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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  It looks to me like there are several ideologies reguarding breeding and the history of the Biewer breed.
Since I am not a Biewer guru (yet) and I am kicking around the idea of showing this beautiful breed, I have a few questions.
1) Why does Ms. Biewer only endorse one club and not the others?
2) Why does one club have Ms. Biewers standard and the other is written by Miki breeders and why were they allowed to write the standard?
3) Since Ms. Biewer is the premier developer of this breed, why dont all of the clubs follow her standard and breeding practices?
4) Wouldnt it be better for the breed if the clubs could somehow reach an agreement and work together? |
1) Why does Ms. Biewer only endorse one club and not the others?
She believes in what the BTCA is doing and doesn't see the need in having a bunch of different clubs.
2) Why does one club have Ms. Biewers standard and the other is written by Miki breeders and why were they allowed to write the standard?
Donna and Christine wrote that standard for the club that they belonged to at the time. It is the only club in Germany that uses it.
3) Since Ms. Biewer is the premier developer of this breed, why dont all of the clubs follow her standard and breeding practices?
I don't know how long you have been breeding, but do you remember when you first started breeding how you thought you knew everything and the longer you bred the more you realized you really didn't know much at all? I personally remember those days as though they were yesterday.
Well, I think this is a major problem here.
4) Wouldnt it be better for the breed if the clubs could somehow reach an agreement and work together?
I think so. I would love to sit down and talk to everyone.