[k2p1e]

I do not completely agree, I took a seminar on the reasoning for the importance of conformation (fascinating!!), why we should aim for champion bred dogs.
For example legs being too far apart, too close how it affected their sketal health as they age. They showed probelms with toplines and how they age (often probelms would be affecting the dogs lives around age 6 and gor dogs that generally live 16 years 10 years of pain in long) The seminar did say this was not gurantee that this would occur but the likelyhood was higher.
Many breeders attempt to cover their costs of breeding, (health testing, equipment like incubators, etc...) A yorkie for around $500 makes me wonder. But there are many yokires that were not very much money and neve rhave a health problem.
Many show breeders work hard at healthy lines and spend thousand at improving their lines...they aim to produce a great dog that is as close to the standard as possible. If we say that theis is foolish why be so picky? Well the lines of what a yorkie really is will become blurred...to a point one would wonder if the dog they are looking at is a yorkie.
I don not mean to start anything...lol...but rpices vary for many reaons. I do not feel breeders should be offended if you ask why the is that price the price it is. So many facotrs play a part...smaller ones are often more expensive not only because of the higher market value but because of the extra time and effort breeders must put into them, females because most litters are male dominated and the market value, halth care, testing , lines, etc...