Originally Posted by lisaly  You may not have meant this to be offensive, but it was difficult for me to read. After having Yorkies in my life for over thirty years, and countless other dogs throughout my lifetime, I still learn so much at YT. One of the people I have learned an immense amount from is Gemy. She has spent years helping to educate in both of her breeds, is chair of the education committee in Canada for BRTs, and has such a deep and profound respect for the welfare of all dogs. She studies health, attends seminars, is so well versed about genetics, movement, health issues, and responsible breeding. Her character is impeccable. She has earned our deep respect here and certainly my love. I have my little girl because of Gemy and my other dear friend.
I know it hurts to hear all of these things that are written here. You love your baby, and I understand why. She is really precious. I bet she is worth any amount of money to you. But that doesn't mean that we can condone someone trying to breed without carefully studying their dogs, knowing the genetics behind them to try to breed out the faults and health problems, and doing health testing on the sire and dam and carefully checking out their babies. I love my breeder, and I would be very protective of her, too. She earned my respect because she puts her heart and soul into breeding, she produces healthy babies, is extensively involved in showing for conformation and obedience, and she stands behind her pups. She socialized her dogs, loves them, trains them, and really exercises them. They also live part of her family and live the active life that every dog should. I know a couple of other people who have her dogs, so I am not only sharing my experience with her. I know many people who have purchased hybrid dogs, and they are special dogs, too. You just don't know what personality traits you will have, what they will end up looking like, or even how big they'll be. Most importantly, you don't know much about health. I love all dogs, but I am so in love with Yorkies. I made sure to go to someone who is highly respected in her field so that I would have a happy, healthy, well socialized dog who looks like the image of a Yorkie in my mind. I don't think anyone here is saying anything bad about your little girl. We just always question people who are not breeding for the right reasons.
If you stick around, you will learn a lot and understand the passion and compassion behind the people in YT. You will also learn quite a bit from Gemy. She is a wealth of knowledge about dogs, and she is a very caring person with a very giving nature. |