Irene and Rini are two of the most well respected breeders on this forum. I would trust either of them and consider them to have the highest standards when it comes to their respective breeding programs. This is a perfect example of the fact that you can have different programs and ways of doing things and no one is wrong or better than another per se.
Rini has many many years of exprience and a medical background as well as a vet she trusts implicitly under any circumstances ( proablby because she has trained him well over the years...lol...) while Irene is fairly new to breeding but is intelligent and knows the value of the fact that her regualr vet just happens to be a RS.
In the situation of advising this OP and possibly first time breeder, I felt no qualms about advising her of the existence and possibility of seeking out an RS for the added protection one may offer her little girl in making the decision as to whether to breed her or not. Will she get good advie from the vet she currently uses?? Maybe, but what would be harm to asking for a referral to a specialist? Yorkies are difficult to breed and have more problems than other breeds so why not use every available resource to reduce that extra risk? |