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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  I was in the airport a couple of years ago and struck up a conversation with a guy that had a Standard Poodle he was shipping. He told me his mother had shipped the dog down to him from Washington to finish out and he was sending him back to her. Now, I haven't been around a ton of Poodles but this one certainly wasn't among the best I'd seen, so yeah, I think some are venue shopping to get that title. In my mind, there are champions and then there are true champions. I've also seen Yorkies with the 'CH' designation I didn't think much of. |
Me too, one that recently won big too and because of who was at the other end of the lead. That's the other thing; if you want to finish a dog, that by no means should be in the ring, put it with a great handler, they can finish a dead cat.
Now, last summer I entered a show. What I witnessed was refreshing. The yorkies were being judged by a Texas judge that I knew. Show was outdoors. There were 2 dogs in the class. Both dogs were very obviously, poorly enhanced. LAVENDER....... Before the judge did his ribbon placements, he had the AKC rep. called over. When the AKC rep got there, he approached the exhibitors (both dogs were owned by the same person) and handed them the 3rd and 4th place ribbons and explained to them that no where in the yorkie standard describes the coat color on these two dogs.