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Originally Posted by Brooklynn  Well you actually proved my point....the standard of the yorkie has a certain color to achieve. You still wouldn't want to show a "color" palamino with a red color tail at a palamino show so therefore you shouldn't want to show an off colored yorkie in an AKC show because it still deviates from what the breed standard calls for just as in a palamino horse, a horse is a breed and a palamino is a color you achieve in order to show that particular horse in that particular "breed color". The palamino and paints and appy's can be registered as quarter horses which is a registry but they still have different clubs for those particular "colors".
Again, show breeders and pet breeders still will not see eye to eye on this subject.
Donna Bird |
And I think you’ve proven my point ... There is a difference between the breed clubs and coat color clubs. In the equine world, you’re able to show different colored horses of that breed, in the same show ring. In a coat color club like pinto, horses that meet the clubs color requirements, can be shown but they can come from many different breeds.
15-20 years ago, showing a palomino morgan or even a morgan with 4 white socks, was highly discouraged in the Morgan world. The color standard then called for bay, black, brown and chestnut with little white but because other colors were being produced by registered morgans, these other colors were “allowed” to show. They may not have pinned as high due to prejudices or the color preferences of the judge but the horses were allowed to show because they were registered with that BREED.
The YTCA is a “breed club” and not a coat color club isn’t it? Just because a yorkie doesn’t achieve a certain color, does not change them from being a member of the Yorkshire terrier “breed?”
I just feel that an AKC breed club should be open to all who own or love that particular breed and in a perfect world, it would also be nice if all could show in conformation if they choose to, regardless of color.
