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Originally Posted by YorkieRini Thanks for replying. I'm glad there are some restrictions. As for the puppymills, I guess I am splitting hairs when I say some topics can encourage puppymills or folks to buy from them when it's publicized a responsible breeder doesn't have to breed to improve on the breed. Am I making sense? I see some posts that indirectly can encourge the breeding of pet qualtiy puppies. Not that they are any less because they may have a flaw here and there. They make wonderful and beautiful pets no doubt. I would rather seen them place as pets instead of culled or euthanized early on because of the flaws.
Just wanted to voice my opinion on the dangers of publicizing that it's 'OK' to breed pet quality Yorkies.
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You have stated to me that out of the 20 dogs your program has produced in 2.5 years all but 1 were "pet quality" so I don't see the logic in what you are saying. Are you saying it is okay to produce "pet quality" but only if they come from
breed quality dogs or do the parents both have to be "champions"?
Why is there such discrimination on the part of SOME breeders against companion yorkies who are sound and healthy and of good temperament? This is what MOST yorkies are! This is what MOST people own.
We want pets who can be a part of the family, be obedience trained, maybe even agility trained, or flyball trained and who can enjoy their lives happy and free. This is the average yorkie owner...it is not someone who keeps their dog in a crate for most of its life and never takes it to the dog park and ships it all over the country to handlers, for shows or to be bred and restricts its play time for fear of ruining the beautiful coat.
The argument that you should not breed unless it is to "improve the breed" and in order to improve the breed you have to follow the YTCA standard as currently written, is a false one, and has been proven over the last 200 years to be a myth. It doesn't happen.
The breed is not improved by this standard...some even argue that it is harmed by this practice.
To encourage the admin here to "prohibit" posts in opposition to these viewpoints is simply close minded and irresponsible. We may as well burn all the books in the libraries that disagree with you, or remove any articles for the internet that conflict with you point of view. I am sorry if you don't like that they exist but they do. You have to have confidence and faith in what you are doing and then what others post will not affect you so much. JMHO.