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Originally Posted by kalina82  so if I were looking for that perfect puppy from championed parents i'd want them to be AKC champions instead of UKC chamions, right?
It seems like its easier to get a UKC championship then an AKC championship. like the UKC isn't as valuable as the AKC one. if something can be gotten in a weekend, instead of many weekends it can't be as valuable. Having both championships is great, but if you were to want one it would have to be the AKC one.
I've been on this site for 3 years now constantly reading and learning about the yorkie. I've seen numerous websites of breeders of all kinds, plus websites with just information on the breed. I've seen something on a few websites and mentioned by a few here that i always question. The majority of breeders on here all show AKC but there are a few that show only UKC even tho AKC is available to them. So these breeders show their dogs UKC and get them championed fairly young because its so easy. These young dogs aren't finished growing and changing (yorkies can continue to change up until 2 years old or later right?). So what happens if the dog becomes a champion at say 14 months old while its still growing and changing and then when its finished growing its not that perfect specimen of the breed? Now this person has this championed yorkie that she wanted to breed but this champion is no longer champion material? its no longer within standard for whatever reason. But she breeds it anyway and proclaims that the puppies are from a champion dam or sire. isn't this misleading to the buyer?
do you get what i'm saying or does this just not make sense at all. its just been in my head for a while so i thought i'd ask. i hope i'm not offending anyone cause that's not what i'm after. |
There is some validity in what you are saying.
But, on the other side of the coin...I'll explain a bit further. There are many exhibitors that AKC Champion their dogs at a young age. However, most of these exhibitors are showing and breeding dogs from well established lines that have already set their type. In otherwords, experienced breeders that know yorkies and have an eye for a dog.
I've finished a few at the age of 14 months......however, my dogs come from a long line of Champions that are up front and throughout their pedigree, and from a breeder that has finished well over a hundred Champions herself. Not to mention those that have been sold to others and Championed.
Does that make sense.