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Originally Posted by Lorraine  You wrote:"I am only saying as a fact that show yorkies are having generally problems with their legs!" I have no idea where or how you got that idea? Fact is the show dog has to be sound or cannot be in the show rings. You don't just take them in and stand there. They move. The judge goes over their structure including knees. Etc. Ihave seen show dogs reach a very ripe old age and can still move like a dream. Where have you been to shows that you think this? Or had your hands on show dogs that you think this to be so?
Do you really think people that show their dogs perhaps sell show dogs from their line or offer stud services would do so with unsound stock? Guess what happens in the whelping box of another breeder if they do? Geee I wonder!
About colour, this is a good article well researched and based on knowledge of genetics. Goldenray Genetics Chocolate Yorkies Red Golden or Yorkie Blue Borns CDA |
Actually she denoted how she got that idea; her Dad is a vet and her uncle a surger(?) Perhaps surgeon. Given translation from French to English.
Perhaps you can ask her to link the French Health Data Bases so we can all look up the incidence of LP and Leggs Perthes
