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Everyone seems to be throwing around the back yard breeder term pretty freely. What exactly is considered to be a back yard breeder. I my self have bred my yorkie. Is she a show dog? No. I bred her to a male that was a compatible sample, he has champion lines. Neither are show dogs, but both have some beautiful features.
I use to work in a vet clinic in Dallas Tx, and we had many Show Breeders come in. Some of their dogs were beautiful, but a lot were not that healthy. THeir immunities were lower, and they tended to be more frail. I am not saying all show dogs are that way. Just from what I have seen in person.
Lets not forget that not every dog born in a litter of show champions is going to come out show quality. It is in their genes to be either, regardless of how much you try to breed out the bad. So why couldn't two dogs that are beautiful and have excellent stature be bred. AS long as the breeder looked into the genes to rule out any abnormalities, and they were not breeding with in the same gene pool.
THere are many nonshow breeders that love and care for their pups and they breed their dogs to good quality dogs. Yes there are bad too. There are also bad show Breeders out there. Unless we are there 24 seven we can never gaurantee that things are done properly. All we have to go on is research and instinct where both types of breeders are concerned.
A big part of having a show dog is the way they look. Looks are hereditary but not always does a non show quality dog mean that it is not a quality dog.
I don't think people put enough time into researching before breeding, but we have to remember that even if you research everything possible you can't control everything.
I hope I did not offend, I am just tired and might not have written clearly enough. Great debate though.