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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  I didn't say I didn't believe in showing or breeding to standard. Just questioning how one can justify the mass breeding by some show breeders as being good for Yorkies in general. The bad breeders are getting their hands on dogs from somewhere, and I don't think they are getting them exclusively from other bad breeders. Since so many of them are claiming champion lines (even though most are distant in their pedigrees), they obviously came from the show breeders to begin with. The lines aren't being controlled tightly enough, IMO.
I don't know what the answer is. It just seems to me that at a certain point (and I don't know what that point is) the mass show breeder crosses over in to the same gray area as the commercial breeders. Maybe not quite as dark a shade of gray, but gray none the less. |
I can agree with this statement, but then again, I don't even think all commercial breeders are equal. Can you breed right and still make a profit? I think it must be very hard unless you charge way more than show breeders are charging. Their prices are often less than breeders who sell on YT.
Most bad breeders get their pets from other bad breeders, or those breeders they feel "comfortable" with. I do think we always have to remember the "goal." Is it to make money, is it to win fame? These are not the proper goals. A good breeder needs to be around other good breeders who can keep them in check.