I am sorry I wasn't clear, Giget.
Pixie is the puppy in my avatar, and is a traditional Yorkie.
I love dogs in general, I love genetics in general, and I love the Yorkie in particular. While information on the traditional Yorkie is readily available, and it's not too difficult to find information on partis, I had not been able to find anything on goldens.
I learn wholistically.. Yes, I think I made that word up, lol. I don't just want to learn about one or two aspects of a breed, I want to learn about all aspects of the breed, this includes research into non standard colors and sizes.
I think of the breed as a whole, and what makes Pixie Pixie is what makes all Yorkies Yorkies.
That includes non standard dogs. They may not be show quality, but that doesn't mean they are not a part of that greater whole.
I love learning for the sake of learning. This is something new to learn, because I have never before now been exposed to it.
I could of course say it's non standard, and I want nothing to do with it, but what would I be learning by doing so?
Better to know it, therefor to understand it better, therefor to understand the breed in general better, therefor to understand my dog better in particular.
Before Pixie, I didn't know there was such thing as a golden. I knew about Biewers and partis from a while back.. But my knowledge was what I had learned years back.
In refreshing my knowledge of the breed, I came across several sites featuring non standard colors, and aside from the parti, they were all new to me.
Something new means something new to research, to read about, to learn. I love learning, and in learning about the different parts, I learn about the greater whole. That is the way I feel, and that is why I have been looking for information on the golden.
I hope that explains things a little better. |