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Teresa Ford · 12-01-2011, 07:08 PM

What ever one uses as their authority, will define what a Good Breeder is.
My idea of a good breeder may be simple and based on my life experience, like : A good breeder is someone who has takes good care of their dogs. The dogs are healthy, sweet, friendly and cute and I think the price is fair. OR My definition could formed by things I have studied, read about, heard and personal ideas. It may be complicated with a very long list of things I think a good breeder should do. I may even think the only people that should breed dogs are people who devote their life to producing the perfect purebred dog. OR I may define a good breeder somewhere between the two.
On this forum we often see pictures or hear about dogs that are not good examples of the AKC Breed Standard for a Yorkshire Terrier. People often say, oh it doesn't matter I love them anyway. I wonder if they would have bought the puppy if they knew the dog, would be huge, have floppy ears, bad knees and have a cotton coat that never grows very long. Not really the Yorkie they dreamed of is it ? Yet every dog that comes into our life has so much to teach, if we are willing to learn. When we get a real dog, one who is not perfect, we find that they are just right after all.

12-01-2011, 07:08 PM	#35
Teresa Ford Therapy Yorkies Work Donating Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Central, Florida Posts: 3,863	What ever one uses as their authority, will define what a Good Breeder is. My idea of a good breeder may be simple and based on my life experience, like : A good breeder is someone who has takes good care of their dogs. The dogs are healthy, sweet, friendly and cute and I think the price is fair. OR My definition could formed by things I have studied, read about, heard and personal ideas. It may be complicated with a very long list of things I think a good breeder should do. I may even think the only people that should breed dogs are people who devote their life to producing the perfect purebred dog. OR I may define a good breeder somewhere between the two. On this forum we often see pictures or hear about dogs that are not good examples of the AKC Breed Standard for a Yorkshire Terrier. People often say, oh it doesn't matter I love them anyway. I wonder if they would have bought the puppy if they knew the dog, would be huge, have floppy ears, bad knees and have a cotton coat that never grows very long. Not really the Yorkie they dreamed of is it ? Yet every dog that comes into our life has so much to teach, if we are willing to learn. When we get a real dog, one who is not perfect, we find that they are just right after all. __________________ Teresa & Rubin, Gracie, Abba, Ginny Joy and Julia Rose Act like a dog, be kind, forgiving, and loyal.