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theporkieyorkie · 02-02-2014, 08:44 AM

Perhaps you will luck out and find a reputable breeder who happens to have a chocolate thrown on accident. I would think this would be the best way to find one.

To elaborate on what Lillymay was saying...most "reputable" breeders are breeding to better the breed, based on the what the AKC deems as standard. They are breeding to produce the best show quality pups they can....not for profit . Of course, it's very hard to reach a dog of perfection, so in their plight, they end up having other puppies of pet quality in which they sell to the general public.

A good show breeder will never "try" to breed chocolate puppies because they are considered a fluke, not of AKC standard and they will never be able to show them in AKC, which is their ultimate purpose behind breeding in the first place. I am guessing that up until they became a recent fad, most show breeders probably pushed them out of the back door silently as pet quality because breeding one may have been considered a fault in their lines.

Why buy from a show breeder or a responsible breeder who is trying to better the breed??

Because they are trying to produce the most perfect and the most healthy specimens of the breed. Therefore, your puppy will be bred and born with those intentions. Other breeders who are breeding just to breed or just for profit are often going to cut corners and are not going to get all of the health testing that most show breeders get or take the thought in care of picking the right mates that show breeders do. Therefore, you have a greater chance of buying a pup with health issues. Most likely, if a show breeder is selling the pup, it's not show quality anyways. If it was, they'd be holding it to show and breed themselves. The reason you buy your pup from a responsible breeder is because the pup that is bred with the best intentions of being healthy and sound behind it.

There are all kinds of online breeders who are selling chocolate puppies...parti puppies and all the various colors of the rainbow. IMO, most of those people are breeding just to sell dogs and make money because of the demand from buyers. We like things that are "unique" and "rare."

On that note...I think the chocolate pups are pretty. I think all yorkies are pretty!!

02-02-2014, 08:44 AM	#12
theporkieyorkie YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: dearborn heights Posts: 1,148	Perhaps you will luck out and find a reputable breeder who happens to have a chocolate thrown on accident. I would think this would be the best way to find one. To elaborate on what Lillymay was saying...most "reputable" breeders are breeding to better the breed, based on the what the AKC deems as standard. They are breeding to produce the best show quality pups they can....not for profit . Of course, it's very hard to reach a dog of perfection, so in their plight, they end up having other puppies of pet quality in which they sell to the general public. A good show breeder will never "try" to breed chocolate puppies because they are considered a fluke, not of AKC standard and they will never be able to show them in AKC, which is their ultimate purpose behind breeding in the first place. I am guessing that up until they became a recent fad, most show breeders probably pushed them out of the back door silently as pet quality because breeding one may have been considered a fault in their lines. Why buy from a show breeder or a responsible breeder who is trying to better the breed?? Because they are trying to produce the most perfect and the most healthy specimens of the breed. Therefore, your puppy will be bred and born with those intentions. Other breeders who are breeding just to breed or just for profit are often going to cut corners and are not going to get all of the health testing that most show breeders get or take the thought in care of picking the right mates that show breeders do. Therefore, you have a greater chance of buying a pup with health issues. Most likely, if a show breeder is selling the pup, it's not show quality anyways. If it was, they'd be holding it to show and breed themselves. The reason you buy your pup from a responsible breeder is because the pup that is bred with the best intentions of being healthy and sound behind it. There are all kinds of online breeders who are selling chocolate puppies...parti puppies and all the various colors of the rainbow. IMO, most of those people are breeding just to sell dogs and make money because of the demand from buyers. We like things that are "unique" and "rare." On that note...I think the chocolate pups are pretty. I think all yorkies are pretty!! Last edited by theporkieyorkie; 02-02-2014 at 08:46 AM.