[msyorktown]

Originally Posted by gemy

Thanks Norma, but really just one breed the BRT. And yes I have a GCH male Yorkie, who may be bred if his breeder finds a good match for him. I also have a GCH male BRT. Who I pulled last year from my breeding program. Why? Because he came up with his last CERF;s with get this Juvenile Cataract at 5 yrs old..... Small in the right eye, doesn't infringe on his vision according to the opthamologist but there. Coupled with what I now believe to be DLSS; two counts and you are out. I had frozen his sperm, because he was such a grand representative of the breed. This was when he was two years old, and winning a whole lot of everything in sight. I can not countenance passing on this to any future pups either the cataracts or the DLSS which btw has never been shown to be present in the BRT breed! I in a moment of true strength had his sperm destroyed so that I could not be tempted in the future to use it. Non breeders might not know the heartache that entailed. He is such a great dog! Perfect guard and working dog from the old lines. Stable temperament, so easily trained, so wonderfull a companion. But trust me, you don't want to meet him if you break into our home!

So depending on where you fall on the line, because I have a full male Yorkie who could be "bred" someday I might qualify as breeding two breeds.

And yes I don't have a website. Don't want one either, I want to deal one on one with folks. But I am kind of thinking of setting one up, just to get out there about the breed, the testing, the health challenges, the training necessaties et al.


So this is the true heartache of a show breeder. If money was my only concern I would have kept that sperm to impregnate my next female BRT.

I will not do this. I don't want to be tempted. And yes my Magic is still alive but what I did by destroying his sperm from a young lad, was to affirm my belief that he should not be bred. Despite his very many many good working qualities!

Gemy I'm so sorry you had to pull him from your breeding program....you have reaffirmed what a good breeder does....all to better the breed.

Sorry I have to ask what is DLSS?