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Originally Posted by 3FurryFaces  Thank you. I have a good mentor/ breeder who has been breeding/showing/judging for 40+ years. I have been going to shows and watching her dogs as well as other breeders for over a year. I don't expect to learn everything from books, of course, but I have seen some books on structure, movement etc. - like Doogy Steps and wonder if there are any that the breeders in this forum feel are invaluable to them. I want to start building a resource for myself and want to hear what others have to say in addition to my mentor. I am expecting a show puppy and of course, I don't see breeding as something I will venture on my own for years to come - just trying to learn to evaluate traits of the various lines out there. I guess I am hooked LOL, - I watch hours of dog show videos on line and ones I have purchased. I look for the nuances that make one dog stand out over another. As for YT magazine, I did read that one, thank you. |
Glad you've got a good mentor. That's probably the only way I learned, spending countless hours at ringside with her by my side...explaining, everything from a "U" neck, to single tracking, soft in the shoulders, dip in the back....why a dog is gaiting the way it is, why it was leading with it's head....It's mind jumbling and I times I felt I'm never gonna learn all this stuff. Eventually it sunk in.....but, when she explained how to breed to breed those faults out, then I really went wacko. I decided at that point, just not to keep those dogs that have the faults I don't want.....
What I hate about dog show videos, is they never spend enough time on the yorkies......