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Originally Posted by gemy  I do too! Maybe in the next ten years or so, the club will move more to securing working qualifications, prior to issuance of a conformation championship.
Of course for the toy and or companion breeds, it will be a major kind of sorting out what exactly that would be. Temperament test to me comes to mind. Maybe a basic Canine Good Neighbour/Citizen test. |
From my reading of old texts, it seems like the old terriermen would regard any soft or silky coated dog not a true working terrier. So it's a given that the Yorkshire is placed in the toy class. However, I don't see why we should, aside from coat texture, do anything that takes away from the dog's true terrier roots. There are other dogs if all one wants is 'pretty', but the Yorkshire has a unique combination of looks, sportiness and attitude that I don't see in any other breed.