[txshopper73]

Originally Posted by wnalegria

Thank you very much for your response. It seems as though the chain is being yanked again. I hope that this is clear so that even those who may have cognitive memory problems like myself can understand. If any breed of dog, cat, bird or fish, any animal, or flower is not bred true and according to a standard you can loose what originally attracted to you it. That means standards. With out the standards all breeds of dogs would end up being looking like each other. I personally do not want a yorkie that looks like a mixed breed. I want to keep the visual, behavioral and physical traits that make them what they are. I think that is why we all chose the breed not because it looks like the neighbors alpaca.

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

Come on guys...this is a no win situation. The only way to breed and not to promote "breed standard" is to breed dogs that do not meet the standards, be it wieght, look, genetic defect, whatever. If we practiced it, THAT wouldn't be right either and somebody would be giving us a new lecture. I think we all need to realize that we as owners/breeders/posters whatEVER, are not going to be able to please everybody all of the time--no matter what you think, somebody is always going to find fault over it.

Originally Posted by YorkieRose

Christy, your opinion counts!
Most of us buy a breed because we love the look, temperment etc..if we didn't care and just wanted a dog..then we would go to the pound and get one...but we love that special Yorkie personality and look.

By following the standard we are still going to get all types of Yorkies..all you have to do is go to a show and you will see a line of dogs, similiar, but also different.
I think it is the temperment we want to keep...I loved my Doxies, BUT they were not anything like a Yorkie in personality.

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