[107barney]

leaving the tail...leaving the dewclaws...promoting funky colors...what next? mixing a yorkie with a sewer rat to make them tinier teacups. All breeders that deviate from the standard should spend a day with those of us buyers that pay for your genetic garbage when we have to drain our bank accounts and suffer emotional turmoil when our dogs are deathly ill.
And this is why, as a buyer who "didnt really care" initially about going to a YTCA breeder, is really glad she stumbled on that road. I guess we all differ in our view of "ethics." And I'm glad I had the resources to take care of this dog so another one did not end up as a throwaway in rescue.