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Originally Posted by magicgenie  I do understand how little you breed, and that your pleasure is derived from going out there and showing an excellent dog. I think that most of us would be in financial ruins if we didn't have puppies to sell to pay for the showing.
My big departure from YTCA is that I would not automatically spay/neuter an otherwise excellent pair that produced a brown, parti, or other non-standard color. Nor would I would keep a great looking, healthy carrier out of the ring. Since my breeding dogs are exclusively for my use, not for sale or stud, I am taking a more liberal position with regards to color. Therefore, I cannot belong to YTCA.
By the way, I often refer people to the YTCA directory as the place one will most likely find a good breeder, hoping one day YTCEHB becomes big enough to be a good resource too. |
Well, I guess this depends again on your perspective, but I see breed clubs as "conservators" of the breed. Past breeders have worked very hard to create a dog breeds out of various mutts. Eventually, there is an identifiable standard that is acceptable to the experts of the breed, and these would be the people who have been involved in the breed for years and have studied under other "experts". They don't go in as a novice, and want to change the standard. They realize that just because they have a "purebred" it means nothing, and for a dog to be bred it has to have more than a purebred background, it has to be a great example of the breed. I think this is where most newbie breeders go wrong. I look at it the way one might look at a endangered species, if you want that species around in the future, you have to protect and preserve it, and even help it mate. Until someone understands the importance of "standard" and why it's in place, I personally don't even think they should be breeding. In my opinion, you cannot just pick and choose what part of standard you accept and what part you reject, and still be a good breeder. Standard should change very slowly, and in my opinion, only because of health risks being connected with certain traits. Good breeders should never cave in to popular demands from the puppy buying public, so unless you can understand the importance of preserving standard, than no breed club will ever be right for you, as that is their primary purpose! This doesn't just pertain to the Yorkshire Terrier breed, without a clear standard, there really is no breed, standard is first, linage is second.