Red legged Yorkie? Siu Pao?

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by rebeccag

Hey, my brother in law lives in Chandler, AZ....Do you know any Gramlichs?

Lol, Chandler's not that small, do you know the Kennedy's?

[rebeccag]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Lol, Chandler's not that small, do you know the Kennedy's?

Hahahahaha.....

[rsmith0803]

Originally Posted by ButterflyYorkie

He is a cute boy for sure!

I have looked into research, pics and LOTS of info on "red legs". I do not promote the breeding of them for any reason. It's a gamble I am not willing to take when I can pair two yorkies that I know do not carry this "short wiry coat" trait.

I happen to own a 9 yr old SPAYED red leg yorkie! She is a wonderful little dog who belongs to my daughter. SPUNKY is not the word for her! She's a real sweety! But would I breed one like her? No. Red legs do not grow coat. I don't care who you are or what you try to convince me otherwise but they do not! Their pups may get "lucky" when paired with a correct coat for mating, but why would you want to risk that? Who would want that throw back in their line? Do we not hold coat as a number one factor in our breed? Yes. Is our goal as breeders to keep the breed looking like it's supposed to and DISTINGUISHABLE from all other breeds? Yes.

This is our old red leg girl... she's a spoiled girl and we love her! But we realized early on that she was NOT for breeding. You know I absolutely hate to see these kind of things "promoted" as I had a "respected" breeder tell me once that the dog in THIS picture below was the ONE dog that I SHOULD breed and that my more standard yorkies SHOULD NOT be bred. I cringe every time I think of that but please know I took it with a chuckle and a "yeah yeah" LOL!

This is my red leg girl, and her hair has never grown any longer to this day at 9 years old than you see in this pic...She was on our site for years as our "House baby and guard dog" And she is that to this day.

Um, wow.........she didn't even ask about breeding? She just asked a question......geesh!

[rebeccag]

Originally Posted by rsmith0803

Um, wow.........she didn't even ask about breeding? She just asked a question......geesh!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by rsmith0803

Um, wow.........she didn't even ask about breeding? She just asked a question......geesh!

Sometimes posters answer questions with more information than the OP asked because they think they are giving valuable information that may not be useful the OP, but it might be to others. If you do a little more research on the topic, many people do believe in breeding the red leg, actually adding it to their breeding program because some people believe it brings back richer colors into the line. Many other breeders are against this, and think that there are better ways to introduce richer colors into the line. I appreciate posters that give more informative answers, and if you find it unnecessary information, why not just skim the post? Comments such as yours are why some of our more informative posters stop posting. Remember, many more people read the threads than actually reply. A breeder doing research on the red leg could find this thread, and could find her answer extremely valuable.

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by rsmith0803

Um, wow.........she didn't even ask about breeding? She just asked a question......geesh!

Did you happen to notice that this thread was originally started 2 1/2 years ago, as were most of the replies? At the time, there were several members here who posted in response to this thread who had "issues" with one another that extended off of this forum. Some of the animosity in some of the replies you are reading are more a result of that than anything else. But again, it was 2 1/2 years ago and water under the bridge now. Just sort of FYI....so don't stress yourself over it too much. (Yes, I've been around a while and have a super memory.)