[TxVicki]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Of course I’m not a breeder, I only a pet owner who along with my two young children watched our beautiful; purebred dog suffer from inherited problem due to poor breeding practices. When I asked the vet what we could do, he looked at me with tears in HIS eyes, and said, “Damn backyard breeders.” This had a huge impact on me. For a while, I was against all breeders, but then I learned that there are some people who aren’t breeding for profit, but because they truly love the breed. They actually want to do right by the dogs, and won’t sell to just anyone, they want to find great home for their dogs. Many of these breeders belong to the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America. The YTCA is the mother club and yes, I believe a group of breeders who have joined this club does have the most cumulative knowledge about the breed and what’s for it. I had never heard of the YTCA before I joined Yorkietalk, and I assume others are the same, so I tried to teach what I have learned, I’m very grateful the people who have taught me. Here’s the YTCA view on using marketing terminology to sell dogs. http://www.theyorkshireterrierclubof...ocs/Teacup.pdf

Here’s another paper on what makes a responsible breeder. http://www.theyorkshireterrierclubof...LE_BREEDER.pdf

By the way, if I were a breeder, wouldn't that make me a little prejudiced?

Also, I have no knowledge of Breny's dogs, only the fact that I'm disappointed in her choice of names.

I hate to disappoint you BUT there are YTCA Breeders that don't breed correctly and do sell Yorkies that are sick and then don't own up to it. I have learned that a Breeder being a YTCA Member is not all it is cracked up to be. There are many REPUTABLE Breeders out there that aren't YTCA and do all the testing and do breed correctly. You just have to search for them.