Reputable breeding covers the points JeanieK mentioned however, it does go a little further when you are talking about purebred dogs in my opinion, regardless of what breed you are talking about.
All purebred registered dogs have breed standards for their particular breed. Responsible breeding in my opinion, includes striving to breed to that standard. That means those that are really a pet quality, letting them go for pet on spay/neuter contracts or have them spay/neutered before letting them go to new homes not to be used for breeding to produce more and more puppies further and further away from the breed standard. OVer time you will get dogs that barely look like the breed they are supposed to be because you have not selected quality good representatives of the breed to produce your next generations.
Reputable breeding includes researching and knowing your pedigrees and knowing what is behind each and every one of those dogs and lines including what you need to continue to improve what you have. And that includes health and genetic issues.
The Yorkie right now is very popular and getting big bucks for many who are just breeding to sell puppies. It will be interesting to see who continues to breed them and who doesn't when the current popularity of the Yorkie runs its course, and that it will do eventually. It has happened so many times with so many breeds over the course of years. |