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you say for the betterment of the breed? the larger yorkies are healthier than the small yorkies so if it was about whats best for the breed then the breed standard should not include yorkies under 4 pound.
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And it DOESN'T.
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also the breed standard like i said did include the larger yorkies but was dropped not cos they were seen as not a good yorkie and shouldnt be breed with but cos not enough people with that size yorkie wanted to show them
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It doesn't matter if you're talking yorkies or persian cats or clydesdale horses, or hairless guinea pigs....at some point "desired traits" were set, and were bred for, for WHATEVER reasons, until a breed standard was established. That's what makes the breed the BREED.
I know that it is difficult, since everyone loves their pet and is PROUD of them, but we all have to realize the fact that saying that your yorkie isn't a good example of the BREED (b/c it's too big, or what have you) is not the same as saying that your dog is an inferior PET.
A non-standard dog definitely doesn't deserve to get that "snob snub" from the stranger in the park or Petco, and let's face it, people who do that just must be jerks in ALL facets of their lives. However, that doesn't mean that they should be continued to be willfully bred, producing ever greater and greater dilution of the (registered) breed.