First, a lot of pet breeders are pretty vocal about how good they are, how they back up any problems that occur etc. In the end we got a beautiful little dog and I will see if I can post his picture here shortly. his hair grows long and does not mat up like poor quality dogs have. I cut it shorter because I am in a wheelchair and cannot wash the dogs as often. I find the long long hair a lot to look after at times.
Would I deal with her again? I think I would consider her as one of my options. Personally I like to get my dogs from different locations over time. I like to use different breeders from different states or countries so there is no chance of mixed genetics. A lot of breeders do not follow what I consider to be proper genetic breeding practises and there is too much over lap of the same genetics when the grandson of one set of dogs is used with the grand daughter of another. When you look back through the generations you find the two dogs are from a similar genetic line.
It also happens when a dog bought from one breeder and another dog bought from a different breeder in the same or neighbouring state. Looking back you can find again similar parents only 2 generations ago. personally I like at least 4 generations between similar lines. A lot of people only look back 2 generations out of lazyness and that is when small or big genetic defects start creeping in. By buying from different breeders a long way away from each other there is almost no chance that similar genetic lines would crop up in different dogs.
As a second note, I think genetic problems do crop up periodically and that if you breed long enough you are going to see the odd dog with either physically visible issues or ones that are more difficult to see like the one in the dog I lost. Good breeding practises keep these down to a minimum, almost zero, but even the best breeders will periodically have a runt in the group, small defects or other issues such that the dog gets sold as a pet, not a breeding class of dog, etc. People that claim zero issues, are either lieing or are not looking hard enough for the problems. Few of the dog owners who buy a dog take the time to go back to the breeder if they find a problem. They just accept it and move on, maybe or maybe not, dealing with that breeder again.
In the end I do not have any reservations dealing with Yoriematch. There are better breeders out there with better class's of dogs. However, you get what you pay for and if you want a top class breeding dog you are going to pay a stiff penalty, even in these economic times. If you want a nice clean dog Yorkiematch is good for that. It all comes down to what you want to pay. I hope this covers this question, |