culling of yorkies

[sashajade]

can someone please go to showdog.com click on yorkshire terriers then go 14 down to post that says quite a few sale dogs by donebynumbers kennel then click on there name and look at the bit where it says selection? cos i cant believe what ive just read it said culling yorkie pups that are not perfect, does that mean what i think it means ? i cant put link up as dont no how to.

[JCarlson2004]

Doesn't culling mean killing?

[chachi]

Originally Posted by JCarlson2004

Doesn't culling mean killing?

Yes. I cant bellieve there are breeders that still do that

[newmommy]

Culling is the killing of a limited portion of the population of a group of animals. This may be done to improve breeding stock (by killing individuals with undesirable characteristics), improve production of eggs or milk (by killing individuals whose production is relatively low), prevent the spread of disease (by killing infected individuals), or simply control the group's population for the benefit of the environment and other species.

[sashajade]

well this person says they cull there yorkies but then it says about rehoming the yorkies not wanted, i wonder if they mean not cull as in kill but cull as they get rid of the unwanted one by rehoming maybe? wish i could do link

[Bama Yorkie Mom]

sounds to me like they mean culling the ones they turn down as show dogs and want to rehome them. In other words they'll never be show dogs for one reason or another. This is how I took it. Culling means turn down or deny

[doortego]

I don't think culling necessarily means killing. To say the least, they might could have phrased it a little better.

[Sugar's Mom]

Originally Posted by JCarlson2004

Doesn't culling mean killing?

To cull means to select. That's how i got my beautiful Silk. A large breeder/show-er in my area posted several adult females in the paper. When my husband called about them, she said she always "culls" her breeders at the age of five. In other words, she retires them from her program and works with her younger ones. many,many breeders do this. they might use different terms but i bet most of them say 'cull". That's what my husband does when he retires his breeders. (Beagles) he doesn't re-home them tho . They live the rest of their lives out chasing rabbits. i bought Silk for a bargin price knowing I will only be able to get two litters from her, then I will retire her.

[SnowWa]

They are not using the term "culling" meaning to kill.

The first or main meaning for this word means to take or remove from a group -

You could cull the best apples from the tree to take home.

You could cull some cows from a herd to put into another pasture.

You could cull the Yorkies from a group that you feel should be sold as "pets" and not as "show quality."
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Actually - the way the word "cull" is used above is the way I have always used it. (I have very rarely heard it used meaning "to kill" .... it just isn't used this way often... I have only heard it used by Wildlife Management programs trying to regulate populations of wildlife, etc.....especially deer.)

Remember - when you look up a word in the dictionary -- there are often several different meanings...

Carol Jean

[Lorraine]

Originally Posted by SnowWa

They are not using the term "culling" meaning to kill.

The first or main meaning for this word means to take or remove from a group -

You could cull the best apples from the tree to take home.

You could cull some cows from a herd to put into another pasture.

You could cull the Yorkies from a group that you feel should be sold as "pets" and not as "show quality."
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Actually - the way the word "cull" is used above is the way I have always used it. (I have very rarely heard it used meaning "to kill" .... it just isn't used this way often... I have only heard it used by Wildlife Management programs trying to regulate populations of wildlife, etc.....especially deer.)

Remember - when you look up a word in the dictionary -- there are often several different meanings...

Carol Jean

Hi Carol Jean, you are right about the use of the word cull.
I would suspect likely puppymills would not want to be bothered raising a puppy that may be doing poorly or have a disability and likely would kill it or let it die. No breeder who cares ever would do that.
Culling is also used in livestock production where some of the new calves, lambs etc are kept to produce the next generation. Others are culled (sent to market) for the food industry.
when I have a pet puppy to sell as I don't want to keep it for show, I never use the term culling as it conjures up some bad scenes in my own mind.