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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  I think a breeder of working class dogs, truly interested in both aspects of showing, conformation and working classes, would be more likely to maintain separate dogs for their perspective classes rather than have one dog that does it all, much for the reasons you stated, and wouldn't, isn't, that true for Yorkies? I don't see one way or the other as a fault to the breed. I see conformation classes as a visual example of what the breed should look like or standard if you will. If you are looking for a physical example of what the breed can and does do, you obviously are going to be looking at different dogs in a different setting. I do think it is possible to have one dog that does it all, but I think that is the exception, not the rule. A champions is a champion in their perspective field for what they were bred or trained to do and in the setting they are doing it in. |
I agree that it is difficult but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. What then is a conformation championship if only based on looks alone? Surely any breed should be judged for the totality of what is that breed. Not necessarily in the conformation ring, but in the venues of performance that is breed specific. So in the conformation ring, "as the judge" you judge adults with breed specific performance titles, and know that this dog can "do" what the breed was bred to do, now you can judge how "pretty is the dog", their temperament (to a degree), their movement, their colour, their bite, etc etc. Or as other countries do, you may require certain working titles before the final Conformation championship is earned.