Tammy to answer your question "why is it that the dog cant be a pet and a show dog. i mean what do you do with the dog when you arent in a ring?"
To have a nice show dog in coat - you need to care for the coat to compete. You cannot have a show dog in th ring with broken coat to win - usually rule of thimb. Now I treat mine as pets - if you mean to love them and have them in my home. Do they go outside? No! Because have you ever looked at a blade of grass? Razor edges and it cuts the coat. Not to mention the bugs - fleas, ticks, etc.. Also once they get yard depree in their coats it also causes mats. I don't wrape their coats yet, but will in a few months as soon as it touches the floor. Also fabrics can wear on their coats too. That is why satin is great ~ good for bed and crate pilows. You just have to take good care of their coats if showing.
As far as breeding stock and quality - I give up informing/educating people and trying to help. What I have learned is that people will do what they want - even if they have a lower breeding quality pet yorkies and you recommend against it when they ask your opinion and explain why (with very good reasons) - then they answer back, after hearing all you have told them, "that they still want to breed to have puppies." Those people just don't care what they are doing to the standard. They are going to do what they want to in the first place. So I give up. |