[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Pretty much sums it up in a nut shell......This is NOT something you do on a whim.....you want to get to establish a kindred spirit among show people and Yorkie breeders....and you will need to devote easily 5 years going full time to shows, every show you possibly can work in during every week, meeting people that KNOW what they are doing, know what they are saying, that are devoted to the breed. I personally can not imagine doing this "just to get a couple of litters for friends or family"....the cost is way to dear.....you put your breeding female's life in danger with every litter.....is that something you are comfortable doing, just to provide a cousin a puppy??? The money and time and effort it should be costing YOU in this adventure, is no compensation for the dangers and risks you are putting your mommas and the resulting offspring in. And then in spite of all the research and study and learning, you put two dogs together that you know forward and backward for AT LEAST 12 generations, and WHAM! YOU end up with a genetic abnormality.....you are now responsible for that baby....even after you sell that baby and the issue does not show up for several years.....and remember, you continue to breed that pair for those several years, and producing issues that YOU need to accept financial responsibility for every single sick/deformed/afflicted baby you produce....good thing you have all that money, because you make NONE breeding, and you go through your little nest egg set aside for your breeding business, even with no issues or problems with your own breeding stock......

You really need to reassess exactly WHY you think this is a path you want to go down.....and know before you even start, if you do this correctly, for the love and improvement of the breed, producing the best babies you can possibly put on the ground/show ring, you will never "make any money" doing it.....break even is a wonderful alternative.

You want to be absolutely knowledgable about the lines and the breeders and how you are going to get your hands on championed, well established breeding dogs from legitimate breeder/showers.....you are easily looking at spending anywhere from $4000.00 and up for established, winning show dogs that are the very best of the lines they reflect. You will need to become well known around show people and the breeders, so they trust you and will even communicate with you. This can take years....but you need this in order to be a success in this adventure....and this is just the beginning. Classes on breeding and animal husbandry, and all this BEFORE you put your first two dogs together.

I forgot to suggest you start with purchasing a wide variety of vet books....Major's Book Store here in Houston Medical Center, has millions of medical books, both human medicine as well as vet medicine.....all the professionals in the Medical Center go here for our books. Start yourself a well rounded medical library of vet books.....this will set you back several thousand dollars just to get you started with a couple of basic medical/vet books.....fortunately, you said money was not an issue. You can get books on anatomy, books on surgical procedures, medical approaches to different conditions and diseases, pharmaceutical books, surgical books....all on vet medicine. I think you can order all your books from Major's on line now....this is a great place to start!