[maggiesmom_2007]

Originally Posted by yorkielady06

OK so I have a few more questions that I would like the exhibitors to answer then.

If you are in the show circuit and you are showing your dogs to prove that they are worth specimens of the breed correct?I show my dogs to prove they conform to the standard, I had a Dark puppy bitch that I was assured would break by the time she was 2 . Then the standard was reworded and that same Bitch was 13 months and I took her out of the shows because she was too dark. And if you are also then using that Champion stud male to approved bitches, correct? That is sometimes the way to go, you can also breed a CH. Bitch to a non finished male. So according to the above statement you only breed them to CH bitches? Just because the Bitch is approved doesn't necessarily mean she is finished. Never to unfinished girls? or vice versa? If you breed to unfinished dogs are you not supplying the pet market also? Regardless if you breed to finished or unfinished dogs the ones that you don't keep back for show do go to pet homes. What does that have to do with anything. Just because you have 2 finished dogs does not mean you are going to have exceptional puppies. Like it has been said time and time again you have to look at the prior generations to get an idea of what you might end up with. Just because all the dogs in the past 3 to 4 generation are of uniform size, color, structure etc., doesn't mean you won't end up with a pup that is bigger, darker, lighter, or off in some part of their structure.
I think it is wrong for some to use color enhancements of any sort be they dyes, chalk or yes even shampoos. I also think it's wrong to portray a dog as something it's not. Be it a Parti Carrier or a dog that has been fixed.
I think it should be disclosed either before actually showing , As exhibitors do when they are showing a Bitch in heat. There are other showing venues besides AKC and UKC. They have the rare breed shows the NAKC just to name a few.

I really want this one answered also. How many of you exhibitors have done ALL the tests on their dogs, and I mean all of them that are bred or shown? I have done all necessary testing with the exception of OFA and that will be done later this year. My male isn't old enough for all the testing, but as soon as he is you can bet he will have all the necessary testing done. These little ones you are growing up to bring in the ring, have their parents passed all these tests also? Yes they have.
I would reply to the why show the carrier Yorkie question...because we also need to have our stock evaluated. Unfortunately at this time it is the only way to do that with the AKC shows. Once again AKC is not the only show venue. Do you not show for that reason? Once again I show my dogs to prove they conform to the standard. Have you not ever bred an off colored dog (black and tan or lighter blue one) to improve your line in another dept (back, structure, coat texture)?

That is how we improve our lines.
I am by no means an expert in Breeding and Showing but I do know right from wrong. Coloring dogs, showing a dog that is a parti carrier and showing a dog that has been altered, is not conforming to the standard. It is deceitful.
Plain and simple. This is my opinion.