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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  I know or one: White cannot achieve the correct silk texture. The standard would need to be changed to suit your white haired dogs. The standard says that coat is of prime importance..........color AND texture. White hair is always more of a cottony texture.
So would your "new standard" say that coat is of prime importance, except for in parti dogs?
What about the black toenails? White legged dogs usually have pinkish toenails.
So, you see, you ARE changing the standared to suit your dogs.
Just a thought. |
Obviously...you have never had your hands on a silk coated Biewer or Parti yorkie.
Also...the Maltese is white...and it's AKC standard reads ...."The coat is single, that is, without undercoat. It hangs long, flat, and
silky over the sides of the body almost, if not quite, to the ground."
What happens to a cotton coated blue and tan that shows up in the ring? He would be faulted and not given the points. I would expect no less for a cotton coated parti.
Do you happen to have any real reasons adding the parti variety would change the blue and tan standard?