and if I had known she probably would not grow large enough to show, I would not have had it done. But she is a spunky, healthy, noisy girl of 3.5 pounds now, and probably will not grow large enough for me to show, so will end up being sold.

12-06-2005, 05:29 PM	#41
mmyorkies No Longer a Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 357	As a show person, and pets, I and all the show people I know, breed for appearance, temperment, size (4.5 -7 pounds), structure, health, and color. Having one trait without the others is useless to us. We have terriers and want the terrier disposition. Some may prefer the shorter snout to the longer, or shorter legs to the longer, but basically we all breed for healthy dogs that can definately be recognized as yorkshire terriers. We do tests on our females and males before breeding to assure that they are healthy to begin with, and I have my pregnant female monitored by my vet, that specializes in canine reporduction, and have x-rays done near whelping time to make sure that I know all puppies are born and nothing left inside my bitch to cause a problem. I have my vets beeper number and cell number in case I have any problem with delivery, and I have called on a Sunday night at 11:00 to have an emergency C-Section and had 2 vets come into the office for me. This I feel is a truly dedicated team of Vet's that care about me and my dogs. This was a single puppy birth where the vets were not even sure the puppy would live, as it was not breathing and it took over 5 minutes of rubbing, oxygen, and warming to get her to breath. I was elated that they did not give up on the puppy, and my bitch got wonderful care, and all the while I was in attendance of the entire process. That single puppy is now 8 months old and my miracle gal. Because she did not gain as she should have in the beginning she did not have tail docked until she was 3 months old, and if I had known she probably would not grow large enough to show, I would not have had it done. But she is a spunky, healthy, noisy girl of 3.5 pounds now, and probably will not grow large enough for me to show, so will end up being sold.