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Originally Posted by BFar  Hi all. I have a question regarding something that was brought up in this thread. I used to breed Maltese and basically, they all came out white. So you might get a little lemon color on the ears but basically color was a given. Now this Yorkie thing is definitely a "dog of a different color" LOL. Just with the things I've learned along the way about breeding dogs in general... something from generations back can pop up. Does that mean an excellent dog should be thrown out of a breeding program? How about if a dog produced many above average quality Yorkies and then threw a brown Yorkie? I wonder if that warrants throwing it out of a breeding program. I have not produced a litter of Yorkie puppies but I intend to breed my girl after I finish her. So this is really just for discussion purposes. I love the subject of inheritance. Very interesting!
I've (attempted to attach )a pic of my bitch from the weekend where she got back to back majors. So, I slipped a brag in there 
Barbara |
First off, Let me CONGRATULATE you on your back to back majors!! That is AWESOME!!!!
To answer your question it's a question as to what "faults" you can live with in your breeding program. I won't breed a dog with a bad bite even though that dog may have the best structure and movement. That is a fault I do not want to produce in my lines as I don't want to produce an off color yorkie either. You can also have a great dog and it finally had LS pop up from generations back so of course even though it's produced many good qualities and may have had many champions the first thing I'd do is absolutely spay/neuter that producer of LS or any other genetic health issue or major fault. But I can only speak for myself and what I'd do as a breeder/exhibitor
I've neutered my first champion yorkie and he has "GREAT" lines in his pedigree and that pedigree has produced many champions ect...but he ended up with an over shot bite, went too light and it's just something I couldn't live with in my breeding program even though he has some wonderful, wonderful lineage behind him. Again, it's what faults you can live with and what's easier to breed out ect....lots of variances to what one can live with what they want to produce.
Donna