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Originally Posted by mustangbee I am not offended in anyway. Thats why we have this site, to ask questions,
and learn from it. As this post started with Any opinions on Breeding. I was being honest in my feelings on Breeding.
What I have a problem with is the people who are breeding with no experience. They don't ask help from other breeders, and have no idea
what they are doing. The parents are not healthy, but they breed them anyway. All Parents should have health checks before breeding, and that is for all breeds, not just Yorkies. What happens when the Mom is having problems? They have no idea what to do, and the Mom & puppies die.
If they do make it, they are sold at six weeks. Yes I have a problem with that.
There are many Breeders who home raise their litters. And the litters are healthy wonderful pups. I don't think you have to have Show Litters just to be a Good Breeder. As long as a person fully understands about the breed, and how to care for the Mother, and puppies, before and after birth.
Breeders just don't open a book and start breeding. It takes a long time to learn.
I am sorry, because I feel I might have offended you, and I did not want to offened anyone. Breeders have to start somewhere, if they didn't we wouldn't have our furbabies. |
I'm not offended, I simply didn't agree with your blanket view. Your explanation here is quite different from your first post. I couldn't agree with you more now. I cringe when I hear that someone bought a pup at 6 weeks. Although, I brought a 5 week old home, well, actually, I snuck the pup on the plane but the breeder only let me have her because we were expecting a litter within days and I already had experience feeding from a bottle, but that's another story. I won't let mine go until at least 10 weeks but prefer 12 weeks, although I have let them go at 8-9 weeks if the buyer already has a yorkie, or even has other animals. But, that is the exception and rare. I do ship but not until 12 weeks and if the pup is small, 16 weeks plus. It makes it harder on me because I become so attached to them at birth, but I know it's better for them and I want to make sure they are very healthy, growing and learning as they should be. And unlike many breeders who do their own shots and stuff...........I have the vet do it because he is trained to know what to look for if there is a problem.
