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Originally Posted by kjcmsw  I guess it's semantics. "champion bloodlines" or "champion-sired"/"champion grand sire" Just seems a little unreasonable for someone to state that someone who uses the term "champion bloodlines" can't be the real deal. Yes, I would agree specifying if the pup has been sired or grand sire would be better, just it's not fair to automatically lump someone who chooses to say "champion bloodlines" as someone who couldn't possibly have dogs with great lines/great potential. So what's the term for champion grand-mothered? My pups are from grandsired champions; great; great, great; great, great, great-grand sired champions as well as on the maternal side Just would seem much easier to say "champion bloodlines" if I was so inclined I would think & if someone wanted more details they could ask.
Not everyone chooses to show their dogs, thus a generation could easily not have a champion in it, for no other reason than the breeder didn't choose to show it, not that it didn't have all the qualities and potential to be a "champion". Again, before one disparages a breeder and their dogs they really need to personally know the breeder.
Semantics: While I agree with the poor breeding practices of those that breed exceptionally tiny Yorkies, but it's also just semantics when people say "teacup" Yorkies --- "teacup" "small" It's just an adjective describing the noun. I think people can be led to get so caught up in the terminology used the important things get lost.
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I've yet to mention during a course of a conversation with a potential new family that my dogs come from a long line of Champions, or Champion Sired or Champion Dam. My emphasis is always on health, structure and temperament of the pup and working with new family to establish a relationship and provide the pup with the best possible home.
Whether a question of sematics or not, it is eduational information and the more information placed out there for newbies the better.
The term for is Champion Dam; Champion Grand Dam or Champion Great Grand Dam.
As far as the teacup term; it's one that I don't let pass easily. I've witnessed too many people pulled into that too. Yes, even here on YT, there are still members that believe that you pay more for a pup, the smaller it is. And a week doesn't go by that I don't receive calls from potential new pup owners telling me about a breeder that has a teacup and that they understand teacups go for more money.
Education is a person's best ammunition in helping people make knowledgable choices.