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Originally Posted by bjh  Donna, this is true to a degree. There is no perfect dog. We see dogs in the ring all the time with poor movement and sometimes they win. What it boils down to is what faults can you live with and what faults can the judge live with. Some faults are easier to correct than others. To me a really bad topline is a total turnoff. Proper movement is just a small piece of the puzzle.
You can have a dog with near perfect structure and coat but if the dog does not carry it's tail up and show a little attitude in the ring then it will be very difficult to finish. |
That is very true about finishing a dog. But tail up bespeaks a whole lot of things (usually), confidence, security, some degree of happiness, and enthusiasm, really all the things you want in a stable dog.
Poor movement does win a lot, imo in a whole lot of breeds, not just Yorkies. I guess as a structure kind of gal, movement is a huge key to proper structure, quite simply if the structure isn't there, so the movement will not be there.
Then you in the YOrkie breed add on color and coat, in my breed, color, coat, head, bite, height, and weight.