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Originally Posted by salazark  I believe that there's a bigger picture to showing dogs. As others have said dog shows are to judge breeding stock in order to create dogs that are as close to the standard as possible. Because there are people doing this the breed survives with minimal changes for many, many years. I realize that the standard changes some over the years but if dogs weren't judged what do you think a Yorkie or any other breed would look like by now? I don't believe there would be any individual breeds left. All dogs would be some variation of a mix. |
"variation of mix" is correct that is why there is DNA testing done buy the AKC.. to insure that the lineage stays true. The apperance of a dog will change as each dogs parents change, but as long as the bloodline is true they can be shown. It is left up to the judge to interpret what is the closest to the standard.