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Originally Posted by kjcmsw  Remember I don't show and am the first to admit my ignorance in this area so bear with my questions please...
and it might very well be this is a breeder type question (I'm trying to learn more).
When a dog's pedigree says CH (champion) - that is supposed good, correct - insomuch as to win a champion title the dog should have been "to standard"? However, are there various levels of "champion" some worthy of mention, some just may have been a 'champion' of a local dog show? Now I'm not saying the latter isn't good, as I don't know. The winners must be to standard, correct? And the more "to standard" dogs in the dog's line the greater chance of the pup being "to standard"?
So if a pup's pedigree has 41 champions in it (5 generations) including a world champion would that pup have a greater likely of being a quality dog insomuch as being to "standard"? Yes, I know champion doesn't necessarily equate to good health and a bad dog can pop up, I'm just wondering if a pedigree of such would be a good indicator that the dog should be to standard of its breed and someone would more likely than not be getting a quality pup.
Thanks for your patience in clearing this up for me as well as forgiving my ignorance. |
Well CH is a title used by many countries and many registries. So for example rigair Sir Razzle Dazzle is an AM and Canadian Ch. First you want to make sure that the dog is championed under a reputable registry.
To learn what goes into making a CH for the US go to
www.akc.org they have educational articles on this topic.
Briefly a dog must earn 15 pts and two majors under different judges to earn his CH. To earn pts a dog/bitch must earn winners dogs/bitch and defeat other dogs in that process. If you are the only Yorkie entered in a competition that day there is no-one to beat, and therefor you earn no pts.
A dog that earns it's championship should have no disqualifying faults, and preferably no major faults. It is almost impossible for a dog to win all his/her ch pts at one local dog show. Just not enough competition to secure that title.
How-ever at a National specialty which has hundreds of dogs entered it is possible over a 3 or 4 day wkend to earn the CH. this is because the more dogs you beat, the more pts you earn, to a maximum of 5pts in one competition day.
Also if you are looking at CH's from different countries, then you better know the standards of each country for your breed. For example in England the standard calls for a scissor bite on the Yorkie, and in US and Canada level or scissor is acceptable. That is only one of the differences.
If you study the standards in depth, you can see that the way they are written gives some latitude on what may actually be the "look" of the adult dog.
As most standards for the Yorkie only give a weight standard and not a height standard; then you could have a CH that is 7"-10" tall weighing in at around 6-7 lbs.
So what are you looking to purchase? What is the look, the type of Yorkie you want?
But back to the parents of the pup. Are they Ch's? If not why not? Important to know this answer, and to meet the parents of course.