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Originally Posted by Lyla_nBridgette Who's to say that if they did choose to breed the Yorkie that they bought, that the buyers wouldn't have the breeds best interest at heart? If someone just wanted to breed the pup for the income, there are hundreds of dogs that are usually cheaper and don't come with the application and interview processes nor a S/N contract that a breeder dog does in pet stores and in the Sunday ads, I would think that those are the animals that those people would gravitate towards. Do these breeders with S/N contracts not realize that they're actually pushing some perfectly good homes away and to the puppy mills and shady breeders because of this? It would seem like that would not be in the best interest of the breed.  |
If they are just buying with the intention of breeding, then I will argue that they do not have the best interest at heart for the Yorkie. There is a lot more to it that just bringing together a male and female to produce puppies. If I did not have a spay/neuter contract, in my opinion, I would become another shady breeder.
You see, I have spay/neuter contracts because any litter I have is planned to hopefully produce a show dog for me. It doesn't always work out for each pup that may be in a litter and I decide it is a pet quality. As I went through all the trouble and considerable expense to show my dogs, immerse myself in the breed and study what a good Yorkie should look like, pay stud fees for good show dog males that I bred my girl to, to hopefully produce a show puppy, I have no reason to sell a puppy that I consider a pet quality to someone else to breed and ruin the work I have done as well as those quality breeders that have entrusted me with their dogs that now appear in pedigrees of my dogs.
Did you know that the breeders that have these dogs that I use their studs have me sign a contract that says I cannot sell a pup from this breeding on any open papers, they must be spay/neuter contracts? I can keep what I wish for myself for the show rings and eventually to use in my breeding program. I have no problem with this contract as I am not about to allow someone else to breed a dog or bitch of mine that I would not consider should be used in a breeding program.
Any pup I sell is my responsibility not only to my kennel name but every kennel name that appears in the pedigree of that pup as those show breeders have entrusted me with their lines. I will not betray that trust.
If you want a pet puppy, spay/neutering should not be an issue. If you want to breed then get into showing so you learn how to contribute towards the betterment of the breed. A show dog is not going to be $1200 or $1500, you will be looking at starting at $3000.