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mmyorkies · 05-13-2005, 06:41 AM

"Having a healthy,good sized yorkie is enough because most of us are going to breed as a hobby and NOT as a full time job,we dont want to breed show quality or take the place of profesionals,we just want to breed yorkies..nothing more,nothing less.So its also not very nice to have to go back to a post where you have asked for some info and find that in order to breed you have to have a 7lb yorkie (previously tested) with steel blue/tan coat,3inch snout,small ears,short body,7 inch legs,pure silk coat etc etc (this is an example of what all this sounds like)...We are going to breed our yorkies with yorkies,not with a six legged monsters "

One thing that you overlooked in a lot of the information that is written is that when we tell you that a yorkie over 7 pounds should not be bred, that is because at least you should try to create a puppy that looks like a yorkie and not a silky. These 2 breeds are very similar, seeing as the yorkie and the Australian were the 2 main breeds used to create the silky, but the silky is a larger dog than yorkies are SUPPOSED to be, if you want a yorkie, at least use the standard size to do your breeding instead of creating dogs that will end up in a shelter because no one wants them because they are too large. I know several hobby breeders that do not breed to produce show dogs, but because they do follow the guidelines in choosing the pair that they breed, they have produced dogs that could be shown. The idea is to make sure you are making yorkies, and not some larger dogs that will end up not wanted. How many people looking for puppies do you know that want a yorkie puppy that is going to grow up to be 10, 15 or even larger in pounds? I have not had any inquires asking for a puppy that will grow big. Most want one that looks like mine or smaller. If you want to breed to produce pets, I think that is wonderful, but you still need to adhere to the breed standard of what you are going to breed. If you don't like that, then you are right, you are going to be put done for breeding. No matter what breed you chose to breed. We have plenty of puppymills and backyard breeders out there putting out yorkies that are purebred, but they don't look anything like a yorkie.

05-13-2005, 06:41 AM	#11
mmyorkies No Longer a Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 357	"Having a healthy,good sized yorkie is enough because most of us are going to breed as a hobby and NOT as a full time job,we dont want to breed show quality or take the place of profesionals,we just want to breed yorkies..nothing more,nothing less.So its also not very nice to have to go back to a post where you have asked for some info and find that in order to breed you have to have a 7lb yorkie (previously tested) with steel blue/tan coat,3inch snout,small ears,short body,7 inch legs,pure silk coat etc etc (this is an example of what all this sounds like)...We are going to breed our yorkies with yorkies,not with a six legged monsters " One thing that you overlooked in a lot of the information that is written is that when we tell you that a yorkie over 7 pounds should not be bred, that is because at least you should try to create a puppy that looks like a yorkie and not a silky. These 2 breeds are very similar, seeing as the yorkie and the Australian were the 2 main breeds used to create the silky, but the silky is a larger dog than yorkies are SUPPOSED to be, if you want a yorkie, at least use the standard size to do your breeding instead of creating dogs that will end up in a shelter because no one wants them because they are too large. I know several hobby breeders that do not breed to produce show dogs, but because they do follow the guidelines in choosing the pair that they breed, they have produced dogs that could be shown. The idea is to make sure you are making yorkies, and not some larger dogs that will end up not wanted. How many people looking for puppies do you know that want a yorkie puppy that is going to grow up to be 10, 15 or even larger in pounds? I have not had any inquires asking for a puppy that will grow big. Most want one that looks like mine or smaller. If you want to breed to produce pets, I think that is wonderful, but you still need to adhere to the breed standard of what you are going to breed. If you don't like that, then you are right, you are going to be put done for breeding. No matter what breed you chose to breed. We have plenty of puppymills and backyard breeders out there putting out yorkies that are purebred, but they don't look anything like a yorkie. Last edited by admin; 05-22-2005 at 01:30 PM.