Some breeders try to act like their dogs are "rare" or special because they do not fit the Yorkie standard. Each dog is special in it's own way, very few dogs are perfect specimens of the breed, and those are the ones that should be bred to produce the next generation. A dog that doesn't meet standard makes a wonderful pet though. Some of the things that might make a dog unsuitable for breeding would be off colors, or droopy ears, or the wrong type of bite, as well as health related matters and size. We as pet lovers can have these dogs as pets. A dog that has the golden gene should not be bred, it just means "running gold", and the color pattern is incorrect. To simplify the blue/black should only be on certain areas, and the tan/gold should only be on certain areas, but with a running gold, it's intermingled. Since the breeder said your dog is a carrier, you dogs pattern may look ok, I'm not sure why your breeder even told you this. Some breeders will try to market these dogs as more valuable, but this is just a marketing technique. |