Ha ha I love it he's "perfectly imperfect." Yes every breed has a standard because it's kind of the blue print of how the ideal of a particular breed should look and behave. While every dog has some flaws, breeders should breed only those dogs that have the fewest flaws and then breed to other dogs that will hopefully breed out the flaws, you have to know what you’re doing, genetics is complicated. Some breeders think if you breed a 10 pound dog to a 4 pound dog it averages out, but that’s not the way it works either. Unfortunately, most breeders don’t even know or understand standard, and just breed to make a buck, they think if they have a “purebred” yorkie it okay to breed. The truth is you could breed two purebred Yorkies for several generations and eventually get dogs that look very little like Yorkies.
While it's not important for pet owners to have perfect examples of the breed, it's important for pet owners to support good breeders who are doing right by the breed and breeding for health, temperament, and looks. |