i have been to ukc show where there is up to 15 in the toy group and some where there is 5 this past weekend there was 6 yorkies it all depends where you go
understandably it is not akc but there are a lot of akc judges at these shows and they are getting tough on
standards at ukc here lately they are really getting tough on color at least this last show they were and most are structure judges and very harsh pretty does not matter to them they look beyond pretty of course the whole package is important one judge told me my boy was the only correct yorkie there i was even asked if i had dyed his coat
well no other wise my other 2 would have looked just like him these judges really put there hands on your dogs
they feel everything and they have really been looking at coats to see if they are dyed are not one yesterday had a sign that if you were caught using products it would be an automatic dq no questions asked we watched a lady who's three toy dogs were dq for being a quater of an ounce over the weight limit and the judge would not give little jade was almost excused as was another yorkie for acting up really bad in the ring
and after talking to 2 different judges about jade i am doing what is best for her not me other than a fault or 2 she hates to show and i am not willing to put her threw the stress of it all for a ribbon and she is starting to get to light and i refuse to dye i just have an issue with trying to champion a dog that is really pet quality so we will try with another instead she will make a nice mother someday and maybe her babies can carry on where she
even if championed i would still myself know her faults
and as bad as my brother in law would have liked to see her finished i just can't go any further with her
we never have shown a bad gsd when showing and i just cannot show a yorkie that i know has 3 faults there is no pride in it one fault i could live with but as i watched her being shown yesterday by my grandson i really watched and evaluated her and what i had tried not to see
as we all do from time to time it just hit me that this is not a champion worthy dog and needs to be retired
i would hate to ever be asked how did that dog make champion when i know it should not have
so like i said we start again |