As always you have done a excellent (and, I might add, terrifying portrayal of breeding) not to mention it usually costs more to breed than to purchase a pup!
I just got back from Westminster Dog Show ( amazing bucket list trip of a life time). I went with an amazing group of 7 experience breeders who show their Yorkies. These ladies have been educating me for years years of breeding average about -5 years a piece.
One of the major topics at the Yorkie specialty was genetic testing and how it is becoming an accepted, and to many mandatory, process in the breeding. I learned so much -- mostly about what I don't know😏
We learned the best genetic tests, their costs ( not too bad, runs a out $210 to do) and the I invaluable information they impart. Talked with several folks who had been watching a certain (quite all thought of line) who had recently seen their offspring dying of enlarged hearts at younger than expected ages. And then came the amazing revolution of the subsequent genetic testing -- which all agreed would have been cheaper, less heart breaking, more likely to have produced quality pups.
Bottom line - folks are now asking for the genetic testing of the breeding pairs prior to breeding or purchasing - even for pets.
Now, nothing is perfect, of course, but clearly this is the future for the breeders who are breeding for the betterment and health of Yorkies!
Sooo, Yorkiemom1 you are right on again. Breeding is not the casual thing many think it is and requires a great deal of education and forethought. Learning all this would make me very cautious about entering my precious baby into this breeding conundrum
Keep up the generous sharing!!!!