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Originally Posted by txshopper73 By definition, this is what AKC says about the standard with the head...followed by MY OPINIONS...
Head
Small and rather flat on top, the skull not too prominent or round, the muzzle not too long, with the bite neither undershot nor overshot and teeth sound. Either scissors bite or level bite is acceptable. The nose is black. Eyes are medium in size and not too prominent; dark in color and sparkling with a sharp, intelligent expression. Eye rims are dark. Ears are small, V-shaped, carried erect and set not too far apart.
So, you don't have a website and are selling pups. They call and ask you if the pups have a baby doll face...what do you tell them? "WELL, THE MUZZLE IS NOT TOO LONG". They ask you, well, what does that mean? "WELL, JUST AS AKC STANDARD STATES...THE MUZZLE IS NOT TOO LONG". Sorry, but I think the seller is going to look like someone that doesn't know what they are doing or talking about. The public uses these terms.
Here's what it says on the body...
Body
Well proportioned and very compact. The back is rather short, the back line level, with height at shoulder the same as at the rump.
Caller wants to know if they are cobby bodied. Breeder states that the dog has a compact body. Caller states..."OH, IS THAT A COBBY BODY?" Seller states, no, a compact body. Should buyer know that they are talking about the same thing? Sure, but a lot of these buyers may not know the difference.
Speaking with other breeders, I've heard baby doll face or a short button nose....and will leave it at that. |
My opinions to Kimberley's
As a breeder that puts my all into my breeding program, I do not 'sell myself' by using the 'language'. To the contrary, I need to be sold on the persons interested in a puppy of mine. That may sound harsh but it's how I prefer to place my puppies; with someone that has some knowledge and has done some research. Does that limit the people that can buy my puppies? Probably, but that's not important to me. I know what I feel comfortable with and I will not compromise that for the sale of a puppy.
Kimberley,
I hope no offense was taken. I was not saying that's what you meant or that you were talking directly to me. But I saw an opportunity to say my "fifty cents"..lololol..so I did.