LOL! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this debate! The long and short of it is...... YTCA is NOT going to change its standard. I am neutral on this subject because I believe the Parti's are beautiful and deserve their place..... with that said..
I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with Horse Showing/ registry BUT.... There is this little story about The American Quarter Horse. They have strict standards concerning white. It can't go above the knee, and it is only allowed to cover a certain percentage of the face. Registered Quarter Horses started "cropping out" with white... these horses were considered a flaw, and not allowed to show.
Sooner or later someone got smart and started the Paint Horse Club of America..... They are basically a "colored" Quarter Horse. Now if a Paint has a "throw back" that is solid it is considered " breeding stock" because it "carries" the color gene recessively. A Homozygenous (sp) stallion is worth a lot of money because it takes the guess work out of whether you will get your color.
The long and short of what I am saying is.... Why bother with papers if you will never be able to show the qualities of what it is you are breeding in your line? The only way to do so is to have it separated from the line. It is too bad AKC can't see this... or does it take the breeders of the Parti line to do this?
On a last note... I thought AKC was now recognizing Biewer as its on Registered Line? |