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Originally Posted by JeanieK  There have always been and there always will be breeders who breed outside the box. If not there would only be one breed of dog. |
This is a really salient point. Some folks seem so
angry at parti breeders. One reason I've never really understood the heightened emotions over the parti/biewer issue is similar to what Jeanie mentions above.
Every dog on this planet is descended from the Gray Wolf. So, unless someone has a gray wolf, then the dog they currently have is a
mix who came from the gray wolf. A 'purebred' happens over time; yorkies didn't just appear on the planet.
Makes me wonder if 10,000 years or so ago (give or take, depending upon when you see the wolf/dog split), when humans were creating all the mixes (now breeds) we see today - whether or not the passion reached the heights it does today.
At the end of the day, we all have a 'mixed' dog and every breed started as just that. And every breed 'standard' is created by
humans. Not only that, but those same humans who set the standard, then change the standard...so, I guess change is acceptable....but maybe only ostensibly??
I guess one of my main points is, I don't understand the notion that breeding partis (or biewers, or whatever other controversial breed) is just plain wrong, as some indicate. Whose to say that
any breed/strain/mix that was
created (incl yorkies) was wrong or right?
