I think and hope your show breeders are breeding for looks (see standard) as well as health. We do both!!
What I have found, not all, but many pet breeders are breeding and not doing the testing before and do not even know the standard. They just like pups! I did say not all - so those of you doing the tests and checking the standard I commend you. We must protect our standard. From my research, many of the yorkie breeders of the past devoted much time and effort into breeding. It was an art form and was taken very seriously. Today we still have some that devote the time too, but we also have a lot of people that are just breeding and know nothing.
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