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Originally Posted by jencar98  The short answer is - yes, you have a better chance of getting a healthier yorkie from a breeder that tests her breeding stock and has good lines behind their pedigrees.
Still yet, a good pedigree doesn't always mean a healthier dog. I do remember at one point there was speculation that a very popular show dog stud was responsible for bringing liver shunt into several lines. This dog appears in many yorkie pedigrees I've seen. |
I have always thought that anyone who would put all the money they do in showing would certainly want the most healthy to breed. Of couse there is the exception but my dog lived until 14 and had to be put to sleep after an accident so she could have lived even longer. Her sire is this dog you are talking about.