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Originally Posted by tricia208  This is the link to UKC's News Release regarding breed standards and the effect on the health, function and performance of the dog. I know UKC was concerned about several breeds but I would prefer not posting that information. The Yorkie was not of concern to my knowledge. It is my understanding that all parent clubs have complied or working toward compliance with this new policy. United Kennel Club: United Kennel Club, Inc. Announces Major Revisions To Its Breed Standards
I did not mean to get too far off the OP original subject or hijack the thread but the UKC policy is good news for all breeds and keeps the parent clubs thinking of all aspects of the breed. Thanks for asking. |
Thank you for coming on board to help this sinking ship. Your information you posted hopefully can shed some light in the minds of people who go walking around in the dark trying to feel their way around. People who are quick to point the finger and condemn when they really don't have all the facts. They call themselves breeders, but know very little about breeding dogs. They breed to their high and mighty standards and think that nobody does it better than them. You can't come on here and talk the talk, because you think you have walked the walk and be quick to nail someone to the cross. Shame on them for thinking that they are at the top of the pyramid, that gives them the right to slander a persons good name. They should have the years I have under my belt of not only breeding, but breeding dogs that are without health problems. My hybrid Toy Doxies are my breed, free of genetic mistakes, nothing but healthy because that is what I worked on first before molding their bodies into the look I was going for. If they ever become a breed of their own, I'm sure you'll have the money makers out there to jump a the band wagon to make some coin off of my hard labor. That is what has happened in the Yorkie breed. The quality will always go down, when the numbers goes up in any breeds. My foremost interest has always been genetic color coding. I started my venture at the age of 10 with mice, and at 60 it never ceases to amaze me when I see new variation being born in my puppies. Condemn me if you will, but I see the merle gene as one not to be afraid of, but one to try to understand. Merle dogs have been around for a long time and it mother nature didn't want it, it would be there. AKC condones the breeding of the prized Harlequins Danes.....
Did you know that is a merle gene that causes that pattern
You Yorkie talkers have little to fear about whether I would breed merle into the Yorkie, as it has already been done by someone else. Yorkies are not my breed of choice even though my family owns two.
So rest easy all you YT yackers, MARLENE has bigger fish to fry!
