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Originally Posted by alpayton So basically you're playing on the words then. You speak of "standard" as what YOU will accept as faults for your pet. The rest of us have been speaking in terms of the "standard" as the ideal for the yorkie as the YTCA and the AKC have set. |
Did you read the entire thread?
I have said throughout that the "breed standard" as defined by the YTCA is simply
an arbitrary guidleine set up by a club or hobbyists who have decided what THEIR ideal yorkie is. I am not amember of the club and no one else here is either so we can all set up whatever "standards" we want depending in what is important to us. We may use some of theirs and we may decline some of theirs.
For example, I think tail docking is cruel and should be banned so it is not part of my ideal standard for the yorkie. I like yorkies of different colors so my standard wouldn't discriminate against chocolates and partis as the YTCA one does, etc....
If you do not plan on showing your yorkie the YTCA standards are not controlling.