This is an intresting thread for me, I used to love rooting out old yorkie books at sales and in some of the older ones the breed standard allowed errect or semi-errect ears. Something that was brought in after the ban on ear cropping came into effect. I remember reading somewhere some breeders accussed those with influence and high enough up, of having it added as they couldnot breed the trait out of their lines. Today you wont find a yorkie with such ear carrage in the show ring and the line has been removed from the standard. Ear tapping is not practiced in yorkies here in the U.K, I'm not sure about other breeds though, if you got a pup who's ears didn't stand they are sold on to pet homes to keep it out of the line. |