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Originally Posted by minniemn I am not trying to offend either, just trying to understand something.
I have read on this forum hundreds of times by breeders to "breed to improve the breed and use only breed quality females"
From my understanding on this thread... red legged yorkies do NOT grow the full coat, it is a fault in their genes correct? so why would you breed a red legged yorkie to see what happens basically (see if you can breed the red leg fault out of her?) it really doesn't make sense to me.
I remember reading when someone wanted to breed a yorkie with a small underbite, and everyone jumped in saying "no" don't do it... you don't want to breed a yorkie with faults, even though this person was going to breed with a normal bite yorkie...
I just am trying to understand what nonstandard qualities are ok to breed and what are not?
From my understanding there is also something written regarding standard coat (silky, long ect) and a red legged yorkie seems to have a course coat that doesn't grow...
So then would it be ok to breed a cottony coat as long as you breed with a silky coat? a slight roach back as long as you breed with a straightline? a small overbite or underbite as long as it is with a normal bite dog?
If this is true, why do we read so many times when a person comes on the forum asking if their dog is breed quality do we see so many breeders saying "not in my opinion because they have this or that flaw?"
I have to say that all the yorkies on this thread are cute, pet standard- but are they really breed standard?
I guess my main reason for this question is I bred my cottony coat yorkie with a silky coat, and people were telling me on this forum that I should not breed a yorkie who isn't considered the "standard"....
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coat texture can be corrected, there are many soft or cottony coated yorkies in the show ring and AKC champions. What you cant live with in a breeding program is underbite, over bite, roach back, poor conformation.
One of my studs Cappie is a cotton coat and has yet to throw a cotton coat kid, I have bred him to pure silk moms and results have been silk, very dark marking and coats.