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Originally Posted by jencar98  Just like anything else? What does that mean? Even though altering/enhancing/coloring is against the rules, bc so many do this, it is somehow okay or accepted? Why have the rule at all then? Why not just accept, yorkie showing is the beauty contest it has become. After all, you and Gemy both are talking about how judges miss more important attributes than coloring....perhaps they are not missing it, as much as they are ignoring the color jobs, along with ignoring bad structure, toplines, movement and knees, only to put up what are the most aesthetically pleasing dogs (which are not always the true, best representation of the breed) instead of the dog that truly closest meets the standard  |
Anything else is just what it means, put two and two together...
I guess some of the judges see things differently than I do, and I'm stating things from my perspective and my interputation of what I know to be a good rear/front movement and good topline. I love a pretty dog but that doesn't make it the best representation of the breed. I saw a GORGEOUS yorkie in Vegas stacked on the floor, talk about a beautiful picture that is until I saw it's movement and then I made an ugly face because the rear movement was atrousious (misspelled Im sure). But again, that is what I saw from the sidelines, no the dog didn't win that day but did the next but it's points were taken away due to being in the wrong class...
I've said before, I'd rather be beat by a "good" dye job with good structure and movement than be beaten by a yorkie with a horrible topline, cripped rear ect...and I've been beaten by both and got more ticked off by the bad structure and movement than the one I knew was dyed. Never said it was right to dye but I can live with someone doing that than be beaten by a bad structured dog that should be in a loving pet home.
I can only do what I know is right and strive for the best I can.