[QUOTE=k2p1e;923095]There are WAY too mnay UGLy yorkies around. Yes to many people they are cute but there is a standard and when they are so far off from it, I honestly question whether they have the right to call the poor little dog a yorkie...
There is a woman I see walking her 'yorkie' in my town and I cringe everytime I see it...completly silver, no blue, no gold just silver, about 16 lbs, extreme underbite, long floppy ears, fat tail (really odd looking, and undocked), crooked legs, too short legs, long body....AND SHE CALLS IT A PUREBRED YORKIE!!!!
I do my best not birstle up and get defensive when she asks if my yorkies are mixed....no they are no show quality but much closer then hers...(I am nice becuase i am opening a new grooming shop in 3 weeks and don't want to burn any bridges).
I want to show someday...I feel I am getting closer to being ready, and I want to raise yorkies that look like yorkies, a puppy that I can be proud of, puppies that have potential to show also someday.
I tried to keep quiet but this is just not right. Its fine that you want to breed Yorkies that are closer to the standard but it doesn't mean yorkies that are out of standard are not yorkies and they do not deserved to live and be loved and have a caring owner! If you read yorkie history, they were way bigger! Standard is just a measurement set by people period. I do not have a standard yorkie and even if I have, I would have said the same of what I have said. |