[k2p1e]

I had to think how to word that title so it fit, lol.

I gotta another question (all theroretical).

Now in my province there is only 1 show breeder and he does not have many puppies a year, and I have never heard of anyone with any of his pups (i know they are out there, probably not many).

But there are too many back yard breeders in this province to count, only around 2-3 that actually give papers (Canadian Kennel Club and all limited, no full).

I have groomed in two parts of the province (central and south) and I see the UGLIEST, mal-formed, badly bred, scary looking yorkies.
So far they all have one or more (usually 3 or more) of these characteristics; over/under bite, roach back, silver, all black, all gold, bad stop, bow legged, luxatting patells, over/under sized, long-long-long legs, too shot legs, no neck, bulging eyes, floppy huge ears, ears that are up but huge, tails docked to the point there is none and I could go on and on...

So, my questions is, in an area where there are less 'show breeders' do the yorkies tend to vary widely from the breed standard???

If people were more exposed to the standard would they be more inclined to want a yorkie that is good quality compared to wanting just any plain yorkie (excluding the cheap people who are only price shopping for the best deal).

For me that is the case, I saw one show quality (obviously at a show) and I was hooked. I wanted the standard. We were thinking of adding a third yorkie and I put the breaks on that...

What is your opinion???