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Originally Posted by shodanusmc   Totally agree with you Lorraine. If I recall, the Westminister Yorkie Champ was a Canadian Dog. Why go out of the North American Continent for a Pup? Well, maybe if I wanted a Parti I would. |
Show breeders in US and Canada who are very serious about the breed will not sell to anyone looking for a show dog without doing a lot of background check and the buyer has to be pretty convincing they are not wanting to just breed and market the good lines teh show breeder has worked so hard to produce. Someone looking for just something to breed will not be considered.
Yes the winner for the Breed Yorkshire terrier at this years WEstminster show is here in Canada, owner/breeder/handled and they live about 1/2 hour from me. The Canadian dogs actually did very well at those shows, GNY Club and YTCA club shows held in those few days before WEstminster started. I know the Canadian dog bred back east that won one of those specialties, can't remember which specialty is Canadian bred and goes back to many canadian dogs in the pedigree. There were other Canadian dogs there as well that did very well in those very large shows.