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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I hate to say it, but it will all change in time.
The popularity of yorkies has been the breed's downfall......if the popularity of the Biewer's or Parti's increased and they were in the top 10 on the AKC list, you would see more of them in shelters. Oh, and of course their prices would go down and there would definitely be more and more being sold. It has happened with many breeds...I remember after the Disney Dalmation movie..omg the shelters and rescues were overwhelmed.
I find all of it disturbing....the many countless pups of all breeds that are euthanized daily.  Hard to wrap my mind around it...and doubly hard to watch people breed and sell them to just anyone with a buck in their pocket and not worry about what happens to them later. Everyone says they do it out of the love for whatever breed or color it is...no one ever admits the real reason which imho is either ego or money or both. I am sure that some really DO breed for the love of the breed the are breeding, but I would not honestly know HOW to tell who was telling the truth. I have seen things happen to pups and have known where they came from and just sat with my mouth agape. I won't get into jumping on anyone, because sadly more people are doing the wrong thing imo than anyone really realizes. I only care to rescue those who have gotten the short end of the stick. Sadly, we will never be able to save them all...the numbers are just sickening and far too many people have their heads somewhere other than their shoulders. |
I agree with everything you posted, LJ. However, just bc we agree that most shouldn't be breeding doesn't make it right for others to say one person is more deserving to breed than another, if
the only difference is color(with the exception of blue born yorkies) in what they're producing?