| lksdolls | 09-13-2006 07:01 PM |
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Originally Posted by ARCHIE After all that has been said in these posts go with your heart! A Yorkie is more than color. It amazes me how everyone is always talking "standard" in size and color. What about personality? To me that is the most important in any breed and I think the Yorkie has the greatest personality of them all.
Do we purchase a Yorkie because of his color?(those of us who do not show) I would be interested to know why everyone did purchase a Yorkie? Was it color, size or personality? Or all three? I purchased one because I love the size and personality. There are so many colors I didn't care if he had more tan than gold or more black than blue. As long as he was healthy. Enjoy your new baby and have many years of happiness with him/her.:) Carol
| I had a hard time deciding who to respond to because all your posts are great. Thank you all for your kind words about our darkies. It certainly wasn't intentional breeding, they just happened. Carol, you are so right, a yorkie is more than color. Healthy puppies is the most important factor and due to the freedom our pups have from the time they are able to crawl out of the cage on their own, they are very socialized with great personalities, little lovers and devilish at the same time. Color is the last thing on my mind. In my opinion, the breed standard is used for showing. Don't jump down my throat, I've been through this discussion before and will stand my ground on this issue. On more than one time I've seen slams directed at those yorkies that are not the "standard" color and implications that there was something wrong with them or that they weren't pure breeds, or that the breeder should be strung up for not following the breed standards. If I was breeding for show, I would be more religious going after the correct color but healthy is highest on my priority list and those looking to add a furbaby to love should look at health first. When we got our darkie litter last year, I fully expected them to lighten up but that just hasn't been the case and since we kept Dinky, I'm beginning a search for a very dark female just for him. And down the line I hope to add the other taboo colors of red, blond and chocolate to our breeding program. Parti and/or briewers had to start somewhere and I strongly believe that within the next 20 years you will see the yorkie standards changed to include other colors. I could go on and on but enough from my soapbox, pick and choose for health and personality, in that order, everything else is secondary. Heck, if I met the beauty standards, I'd be Miss Universe! Of course, that is just a pipe dream and I'd have to be 40 years younger......... | 