People don't understand that the dogs they see in the dog shows are engaged in "conformity trials". When a breed is recognized by a group like the AKC they have a bunch of experts in the breed come up with "the breed standard" which is what they say the ideal dog of that breed looks like. The folks that do breed dogs and show them have a lot of puppies that are rejected by them because their little bodies develop following the instructions of some non-standard gene that makes them tall or larger bodied or with white hair or with under bites, etc. These are the puppies that get wonderful mommies or daddies that love them even though they are a teapot or have an under bite. We have pure blood lines and the paper work to prove it, but as Mama says "genetics is a crap shoot". My baby Wally needs to apply to be a teapot and he has an under bite that Mama says would do a Shih Tzu proud. That boy is a pure Yorkie, just a big one with wonky teeth!
